[Mecmua]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12813
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 2 texts 48 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 48 ff. Dimensions : 201 mm x 133 mm. Script : Nestalik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the following two works :. (I) ff 1v-42v : Kitab-i Risale-yi Ravnak-i Bustan, a treatise on gardening in four fusul, a tetimme, and a hatime, without the name of the author provided, copied by Bekir İbn-i Mustafa at the castle of Szigetvár in 1009 AH (1600-01 CE);. (II) ff 43v-48v : Hadis-i Eshabü'l-Kehf, an account, without the name of the author provided, of the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in the same hand as the preceding text.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 3 December 1962.

Subjects

Gardening