[Extract from the Tac-üt-tevarih].

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Add MS 18811
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1733
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item 45 ff Materials : European paper. Foliation : European, 45 ff. Dimensions : 223 mm x 165 mm. Script : Maghribi.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an account of the accession of Mehmet II to the Ottoman throne and the Conquest of Istanbul, without a title. It is extracted from the Tac-üt-tevarih and corresponds to ff 225v-245r of Add MS 19628. The copyist, who signed his name Julyen Galan (Julien Galland), was a nephew of the celebrated translator of the Arabian Nights, Antoine Galland. The text is dated 1733 AH.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Acquired from the collection of Dr. H. Ford.

Other Finding Aids

See Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 53.

Related Material

Copies of the text from which this was extracted can be found at Add MS 19628, Or 856, Or 3210, Or 7285, Or 7286, Or 7287, and Or 7908. .