Cami'ü'l-hikayat - جامع الحكايات

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12601
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1106
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 2 texts 112 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 112 ff. Dimensions : 205 mm x 150 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a collection of anecdotes illustrating the Hundred Aḥādīth compiled from various sources by Mukhliṣ ibnu'l-Ḥāfiẓ el-Qāḍī. This is followed by a separate ḥādīth on the authority of Anas ibn Mālik with an explanation in Ottoman Turkish (ff 109v-111v), copied in the same hand as the first text. This manuscript was copied by Hüseyin İbn-i Hanefi in 1106 AH (1694-95 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 26 July 1961.