Tercüme-yi muzhirü'l-takdis bi huruç taifetü'l-Faransis - ترجمۀ مظهر التقديس بخروج طائفة الفرانسيس

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12698
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1226
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 86 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 86 ff. Dimensions : 222 mm x 140 mm. Script : Rık'a.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation of an account of Cairo during the French occupation of Egypt, originally composed in Arabic by ᶜabd al-Raḥmān ibn Ḥasan al-Jabartī (died 1825-26 CE). The title of the Arabic original as provided by Brockelmann and Babinger is Muẓhir al-taqdīs bi dhahab al-dawlat al-Frānsīs (مظهر التقديس بذهب الدولة الفرانسيس). The translator's name is given as Mustafa Behçet (died 1248 AH/1832-33 CE). This manuscript was copied in 1226 AH (1811-12 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher in March 1960.

Related Material

For more information on the translator, see OM I, p. 377, and III, pp. 209-10.