İnşa-i Sadi - انشاء سعدى

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11578
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1045
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 13 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 13 ff. Dimensions : 188 mm x 104 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a short tract on inşa by a certain Sadi who seems to be identical to the author of a treatise on prayer (Or 1166 text II). Rieu suggest that he may be Sadi İbn-i Hasan, who lived at the end of the 16th century CE. The tract on inşa is dedicated to Sultan Mehmet, who must therefore be Mehmet III (reigned 1595-1603). There is a note in Italian at the beginning of the text giving the date 1693 CE. This manuscript was copied in 1045 AH (1635-36 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Transferred from the British Museum's Department of Printed Books in 1869 and incorporated into the Oriental Collections on 22 November 1935.

Related Material

For more information about Sadi, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts at the British Museum, p. 10.