Tercüme-yi sittin el-cevami el-besatin - ترجمۀ ستین الجوامع البساتین

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12559
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1220
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 130 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 130 ff. Dimensions : 245 mm x 135 mm. Script : Nestalik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation by Altı Parmak Mehmet Efendi (died 1033 AH/1623-24 CE) of the Kitāb sittīn jāmiᶜ al-laṭā'if wa'l-basātīn (كتاب ستين جامع اللطائف والبساتين), a mystical interpretation of Sūrah XII (Sūrat Yūsuf) in 60 faṣl by Jamāl al-Dīn Abu Bakr Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Zayd al-Ṭūsī. This manuscript was copied by Seyit Mustafa, 'an ağayan-i Enderun-i Hazine-yi Hümayun, in 1220 AH (1805-06 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher in March 1961.

Related Material

Other copies of this work can be found at Or 7883 and Or 12827. For the original Arabic text, see Ivanow 1241. For more information on the Ottoman Turkish translation, see OM I, p. 212.