Müzekki el-nüfus - مزكى النفوس

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12904
  • Dates of Creation
    • 999
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 3 texts 311 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 311 ff. Dimensions : 300 mm x 203 mm. Script : Nesih, fully vocalized.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a devotional work by Eşrefoğlu (Abdullah-i Rumi) of İznik (died 874 AH/1469-70 CE). The text ends on f 302v and is followed by two appendices: Fi beyan-i silsile-yi müellif-i kitap (ff 302v-303v) and Fazl-i ruh-i Adem'in bedenine geldiği hikayettir (ff 304r-311r). The first folio has been restored at a later date. This manuscript was copied by Mehmet İbn-i Hüseyin in 999 AH (1590-91 CE).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from J. Thornton and Son, Oxford, in February 1964.

Related Material

Another copy of this text can be found at Or 4394. More information on this text can be found at Uçman, Abdullah, 'Müzekki'n-nüfus: Eşrefoğlu Rûmî'nin (ö. 874/1469-70 [?] dinî-tasavvufî mensur eseri,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 16 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/muzekkin-nufus. For more information on the author of this work, see Pekolcay, A. Necla, and Uçman, Abdullah, 'Eşrefoğlu Rûmî: Kadiriyye tarikatının Eşrefiyye kolunun kurucusu, mutasavvıf-şair,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 16 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/esrefoglu-rumi.