Genealogy and notices of Sufis of the Celvetī Order, by İsmail Hakkı Bursevi (see Or 7578). There is one unvan with floral decoration in gold leaf, red, black, blue, pink and white on f 1v, as well as gold-leaf roundels and text boxes on ff 1v-2r. According to the Arabic colophon, the manuscript was sponsored by Sırrı Selim Paşa, Vali of the İcil (?) Liva, descendent of Gazi ül-Hacc Ornus Paşa. It was copied by İbrahim ül-Vehbi ibn-i Hasan, a student of İbrahim Aşkı, a resident of Sofia, in the year 1238 AH (1822-23).
Silsile-name-i Celveti - سلسله نامۀ جلوتی
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 12171
- Dates of Creation
- 1238
- Language of Material
- Arabic Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 116 ff Materials : Paper; the interior of the binding features mottled papers, and there are marbled sheets before and after the manuscript proper. Dimensions : 224 mm x 137 mm. Foliation : European and Ottoman, 116 ff. Ruling : Red and black-ruled text boxes, 158 mm x 78 mm. Script : Nesih. Ink : Black ink with red catchwords and titles. Binding : Brown leather binding with gold leaf stamping on edges, held together by a British Museum cloth spine.
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Acquisition Information
Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 20 November 1957.