Kitab futuhatu'l-hikem li-tervihat kulubü'l-ümem - كتاب فتوحات الحكم لترويحات قلوب الامم

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12720
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1317
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 69 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 69 ff. Dimensions : 210 mm x 150 mm. Script : Nestalik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation of the Kitāb al-ḥikam (كتاب الحكم) or, more correctly, Ḥikam sāṭiᶜah (حكم ساطعة), a mystical work of Sayyid Aḥmad al-Rifāᶜī (died 578 AH /1182-83 CE), completed by Hüseyin Evhaduddin İbn-i Abdurrahman İbn-i Ahmet in 1317 AH (1899-1900 CE). The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied in the same year that the translation was completed.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher in April 1962.