This volume contains a collection of interpretations and directives bearing on a wide range of legal questions. This work was compiled by Mehmet Ubeydullah Musazade from documents that his father, Ubeydullah Musazade, had copied out while serving as clerk to the Şeyh-ül-İslam Pirizade Mehmet Sahıp. The latter lived from 1085 AH (1674 CE) to 1162 AH (1749 CE). The text contains a table of contents (ff 2v-6r); an Arabic-language preface (ff 7v-8r); the main text (ff 8r-199v); and finally further questions and answers on a variety of legal matters, addressing both the şeriat and kanun (ff 200v-228r). Other contents include: a note addressed to Mevlana [blank] Efendi, newly appointed to a judicial post (f 1r); and Arz-i hal dated 1216 AH (1802-03 CE) (f 1v). The text contains a single unvan on f 7v that features gilt, floral and arabesque designs. The colophon (f 199v) states that the manuscript was copied by Ali İbn-i Abdullah and is dated 7 Zulkade 1212 AH (23 April 1798 CE).
Tuhfetü'l-küttab - تحفة الكتاب
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 14079
- Dates of Creation
- 1212
- Language of Material
- Arabic Turkish
- Physical Description
- Codex 228 ff Materials : Paper. Dimensions : 221 mm x 141 mm. Foliation : European, 228 ff. Pricking and Ruling : Gold-ruled margins and divisions; text block measures 161 mm x 89 mm; 23 lines; catchwords. Script : Nestalik. Ink : Main text in black ink with red headers. Binding : Rebound by the British Library.
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Purchased by the British Library from E. J. Brill of Leiden in March 1982.