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Mir'atü'l-Cezāyīr
Creator
علي رضا پاشا
Title
Mir'atü'l-Cezāyīr.
مراَت الجزاير
Created
Ottoman Empire, 1880-1899.
Physical Description
1 item (iii + 145 leaves + vi) : paper ; 260 mm x 170 mm
Language
Turkish, Ottoman
Notes
Title assigned by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Single columns of 11 lines. Catchword on each verso.
Script: Naskh.
Decoration: No decoration.
Binding: Half-bound in dark brown leather, green bookcloth over paper pasteboards.
Manuscript foliation, in a hand later than that of the text, starts at head of text with f. 1. Modern foliation begins at table of contents, with modern f. 5 corresponding to former f. 2, modern f. 6 corresponding to former f. 3, and so on.
Contemporary annotations containing Arabic prayers on recto front flyleaf.
Accompanying material: dentelle (1 piece).
In Ottoman Turkish.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript, on paper, of 'Alī Rıżā' Paşa's Mir'atü'l-Cezāyīr, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by 'Alī Şevḳī (علي شوقی). Text presents the history of Algeria under Ottoman rule from the 16th to the 19th century. Opens with a table of contents (ff. 2a-4a).
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 13, 2023
References
'Alī Rıżā' Paşa, Mir'atü'l-Cezāyīr. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
'Alī Rıżā' Paşa, Mir'atü'l-Cezāyīr. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Annotations - 19th century.
Manuscripts, Turkish - 19th century.
Also listed under
علي شوقی
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