Vasiyetname - واصيتنامه

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12195
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 228 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 228 ff. Dimensions : 230 mm x 134 mm. Ruling : Gold-ruled margins. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation, without the name of the translator given, of Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyah fī maᶜrifat al-asrār al-malakiyah (الفتوحات المكية في معريفة الاسرار الملكية), the Sufi work by Muḥyi al-Dīn Ibn al-ᶜarabī. The translator mentions that he was first in the service of the Sultan and then in that of İbrahim Efendi, Şeyh-ül-Haram at Medine. On f 4r, the name of the reigning Sultan is given as Ahmet Han İbn-i Mehmet Han, who is more likely to be Ahmet III than Ahmet I, given the style of the work. Each section of the work is called 'vasiyet' rather than bab. The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was likely copied in the early 19th century CE.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1958.

Related Material

For more information on the original text, see Brockelmann G.I, p. 442, S.I, p. 792/11.