Müsellahname - مسلحنامه

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 9682
  • Dates of Creation
    • 16th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 67 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 67 ff. Dimensions : 172 mm x 127 mm. Ruling : Gold-ruled margins. Script : Calligraphic nesih, fully vocalized. Ink : Blank ink with gold for headings. Binding : Contemporary leather binding with sunk medallions and corner-pieces.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an abridged version of the Silahşörname, a work on the handling of weapons based on an Arabic-language original from Egypt. The author of the text is the well-known Uzun Firdevsi, who lived in the time of Bayezit II. This manuscript was likely copied in the 16th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1926.

Related Material

For a copy of the Silahşörname, see Add MS 23595. For more information on the Silahşörname, on which the current work is based, see OM II, p. 357, and Karatay I, p. 621, where it is stated that it is a translation from the Arabic.

Bibliography

Firdevsi Rumi, Das Buch vom Fechter, ed. von Schlechta-Wssehrd, Ottokar (translator) (Leipzig: ZDMG Bd., 1863).

Subjects

Weapons