A manuscript containing two works :. (1) (2v-71v) Silsilename-i Celveti, a spiritual pedigree of the Celveti şeyhler with biographical information, originally penned by İsmail Hakkı Bursevi Nu'man ibn-i Hacci İsmail Efendi in 1165 AH / 1751-52 CE. (2) (73v-107v) Burhan ul-arifin, an exposition of Sufism by Selim Baba, whose spiritual guide was Hüseyin Sultan of the Kadiriye tarikat. According to OM I, p. 86, his death took place in 1170 AH (1756-57 CE). His name appears in the work as Selim-i Divane. The manuscript is undated, but probably copied in the 17th century. 1r contains considerable graffiti in Ottoman Turkish. There is a small additional sheet in between ff 42 and 43 with several lines of text in Arabic.
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This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or 8725
- Dates of Creation
- 17th century-18th century
- Language of Material
- Arabic Turkish
- Physical Description
- Codex 107 ff. Materials : Paper. Foliation : European for entire codex, each text is foliated in Ottoman style as a separate text. Dimensions : 208 mm x 150 mm. Ruling : Text boxes in red ink 2v-4r (165 mm x 93 mm); text block is the same size in text 1; text block for text 2 is 148 mm x 88m. Script : Nesih. Ink : Black ink with red catchwords and overlining. Binding : British Museum binding.
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Purchased from Abd el-Ghani Shehab on 7 May 1921.