B. 10 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: A Turkish devotional work, containing (1) some of the shorter súras of the Qur'an and sundry Arabic prayers with Turkish translation and explanation (f. 1-23): (a) Alwal-i-Qiyamat, on the Resurrection, in Turkish (ff. 25-63), in 38 chapters incomplete at end; (3) Magámát-i-Awliyd, on the Stations of the Saints (ff. 64-75), in 18 chapters; followed by several other similar treatises, all in Turkish. Ff. 131 of 20.8 x 14.5 cm and 13-21 ll., written in a coarse nasta'liq with rubrications, undated. Given to me by Dr Ridá Tawfiq in Constantinople in the spring of 1908.
1. ff. 1b-23b
Language(s): Arabic, Turkish
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 131
Dimensions: 20.8 × 14.5 cm.
Layout
13-21 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a coarse nasta'liq with rubrications.
History
Origin: 1246 AH; 1831 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Given to me by Dr Rıza Tevfik, 1869?-1949 in Constantinople in the spring of 1908.
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.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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