[Seyahat] - [سياحة]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 5444
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1177
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 61 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 61 ff. Dimensions : 330 mm x 188 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

The autobiography of Mustafa İbn-i Muhammad el-Latifi, taken down orally by his son Mehmet (f 3r) and translated into Ottoman Turkish by his Arabic secretary Suphi (f 3v). There is a title on f 2r reading dibahe [sic] risale-yi Şeyh Mustafa, with the beginning of the text on f 2v. The work also bears the French title ''Relation en turk, traduite de l'arabe de voyages d'un prélat Musulman dans divers lieux du pélerinage de l'Empire Ottoman''. The colophon bears the date 1177 AH (1763-64 CE) and the title Manakıb-ı Şeyh Mustafa el-Hamavi..

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