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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi

Collection

Bağdatlı Vehbi

Shelfmark

1493

Contents

Cevhernāme (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

Cevhernāme

جوهرنامه

Notes

This work is 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 637 AH [1240 CE] and describes the special properties of 25 gems and minerals, including their medicinal and magical uses. The work was prepared for Timurtaş Umur Bey (d. 865/1461) in 831 AH [1427 CE].

The place of composition is Bursa.

fol. 1r: very late paper: most likely 19th c. [1800-1899 CE] although the hand is in an earlier style naskh.

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

1v-240r

Bibliography

Editions

Aktürk, Murat. "Muhammed b. Mahmûd Şirvânî. Cevhernâme (İnceleme-Metin)." B.A. Thesis, Kayseri Erciyes Üniversity, 1998.

Studies

Muhammed b. Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, . Tuhfe-i Murâdî. İnceleme - Metin - Dizin. Edited by Argunşah, Mustafa. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1999, 11-16.

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

Show filiations

National Library 1448

Leipzig Senate Library 231

Physical Description

Number of folios

240 ff.

Columns

1

Ruled lines

15

Seal

Unidentifiable seal in purple ink; appears to be late

History

Date of copy

20th. century