Nuhbetü't-tevarih ve'l-ahbar - نخبة التواريخ والاخبار

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7473
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th century-18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 47 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 47 ff. Dimensions : 280 mm x 150 mm. Script : Nestalik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a general history from the birth of the Prophet Muhammed صلعم to 1028 AH (1618-19 CE), including a full account of the Ottoman dynasty by Mehmet İbn-i Mehmet. This copy only breaks off in the Hilafet of Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr and this is followed by genealogical tables. The manuscript was likely copied in the 17th or 18th centuries CE.

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Related Material

Another copy of this text can be found at Or 31. For more information on the author and the text, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Mansucripts in the British Museum, pp. 30-32; and GO, p. 182.