Menakıb-ı evliya-yi Bursa - مناقب اولياى برسه

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12870
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 158 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 158 ff. Dimensions : 210 mm x 125 mm. Script : Nesih. Binding : Contemporary binding with flap.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the biographies of 256 holy men who are buried in the city of Bursa, compiled by Şeyh Mehmet İbn-i Mustafa Baldırzade. The work is also called the Ravzat-i evliya (a chronogram of which gives the date of completion as 1059 AH/1649 CE) or Tarih-i vefayat. The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century CE.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from J. Thornton and Son Ltd. of Oxford in July 1963.