Hüccetü'l-baliğa - حجة البالغة

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12723
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1303
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 110 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 110 ff. Dimensions : 240 mm x 175 mm. Script : Rık'a.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a Sufi work written in 1133 AH (1720-21 CE) by İsmail Hakkı Celveti of Bursa, also known as İsmail Hakkı Bursevi (died 1137 AH/1724-25 CE). The treatise deals with a number of Sufi concepts related to the description and essence of humans. This manuscript was copied by Seyit Ahmet Zeki İbn-i Hacı Abdülkerim in 1303 AH (1885-86 CE).

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Acquisition Information

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

Related Material

Another copy of this work can be found at Or 11010 text I. For more information on İsmail Hakkı, see OM I p. 29; and Namlı, Ali, 'İsmâil Hakkı Bursevî: Celvetî şeyhi, müfessir, şair,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 12 August 2021. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/ismail-hakki-bursevi.