Tercüme-yi Hadis-i erbain li-Hakani - ترجمۀ حدیث اربعین لخاقانی

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 14243
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1269
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 87 ff Material : thin polished paper, blue end papers. Foliation : European, 87 ff. Dimensions : 213 mm x 129 mm. Ruling : Red-ruled frames and columns; text block measures 162 mm x 76 mm; 21 lines with catchwords. Script : Rık'a. Ink : Primary text in black ink with rubrics in red or blue. Binding : Original dark maroon morocco with gilt foliage design and chain borders on covers and flap.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation, alongside commentary, of forty Aḥādīth. The author is Mehmet Hakani (died 1015 AH/1606-07 CE). The text opens with verses in praise of Sultan Mehmet III (reigned 1003-12 AH/1595-1603 CE) and the Grand Vezir Sinan Paşa. The paraphrase of each ḥadīth is followed by an illustrative story. There is a small illuminated heading on f 1v. The colophon can be found on f 87v, where we learn that the manuscript was copied by Osman İbn-i Mustafa el-Erzurumi in 1269 AH (1852-53 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Library on auction at Sotheby's & Co. on 15 October 1984.

Related Material

For other copies, see Or 8036 and Or 8038 text I. For more information on Hakani, see OM II, pp. 163-64; SO II, p. 264; HOP III, pp. 193-98; Yöntem, Ali Canib, 'Hakanî Mehmed BEy: hayat ve eserlerine dair incelemeler,' Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyat Dergisi, II: 1-2, pp. 43-46; 'Hakanî Mehmed BEy: hayat ve eserlerine dair incelemeler, İA, V:1, pp. 96-97, which gives references to tezkireler. For more compilations belonging to this genre, see Karahan, A., İslâm-Türk edebiyatında Kırk Hadis toplama, tercüme ve şerhleri (Ankara: Diyanet İşleri Bakanlığı, 1991).