Kitab-i Battal Gazi - كتاب بطال غازى

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7310
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1179
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 137 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 137 ff. Dimensions : 200 mm x 155 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the popular romance of the hero Seyit Battal Gazi, composed probably in the 13th or 14th centuries CE. The manuscript was copied in 1179 AH (1765-66 CE).

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Related Material

Another, much more complete and intricate version of the text can be found at Add MS 10000. For more information on it, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 214-15. An incomplete copy of this work can be found at Or 8768.