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Contents
Summary of Contents: رساله معما Surúri's Turkish translation and explanation of a Persian Treatise on the
Acrostic, composed in 856/1452 by Jámí, different from that mentioned above,
undertaken, as the translator states in a short Turkish Preface, at the request of
some friends. Begins: حمد اول احده که ذاتی معمّاسی غیر اسمادن چقمق مشکل و کنهى لغزی اوصاف و سمات ایله
بانمکه دگل قابل الخ ...اما بعد بو حقیر و دمبسته سروری خاطر شکسته اهل دللردن بعضی
یاران، و طالب لردن خیلی ،خُلّان، ایله صحبت دلگشا و مصاحبت معمى ايدوب الخ The Persian text commentated begins: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بعد از گشایش مقال سوز اچدقدن صکره بستایش خجسته مآل مالی
مبارك أوكُش ایله دانائی را که بر عالمه كه الخ This MS. was bought on May 7, 1903, for £2. 10s. od. from J. J. Naaman. It
comprises 108 ff. of 21'5 x 12'4 c. and 17 ll., is written in a small, clear ta'liq with
rubrications, and was completed at the beginning of Rabí 11, 941/Oct. 10, 1534.
Acrostic, composed in 856/1452 by Jámí, different from that mentioned above,
undertaken, as the translator states in a short Turkish Preface, at the request of
some friends. Begins: حمد اول احده که ذاتی معمّاسی غیر اسمادن چقمق مشکل و کنهى لغزی اوصاف و سمات ایله
بانمکه دگل قابل الخ ...اما بعد بو حقیر و دمبسته سروری خاطر شکسته اهل دللردن بعضی
یاران، و طالب لردن خیلی ،خُلّان، ایله صحبت دلگشا و مصاحبت معمى ايدوب الخ The Persian text commentated begins: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بعد از گشایش مقال سوز اچدقدن صکره بستایش خجسته مآل مالی
مبارك أوكُش ایله دانائی را که بر عالمه كه الخ This MS. was bought on May 7, 1903, for £2. 10s. od. from J. J. Naaman. It
comprises 108 ff. of 21'5 x 12'4 c. and 17 ll., is written in a small, clear ta'liq with
rubrications, and was completed at the beginning of Rabí 11, 941/Oct. 10, 1534.
Title: Risālah-ʼi muʻammā
Title: رسالۀ معما
Language(s): Turkish, Persian
References
Turkish translation and commentary on one of the treatises on riddles composed by , with the title Risālah-ʼi muʻammā رسالۀ معما .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 108
Dimensions: 21.5 × 12.4 cm.
Layout
17 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a small, clear ta'liq with rubrications.
History
Origin: 941 AH; 1534 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. was bought on May 7, 1903, for £2. 10s. od. from J. J. Naaman .
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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