This volume contains a collection of the following manuscript fragments :. (I) ff 1v-5v : An Arabic text, possibly with Ahādīth;. (II) ff 6r-26v : Persian text including questions and answers as well as short stories or texts;. (III) ff 27r-43v : Persian stories;. (IV) ff 44r-51v : An Ottoman Turkish metrical account of some episodes in the history of Istanbul, the latest being an expedition by Marwān ibnu'l-Ḥakam against the Byzantines. This is evidenty a portion of a history in verse which culminates in the Conquest of Istanbul in 1453 CE;. (II) ff 52r-v : An Ottoman Turkish metrical work on medicine. The fragments were likely copied in the 17th or 18th centuries CE.
[Collection of fragments].
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 8763
- Dates of Creation
- 17th century-18th century
- Language of Material
- Arabic Persian Turkish
- Physical Description
- Codex 54 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 54 ff. Dimensions : 190 mm x 130 mm. Script : Nesih and nestalik. Ink : Black ink with occasional red catchwords and titles.
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