Hulasat ül-itibar - خلاصة الاعتبار.

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 16557
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1240
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 Text 43 ff Materials : Paper. Dimensions : 208 mm x 127 mm. Foliation : Western. Ruling : Black and red text boxes, 146 mm x 76 mm. Script : Nesih. Ink : Black ink with occasional red catchwords or titles; some pages have been painted with various coloured inks outside of the text boxes. Watermark : (Italian?) watermark visible on some pages. Binding : Original binding: green silk covers, decorated with paper cut-out (kat'î) arabesques and floral motifs; doublures and flyleaves of marbled paper with similar or better ornamentation.

Scope and Content

An account of the Ottoman-Russian War of 1768-74, and of diplomatic missions to Vienna in 1757 and to Berlin in 1763. By Aḥmed Resmī (1112-97/1700-83). This rare and unusually decorated MS. was commissioned by the Ottoman governor of Bosnia, Şerīf Selīm Paşa ibn Şerīf Yūsuf Beg. Dated 1240/1824. Copied by el-Ḥācc 'Alī Ḥāfıẓ el-Bosnevī.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased at Bonhams, 10 April 2008, lot 34

Other Finding Aids

See GOW pp. 309-11.

Bibliography

This work has been published in translation: Hulâsatü'l-i'tibar, A Summary of Admonitions: a chronicle of the 1768-1774 Russian-Ottoman War by Aḥmed Resmî Efendi. Translated and transcribed from the Ottoman Turkish by Ethan L. Menchinger (Istanbul: ISIS Press, 2011).