Mecmuatü'l-havadis - مجموعة الحوادث

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12963
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1229
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 509 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 509 ff. Dimensions : 343 mm x 232 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a very detailed history of the Ottoman Empire from 1203 AH (1788-89 CE) to 1229 AH (1813-14 CE). The author, who does not provide their name, must have been intimately connected with Court circles and states that they derived the greater part of their information from oral sources. This manuscript was copied in 1229 AH (1813-14 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from J. Thornton and Son Ltd., Oxford, in February 1965.