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Country

Turkey

City

Kastamonu

Institution

Kastamonu İl Halk Ktp.

Shelfmark

1568

Contents

Work 4: Risāle-i ʿİlm ve Maʿrifet (Maḥmūd b. Ḳaḍı Manyas, fl. 15th century)

Author

Maḥmūd b. Ḳaḍı Manyas, fl. 15th century

ﻣﺣﻤﻮﺩﺏ ﻗﺎﺿﻲ ﻣﺎﻧﻴﺎﺱ

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Manyasoġlı Maḥmūd

ﻣﺎﻧﻴﺎﺱ ﺍﻭﻏﻟﻲ ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ

Mahmûd bin Kādı̂-i Manyâs, active 15th century (authorised)

Mahmûd bin Kādı̂-i Manyâs, 15th cent (variant)

Mahmûd bin Kādı̂ Mı̂nyâsi, active 15th century (variant)

Mahmut bin Kadi-yi Manyas, active 15th century (variant)

Manyâsoğlu, Mahmud, active 15th century40 (variant)

Meynâsoğlu, Mahmud, active 15th century (variant)

Mikyâsoğlu, Mahmud, active 15th century (variant)

Muhammed bin Kādı̂-i Meynâs, active 15th century (variant)

Biographical notes

An Ottoman intellectual who lived during the reign of Murad II (r.1421-1451). He was born in Manyas where his father served as judge. He grew up in Skopje and completed his education here, as well as some of his works. He later moved to Edirne, where he taught at various madrasa. He died in Edirne. His dates of birth and death are unknown.Maḥmūd b. Kadī-i Manyas was versed in the Islamic sciences and had a keen interest in occult sciences. He was fluent in Arabic and Persian, and composed poetry in both languages, as well as in Turkish.

Title

Risāle-i ʿİlm ve Maʿrifet

Notes

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

225v-238v

Columns

0

Ruled lines

17

Physical Description

Number of folios

249 ff.

History

Date of copy

20th. century