[Ottoman land transfer document]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Stowe Or 21
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1037
  • Language of Material
    • Latin Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 2 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 2 ff. Dimensions : 1041 mm x 343 mm. Script : Divani. Ink : Black and gold for the text; black, gold, blue, green and red for floral illumination. Binding : Unbound text, contained within a Morocco tube.

Scope and Content

This scroll contains a nişan-i şerif transferring the timar (military fief) Szent Tamás in the district of Temesvár, from Kâtip Ali, on his resignation, to his son Mehmet. It is addressed to Yusuf, Beylerbey of Temesvár. The document contains a lavishly decorated tuğra of Sultan Murad IV in gold with floral illumination in myriad colours. The names of various royal and important individuals is also recorded in gold throughout, and a Latin description of the document by Sulayman Negri is found on a separate sheet. The document is dated at Istanbul 18 Şeval 1037 AH (21 June 1628 CE).

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Acquired by Parliament in 1883.

Other Finding Aids

See Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 90.