[Hurufi Mecmua]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7704
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 7 texts 143 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 143 ff. Dimensions : 160 mm x 105 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the following seven texts :. (I) ff 1v-65v : A Persian tafsīr without title or author's name. There is a break after f 65v and a few isolated pages of the same tafsīr follow (ff 66r-68v). The text was copied in 1076 AH (1665-66 CE);. (II) ff 68v-70r : Another tract in Persian on religious observances (ᶜibādat);. (III) ff 70v-92v : A Persian tract entitled Iṭāᶜatnāmah in the form of question and answer;. (IV) ff 93v-98v : A mesnevi in Persian;. (V) ff 98v-104v : Another portion of the same tafsīr found in text I;. (VI) ff 104v-114v : Miftah ul-gayip by Misali, a tract in Ottoman Turkish, within which have been bound (a) a tract in Persian (ff 111v-112v); and (b) a poem by Nesimi (ff 113r-114r);. (VII) ff 114v-143v : An Ottoman Turkish tract entitled Mukaddimetü'l-uşşak. This text is copied largely in the same hand as text I.

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Related Material

Other copies of text VI can be found at Or 5961 text IV and Or 11168 text III.