An Ottoman Turkish translation of the letter to Ibn ᶜabdūs by Ibn Zaydūn (died 463 AH/1071 CE) and the commentary on this letter by Ibn Nubātah entited Sarḥ al-ᶜuyūn (سرح العيون) (see GAL. G i, p. 274 and S i, p 485). The translation was made by the Şeyh-ül-İslam Mehmet Sait called Kara Halilzade in 1133 AH (1720-21 CE). The first folio of the current text is missing, and there is a table of contents of the work found on ff 1v-4v. This manuscript is undated, but was likely copied in the 18th century CE.
[Tercüme-yi Risale-yi İbn-i Zeydun] - [ترجمۀ رسالۀ ابن زیدون]
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 9019
- Dates of Creation
- 18th century
- Language of Material
- Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 237 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 237 ff. Dimensions : 223 mm x 138 mm. Script : Nesih. Binding : The original embroidered binding has been attached to the doublures.
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Purchased by the British Museum in 1921.
Bibliography
Ibn Nubātah, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, Tercüme-yi Serh ul-uyun fi şerh-i Risale-yi İbn Zeydun, translated by Mehmet Sait İbn Kara Halil (İstanbul : Takvim-i Vekayi, 1257 [1841-42]).