[Kanunname-i cedid] - [قانوننامۀ جدید]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13508
  • Dates of Creation
    • Late 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 42 ff. Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 42 ff. Dimensions : 214 mm x 143 mm. Script : Nesih. Binding : Original boards and flap, leather spine and hinge.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a collection of imperial ordinances and fetava concerning land tenure, fiefs, evkâf, and taxation in Budin and other vilayets. These date from the reign of Sultan Süleyman I, but the work was compiled under Selim II and contains later fetava apart from those of Şeyh-ül-İslâm Ebussuud. The present work lacks the final paragraph and colophon, breaking off mid-page and evidently considered by the copyist as being complete. Additional fetava have been inserted in the margins of the text, and there are diagrams on ff 25r and 37v. The volume shows evidence of old repairs on ff 25-26, as well as slight worm damage. The manuscript was likely copied in the latter half of the 17th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from D. Loman in February 1974.

Related Material

Other copies of this work can be found at Add MS 7834 and Add MS 7840 text III. Other copies of the decisions by Ebussuud included in this text can be found at Or 7255, Or 8881 text III, Or 12493, and Or 14099 text 19. For more information on these texts, see VOHD XIII/1, p. 277; and Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 247.