Tuhfetü'l-ahbab - تحفة الاحباب

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11225
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1091
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 89 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 89 ff. Dimensions : 215 mm x 120 mm. Ruling : Gold- and red-ruled columns. Script : Nesih. Ink : Main text in black ink with red overlines and headers.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a treatise on chess written in the year 1087 AH (1676-77 CE) by Şeyh Mehmet el-Mevlevi for the entertainment of Arnavut Abdurrahman Abdi Paşa, Vali of Egypt, in his leisure time. The text is divided into a mukaddime, four ebvap subdivided into fusul, and a hatime. In a medallion on f 1r containing the title, the author is called Şeyh Mehmet el-Mevlevi el-Vani. The work appears to be unique and is likely an autograph, copied in 1091 AH (1680-81 CE) at the tekye of Cairo.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 10 May 1930.