[Religious mecmua]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13122
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 5 texts 102 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 102 ff. Dimensions : 208 mm x 150 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the following five texts :. (I) ff 2v-69v : Kırk sual, the forty questions put to the Prophet Muhammad صلعم by the Jews, written by Mevlana Furati. It is preceded by a chronological table showing the dates of the Ottoman Sultans up to Mahmud I. This text was copied by İmam Hoca İbn-i Fazlullah Hoca in 1204 AH (1789-90 CE);. (II) ff 20r-71r : A fragment of a religious tract divided into mesele in a rather more cursive hand than the previous text;. (III) ff 72v-84v : Kitab-i Siracüddin, followed by a list of various materia medica;. (IV) ff 86v-101r : Elli dört farz, copied by İbrahim İbn-i Mustafa in 1151 AH (1738-39 CE);. (V) f 101v : An untitled tract beginning 'Din-i İslam'ın farzları otuz üçtür'. The undated texts are all likely from the 18th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Mr. M. Polić in May 1968.