Hadikatü's-suada - حديقة السعداء

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13569
  • Dates of Creation
    • 994
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 219 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 219 ff. Dimensions : 128 mm x 209 mm. Ruling : 21 lines. Script : Angular nestalik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the well-known history of the Şehitler of the Prophet Muhammad's صلعم family by Mehmet İbn-i Süleyman Füzuli (died around 963 AH/1555-56 CE), based upon the Ravẓat al-shuhadā (روضت الشهداء), the Persian work by Ḥusayn Vāᶜiz Kāshifī. This copy lacks the first 15 words of the prayer with which the text normally begins. This manuscript was copied by Ahmet İbn-i Cafer el-Bektaşi in 994 AH (1586-87 CE).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Library from D. Loman in November 1974.

Related Material

Other copies of the Hadikatu's-suada can be found at Or 7301 (illustrated), Or 8447, Or 8448, Or 11128 text I, Or 12009, Add MS 7854, Add MS 10001, Add MS 11528, and Add MS 18809. For more information on this text and its author, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 39-40.