Kitab ravzatu'l-ahyar el-müntahap min Rebi'ü'l-ebrar - كتاب روضة الاحيار المنتخب من ربيع الابرار

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12603
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1094
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 176 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 176 ff. Dimensions : 285 mm x 203 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a translation, without the name of the translator provided, of the Arabic work of Al-Zamakhsharī entitled Rabīᶜ al-abrar(ربيع الابرار) made by order of Selim II. The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied by İbrahim Hazine-dar in 1094 AH (1682-83 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 26 July 1961.

Related Material

A telhis of the work by al-Zamakhsharī produced by Muhyiddin Mehmet İbn-i Hatip Kasım (died 940 AH/1533-34 CE), called Hatıp Kasımoğlu, mentioned in OM II, p. 17, does not fit with the patronage of Selim II.