[Zübdetü'l-makal?] - [زبدة المقال؟]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12732
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 143 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 143 ff. Dimensions : 170 mm x 110 mm. Script : Nestalik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a collection of anecdotes on the first persons to perform certain actions, collated by Mehmet Şevki İbn-i Ahmet. Although no title appears in this copy, it is probably the Zübdetü'l-makal of Mehmet Şevki. The text contains a table of contents on ff 1v-5v. This manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

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

Related Material

For more information on Mehmet Şevki, see OM III, p. 73, where the work is described as having been based on a work by al-Suyūṭī.