J. 12 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: حديقة الوزراء The Hadigatu'l-Wasard, containing biographies of the Grand Wazirs of the
Ottoman Empire from the origin of the dynasty down to the reign of Sultán Aḥmad
III, composed in or about 1120/1708-9 by 'Uthmán ('Osmán)-záda Aḥmad Efendi,
poetically surnamed Ta'ib (d. 1136/1723-4). See Rieu's Turkish Catalogue, p. 73
and references there given. A printed edition appeared at Constantinople in 127/
1854-5. This MS., bought at Constantinople on April 23, 1908, comprises 160 ff. of
20'4 x 12 c. and 15 ll., and is written in a good Turkish naskh, not dated.
Ottoman Empire from the origin of the dynasty down to the reign of Sultán Aḥmad
III, composed in or about 1120/1708-9 by 'Uthmán ('Osmán)-záda Aḥmad Efendi,
poetically surnamed Ta'ib (d. 1136/1723-4). See Rieu's Turkish Catalogue, p. 73
and references there given. A printed edition appeared at Constantinople in 127/
1854-5. This MS., bought at Constantinople on April 23, 1908, comprises 160 ff. of
20'4 x 12 c. and 15 ll., and is written in a good Turkish naskh, not dated.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 160
Dimensions: 20.4 × 12 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a good Turkish naskh, not dated.
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS., bought at Constantinople on April 23, 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.
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