Fazailü'l-Cihad - فضائل الجهاد

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7462
  • Dates of Creation
    • 975
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 294 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 294 ff. Dimensions : 330 mm x 200 mm. Script : Nesih of varying character.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a work on the merits of Jihad translated by Baki (died 1008 AH/1599-1600 CE) from the Arabic work entitled Mashāriᶜ al-ashwaq ilá maṣāriᶜ al-ᶜushshaq of Aḥmad bin Ibrāhīm al-Dimashqī. . The item shows evidence of water staining towards the end of the text. . The manuscript is possibly an autograph and is dated 975 AH (1567-68 CE). It is possible, however, that this colophon may have been copied directly from an original manuscript or draft in the author's own hand - perhaps from the copy in the Nuruosmaniye Library. .

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Presented to the Library in 1910.

Related Material

Another copy of this text can be found at Or 1036. For more information on the author and the work, please see Rieu, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 118; OM II, p. 99; and Haj. Khal. II, p. 1686.

Subjects

Jihad