Dürretü't-taç fi siret Sahib il-Miraç - درة التاج في سيرت صاحب المراج

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13975
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1086
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 164 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 164 ff. Dimensions : 196 mm x 117 mm. Ruling : Gold-ruled margins on ff 2v-3r, with red-ruled ones throughout the rest of the text; text block measures 141 mm x 63 mm; 21 lines with catchwords. Script : Talik with elements of şikaste. Binding : Contemporary binding in dark maroon calf, with central gilt stamped medallions containing cloud-band design; the flap is wanting.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an account of the life of the Prophet Muhammad صلعم, down to the first Battle of Badr (2 AH/623-24 CE), by Üveys İbn-i Mehmet called Veysi. The author had reached this point in the narrative when he died in 1038 AH (1628 CE). The text shows some staining from running ink on ff 2-61, which affects its legibility on ff 16-20. The colophon of Volume 1 can be found on f 94r and is dated 1086 AH (1675-76 CE). In that of Volume 2 (f 163r), the copyist has given his name, Mehmet İbn-i Mahmud el-Kaztağı, and written 'fi'l-yevm' without giving a date.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Library at auction at Sotheby's and Co. on 13 October 1980.

Related Material

Another copy of this work can be found at Or 7503. More information about Veysi and this work can be found at Kaya, Bayram Ali, 'Veysî: Daha çok nesriyle tanınan divan şairi,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 2 September 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/veysi.