Düsturu'l-amel fi ıslahı'l-halel - دستور العمل في اسلاح الخلل.

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 6246
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 17th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Arabic Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • Codex 148 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 148 ff. Dimensions : 149 mm x 930 mm. Script : Nastaliq.

Scope and Content

This codex contains the following tracts, most of which relate to jurisprudence:. ff 1v-8r : Chapters relating to the Prophet Muhammad صلعم, from a work by Abu'l-Laith al-Samarqandi, followed by anecdotes and other texts in Arabic;. ff 11v-78v : Kitāb al-ḥudūd wa'l-aḥkām, a manual of Hanefi law by ᶜAlī bin Muḥyī al-Dīn bin Masᶜūd al-Shāhwardī al-Bisṭāmī (Muṣannifak), including a table of contents on f 11r;. ff 79v-87r : Düsturu'l-amel, a short treatise containing proposals for reform of the Ottoman finances and budget control written in 1063 AH (1653 CE) by Katip Çelebi (Haccı Halife);. ff 89v-142r : Majlā al-qudāt, a manual of civil law in Arabic by Ghānim bin Muḥammad al-Baghdādī (died 1030 AH/1621-22 CE). The earliest of the dates written in the margin of 142r is 1065 AH (1654-55 CE);. ff 142v-148r : Hazi risale-yi matlab şerhidir, a tract in Arabic, followed by various notes, all in Arabic. All five items included in this codex are in the same hand, the date of which is indicated (on f 142r) as the first half of the 17th century.

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Related Material

For information on tract 3 (ff 79v-87r), see G.O. p. 201, and O. Ş. Gökyay's article in Kâtip Çelebi: Hayatı - Şahsiyeti - Eserleri (Ankara: 1957).