Tac-üt-tevarih - تاج التواريخ

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7285
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 471 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 471 ff. Dimensions : 285 mm x 185 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the Tac-üt-tevarih, a history of the Ottoman dynasty from its origin to the death of Selim I in 926 AH (22 September 1520 CE) by Saadeddin İbn-i Hasan Can, Hoca Efendi. This copy contains both the volumes in one, the second beginning on f 286v. Both volumes have illustrated unvans and there is a table of contents (ff 2r-4r). The manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century CE.

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Related Material

Other copies of this text can be found at Add MS 19628, Or 856, Or 3210, Or 7286, Or 7287, and Or 7908. An extract of the text can be found at Add MS 18811. For more information, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts at the British Museum, pp. 51-53.