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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Nuruosmaniye Yazma Eser KÜtüphanesi

Shelfmark

no. 2594

Contents

Maghārib al-zamān (Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, -1451)

Author

Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, -1451

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يازيجي اوغلو محمد

Yazıcızāde Meḥmed, d. 1451

Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed b. Yazıcı Ṣāliḥ b. Süleymān, d. 1451

Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, -1451 (authorised)

Mehmet Yazıcıoğlu, -1451 (variant)

Yazıcıoğlu Mehmed, d. 1451 (variant)

Yazıcıoğlu, Mehmet, -1451 (variant)

Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, d. 1451 (variant)

Yazıcıoğlu Muhammed, -1451 (variant)

يازيجي اوغلو محمد (variant)

Biographical notes

Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed, d. 855/1451, the son of Yazıcı Ṣāliḥ b. Süleymān, a clerk employed in the Ottoman government, and older brother of Ahmet Bican, active 15th century, lived during the reign of Murad II, Sultan of the Turks, 1404-1451. Born in a village outside of Malkara (Tekirdağ, Turkey), he later settled in Gelibolu (Turkey) where he composed his works and spent the rest of his life. Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed was a disciple of Hacı Bayram Veli, -1429 the founder of the Bayramiyye order.

Title

Maghārib al-zamān

مغارب الزمان

Notes

The Maghārib al-zamān (مغارب الزمان ) treats the birth and life of Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 and events up to the deaths of Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī, d. 670 and Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, -680. Prefaced by a description of Creation, the final section covers the end of the world and Judgment Day. The original Arabic work was superseded by its Turkish verse translation, the Muḥammedīye (محمديه), likewise composed by Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed, d. 855/1451.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

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Nuruosmaniye Yazma Eser KÜtüphanesi no. 2593

Nuruosmaniye Yazma Eser KÜtüphanesi no. 2595

Nuruosmaniye Yazma Eser KÜtüphanesi no. 2596

Vatican Library 144

Vatican Library 150

Vatican Library 150

Vatican Library 80

Physical Description

Number of folios

383 ff.

Columns

1

Seal

Waqf seal on 11a f. by Sultan Osmanhan ibn Mustafa Han, سلطان عسمان حان ابن مصطفي حان

History

Date of copy

20th. century