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Ali and the Gift of Camels to Sait bin Zubeyr
Title
Ali and the Gift of Camels to Sait bin Zubeyr.
Created
Ottoman Empire, 1700-1899.
Physical Description
1 item (42 leaves) : paper ; 230 mm x 160 mm
Language
Turkish, Ottoman
Notes
Title from title note (f. 2b); title devised by Birge.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Single columns of 13 lines. Catchword on each verso.
Script: Naskh, vocalized.
Binding: None.
Decoration: None.
Modern pagination in pencil.
Reading notes of Birge throughout the manuscript.
Reading notes of Birge.
Contemporary manuscript annotation on back flyleaves including prayers and panegyric poems for Hussein and Hassan, sons of ʻAlī.
Accompanied by (1 leaf) a colorful postcard with portrait of Sultan Muṣṭafá Ḫan-ı evvel (السلطان مصطفى خان الأول).
In Ottoman Turkish.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Autograph of Birge (f. 1a): J.K. Birge, Istanbul, March 7, 1934 and From Nasrullah [...]. Rıżā Naṣrullāh (رضاء نصر الله) who was a sahaf in Eminönü, Istanbul (f. 1a). Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
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Summary
Manuscript, on paper, of Ali and the Gift of Camels to Sait bin Zubeyr, a hagiographical text on the virtues of ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (علي بن طالب).
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
September 13, 2024
References
Ali and the Gift of Camels to Sait bin Zubeyr. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Ali and the Gift of Camels to Sait bin Zubeyr. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Annotations - 20th century.
Manuscripts, Turkish - 17th century.
Manuscripts, Turkish - 18th century.
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