Nigaristan - نكارستان

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13106
  • Dates of Creation
    • 16th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 200 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 200 ff. Dimensions : 190 mm x 100 mm. Ruling : Gold-ruled margins. Script : Talik. Ink : Main text in black ink, with headings in red, written vertically, and gold for illumination.

Scope and Content

This volume is parallel to the Bahāristān (بهارستان) of Jāmī written by Kemalpaşazade. This manuscript was likely copied in the 16th century.

Access Information

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Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher in March 1968.

Related Material

For more on this text and Kemalpaşazade, see OM I, p. 223; and Turan, Şerafettin, 'Kemalpaşazâde: Osmanlı şeyhülislâmı ve tarihçisi,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 19 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/kemalpasazade