Güzide - كزيده

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 8386
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1147
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 115 ff. Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 115 ff. Dimensions : 210 mm x 127 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a treatise on tecvit (the correct recitation of the Qur'an with the pronunciation of the various letters) in 29 ebvab, compiled from various works by Mahmud İbnü'l-Seyit Mehmet el-Nakşibendi el-Urmavi. In the British Museum Acquisition registers, the title of the work appears as 'Al-Guzīdah fī ᶜilm il-tajvīd'. The writing on the first three folios has been smudged and parts of the text are not legible. This manuscript was copied in 1147 AH (1734-35 CE) by Abdulmutı Altı Parmak el-Biri.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1919.

Related Material

The name of the author of this work is given in the OM I, p. 14 as Açıkbaş Mahmud Efendi (died 1077 AH/1666-67 CE). For more information on the copyist of this work, see Rossi, p. 234.