İrşad el-aşikin - ارشاد العاشقين

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 9468
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1011
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 142 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 142 ff. Dimensions : 202 mm x 123 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an abbreviated Ottoman Turkish translation of the Persian work on ethics known as Naṣīḥatnāmah-i Shāhī (نصیحتنامۀ شاهی) by Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Khvārazmī. The translator, whose name is Mustafa İbn-i Hayreddin (f 2v) has added some explanatory material to his translation, which is divided into 12 ebvap. The work, which was dedicated to Nişancı Bey, was originally written in 1011 AH (1602-03 CE). The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied in 1011 AH (1602-03 CE) by İbrahim İbn-i Abdullah.

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For more information on the Persian original of the text, see Rieu, Supplement to the Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts at the British Museum, p. 107. For more information on the Ottoman Turkish translation, see OM II, pp. 23-24.