[Münşeat-i Ali Efendi] - [منشآت علي افندي]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 14358
  • Dates of Creation
    • Late 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 40 ff Material: Thick, polished laid paper. Foliation: European, 40 ff. Dimensions: 216 x 152 mm; text area varies. Pricking and Ruling: Generally 11 lines; catchwords, rubrics. Script: Fine calligraphic divani script. Binding: Original coffee-coloured Ottoman morocco with blind-tooled central medallions and ruled borders.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the selected correspondence, private and official, of Ali Efendi, an otherwise unidentified Ottoman civil servant of the 12th century AH/18th century CE. The letters include dates ranging between 1143-49 AH/1730-37 CE. One letter, on f 31v, is dated 1110 AH/1698-99 CE. The manuscript also includes several pieces of calligraphy as well as scribbles and squiggles. Some calligraphy of hadith on f 37v, done later than the text, is dated 1199 AH/1784-85 CE. The compilation of the manuscript itself is undated, and probably goes back to around the mid-twelfth century AH/mid-eighteenth century CE.

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