An Ottoman Turkish translation of the Sharaf-nāmah by Sharaf bin Shams al-Dīn Bitlisī. This history of the Kurds includes the Hatime, a history of the Ottoman dynasty. The original work was written in Persian, and this Ottoman translation was rendered by Mehmet Beg ibn-i Ahmet Beg Mirza. The first page of the manuscript has been lost, and thus the text begins on the second page of the narrative. The translator states that the original Turkish translation was made at the request of Şeref Han ibn-i Aptal Han in 1078 AH (1667-68 CE). The translation keeps close to the original text, with the Persian verses retained in the original. It contains the same lacunae that are noted in Persian originals held at the British Library, including three chapters of the second Fikra of Sahife III (Chapters 7-9). The colophon contains a prayer for the long reign of Emir Şeref Han ibn-i Aptal Han, called Emir Şeref Hanu'l-Sanî. The contents of the manuscript are as follows:. f. 8v : Mukaddime. f. 13v : Sahife I. f. 52r : Sahife II. f. 96v : Sahife III, Firka I. f. 159v : Sahife III, Firka II. f. 186v : Sahife III, Firka III. f. 193r : Sahife IV. f. 254r : Zeyl, including life of the author. f. 260v : Hatime. The colophon, found on f. 372v, states that the manuscript was copied at the end of Recep 1080 AH (December 1669 CE) by Alauddin ibn-i Mustafa. The manuscript contain an illuminated text box on f. 372v featuring circular and star patterns in red and blue ink. It also has considerable marginalia and graffiti on ff. 1r and 372v, most of which relates to the ownership and sale of the manuscript. A faint ownership stamp that includes the name Celil is found on f. 1r. Further inscriptions regarding sales (?) of the manuscript from 1129 AH and 1147 AH are found on f. 372v.
Şerefname - شرفنامه
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or 1127
- Dates of Creation
- 1080
- Language of Material
- Persian Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 372 ff Materials : Paper. Dimensions : 290 mm x 190 mm x 60 mm. Foliation : Western and Ottoman foliation, 372 ff. Ruling : Red-ruled text boxes of 197 mm x 127 mm containing single columns of 17 lines. Script : Nesih. Ink : Black ink with catchwords and underlines in red ink; red and blue ink used for illumination on f. 372v. Binding : Brown leather Ottoman binding with stamped cartouches illuminated with gold leaf.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Formerly Or.31.A.i.
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Alexander Jaba in 1872.
Bibliography
For a description of the item, please see:. Rieu, Charles, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts at the British Museum (London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1888), p. 70.