[Alevi folk literature]

This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12900
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 121 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 121 ff. Dimensions : 244 mm x 165 mm. Script : Nesih, fully vocalized.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Alevi work consisting of a story on the descendants of Ali ending in the fifth Imam, Muḥammad Bāqir. The text is undated, but was copied by Şeyh Mehmet Rüşti, probably in the 19th century CE.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from J. Thornton and Son, Oxford, in February 1964.