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Turkey

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Izmir

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Contents

Miftāḥ al-najāt (شروانى، محمد بن محمود)

Author

شروانى، محمد بن محمود

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Şirvānī, Muḥammed b. Maḥmūd (d. ca. in between 841/1438 and 1451)

Muhammed bin Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, active 15th century (authorised)

Mehmet bin Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, active 15th century (variant)

Muhammed bin Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, 15th cent (variant)

Muhammed ibn Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, active 15th century (variant)

Şirvânî, Muhammed bin Mahmût, active 15th century (variant)

Biographical notes

A physician and author in the service of several rulers, including the Germiyanid Yaʿḳūb Beg of Kütahya, and the Ottoman sultans, Meḥmed I and Murad II. He spent the latter part of his life in Bursa. He has been confused with his contemporary, Maḥmūd b. Muḥammed Dilşad Şükrullâh Şirvānī, author Murādnāme and Tarīḫ-i İbn Kesīr Tercümesi, and has been dubiously attributed with these following works: Kemāliyye, Bāhnāme Tercümesi and Harīdetü’l-Acā’ib ve Cerīdetü’l-Garā’ib Tercümesi.

Title

Miftāḥ al-najāt

مفتاح النجاة

Notes

This work of 42 sections deals with the miraculous properties of the Quran (hawāṣṣ al-Qurʾānk), including their curative properties and with Sufi interpretations of Quranic verses.

The place of composition is Anatolia, either in the Germiyanid or Ottoman realm.

Information on the manuscript taken from: (Muhammed b. Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, . Mürşid (Göz Hastalıkları). Edited by Bayat, Ali Haydar and Necdet Okumuş. Ankara: Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Başkanlığı, 2004., pp. Muhammed bin Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî. Mürşid (Göz Hastalıkları). Edited by Ali Haydar Bayat and Necdet Okumuş. Ankara: Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Başkanlığı, 2004).

Main language of text

Arabic

Bibliography

Studies

Muhammed b. Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, . Tuhfe-i Murâdî. İnceleme - Metin - Dizin. Edited by Argunşah, Mustafa. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1999, 27.

Okumuş, Necdet. "Şirvānī, Muhammed b. Mahmūd." TDVİA. 39 2010: 206-208.

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Physical Description

Number of folios

156 ff.

Columns

1

Ruled lines

13

Hand

Copyist:Ḥacı Resūl İbnu’l-Ḥac Ḫāce Yaʿḳūb

History

Date of copy

NaNth. century