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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi

Collection

Ayasofya

Shelfmark

3577

Contents

Tuḥfe-i Murādī (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

Tuḥfe-i Murādī

تحفهء مرادی

Notes

Specifically prepared for the Ottoman sultan Murad II in 833 AH [1430 CE] in Bursa, this work of 32 chapters is an expanded version of the Cevhernāme, a Turkish adaptation of Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf al-Tīfāshī (d. 651/1253)’s lapidary, the Azḥār al-Afkār fī jawāhir al-aḥjār (“Best Thoughts on the Best of Stones”), which was written around 1240 [1240 CE] and describes the special properties of 25 gems and minerals, including their medicinal and magical uses. The author draws on additional later authorities, primarily Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (d. 1274)’s work on gemology, Tansūkhnāma-yi īlkhānī.

The place of composition is Bursa.

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

1v-99v

Bibliography

Editions

Argunşah, Mustafa, ed. Tuhfe-i Murâdî (Cevhernâme) (İnceleme – Dizin – Tıpkıbasım). Muhammed bin Mahmûd Şirvânî (ö. 1440?). Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi Ayasofya Koleksiyonu, No. 3577’deki Nüshanın Tıpkıbasımı. Istanbul: Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Bakanlığı, 2012.

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

Studies

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

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National Library [Dar al-Kutub] 4663

İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzesi 728

Bursa İnebey Yazma Eser Ktp. 1098

Kastamonu İl Halk Kütüphanesi 3166

Physical Description

Number of folios

99 ff.

Columns

1

Ruled lines

13

Decoration

high quality calligraphy and decorated frontspiece [gilded bismillah but not completely illuminated; blue and gold floral background; gold-blue framing throughout the entire text]

Seal

Waqf seal of Mahmud I on 1r; another partially legible seal.

History

Date of copy

20th. century