[Tercüme-yi sittin el-cevami' el-besatin] - [ترجمۀ ستین الجوامع البساتین]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12827
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1160
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 181 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 181 ff. Dimensions : 201 mm x 128 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation by Altı Parmak Mehmet Efendi (died 1033 AH/1623-24 CE) of the Kitāb sittīn jāmiᶜ al-laṭā'if wa'l-basātīn (كتاب ستين جامع اللطائف والبساتين), (referred to as 'Sittin el-cami'in el besatin' on f 2v), a mystical interpretation of Sūrat Yūsuf (XII) by Jamāl al-Dīn Abu Bakr ibn Muḥammad ibn Zayd al-Ṭūsī. This manuscript was copied by el-Seyit Süleyman İbnü'l-Hac Ali in 1160 AH (1747-48 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher in January 1963.

Related Material

Other copies of this text can be found at Or 7883 and Or 12559. For more information on the Arabic original, see Ivanow 1241. For more information on the Ottoman Turkish translation of the work, see OM I, p. 212; İstanbul Kitaphaneleri, p. 342; Blochet S. 630; and Karatay II, p. 57.