İrşad al-murid ila'l-murad fi tercümat Mirsad al-ibad - ارشاد المريد الى المراد في ترجمة مرصاد العباد

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 5824
  • Dates of Creation
    • 16th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 128 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 128 ff. Dimensions : 277 mm x 178 mm. Script : Cursive nesih (ff 1v-110r); nastaliq (ff 110v-128v).

Scope and Content

This text is an Ottoman Turkish translation of the Mirṣād al-ᶜibād, the well-known Sufi work of Najm al-Dīn Dāyah. The translation, made in 825 AH (1421-22 CE) and dedicated to Sultan Murat II, was completed by Kasım İbn-i Mahmud Karahısari. The current copy of this work is defective at the end. It was completed in two different hands, probably at the end of the 16th century.

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