Şerefü'l-insan -شرف الانسان.

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7150
  • Dates of Creation
    • 957
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 271 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 271 ff. Dimensions : 208 mm x 138 mm. Script : Nesih. Binding : Contemporary stamped leather binding with flap.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a free translation of the twenty-first of the Risāᵓil ikhwān al-ṣafā by Lami'i Çelebi (died 938 AH/1531-32 CE). The text contains a single unvan. The manuscript was copied in 957 AH (1550-51 CE) by Ahmet İbn-i Mehmet.

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Acquisition Information

Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1909.

Related Material

For other copies of the text, please see Add MS 7843, Or 1145, Or 7151 text 1, Or 13194, and Or 13473. For further information on the author, please see OM II, p. 492. For more information on the text, please see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 226; Karatay II, pp. 278-79; and HOP III, pp. 20-21.