[Cevahirname-yi Sultan Murat] - [جواهرنامۀ سلطان مراد]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13680
  • Dates of Creation
    • 15th century-early 16th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 48 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 48 ff. Dimensions : 205 mm x 150 mm. Ruling : 9 lines. Script : Nesih, fully vocalized. Binding : Brown morocco leather with embossed lozenges, medallion, and tuğra.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation of Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's Persian treatise on minerals, gems, metals, and perfumes entitled Tansūqnāmah-yi Īlkhānī (تنسوقنامۀ ایلخانی). The Ottoman Turkish version was produced for Sultan Murat II (reigned 824-48 AH/1421-44 CE and 850-55 AH/1446-51 CE) by Mustafa İbn-i Seyidi. . This manuscript is undated, but was likely copied in the 15th century or the early 16th century CE by Abdullah el-Ahmedi.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Library from Lady Clauson in May 1975.

Related Material

For more information on the Persian original, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum S, p. 112.