Lughat-i Niᶜmat Allāh - لغت نعمت الله

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 9121
  • Dates of Creation
    • 973
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 186 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 186 ff. Dimensions : 241 mm x 148 mm. Ruling : Gold-ruled margins. Script : Nesih. Binding : Contemporary binding with flap.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a Persian dictionary with Ottoman Turkish explanations and quotations to illustrate the use of words, composed by Nimetullah İbn-i Ahmet İbn-i Kadı Mübarek el-Rumi (died 969 AH/1561-62 CE). The work is divided into three parts: verbs in alphabetical order; rules of Persian grammar; and nouns in alphabetical order. The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied in 973 AH (1565-66 CE) by Ahmet İbn-i Mehmet.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1922.

Related Material

Other copies of this work can be found at Or 7331, and Add MS 7680. Abridged copies of this work can be found at Add MS 7679 and Add MS 7686. For more information on the work and its author, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 142.

Subjects

Dictionaries