Şerhü'l-Vikayet - شرح الوقاية

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11048
  • Dates of Creation
    • 965
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 266 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 266 ff. Dimensions : 216 mm x 149 mm. Script : Nesih, fully vocalized until f 6v, but gradually lacking in vocalization thereafter.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish commentary by Mevlana Arap Çelebi, a müderris at Eyüp (f 2r), on the Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masā'il il-hidāyah (وقاية الرواية في مسائل الهداية), the well-known manual of Hanafi furūᶜ by al-Maḥbūbī. This manuscript was copied by Osman İbn-i Hamza İbn-i Mehmet el-Medeni at the medrese of Eyüp in İstanbul, in 965 AH (1557-58 CE).

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