Summary View

Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi

Collection

Carullah

Shelfmark

1623

Contents

Mukhtaṣar al-Mukhtār fī Manāqib al-Akhyār (Wajīh al-Dīn ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-Muḥsin al-Arzinjānī, active ‏14th century)

Author

Wajīh al-Dīn ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-Muḥsin al-Arzinjānī, active ‏14th century

وجيه الدين بن عمر بن عبد المحسن الارزنجاني

Biographical notes

In his works the author simply refers to himself as ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-Muḥsin al-Arzinjānī; the full form of his name is recorded in the ijaza on fol. 156a of Fatih 1159: “ملك العلماء المحققين قدوة المفسرين جامع انواع العلوم ناشر فنون الفضايل وجيه الحق والملة والدين ناصر الاسلام و معين المسلمين عمر بن عبد المحسن الارزنجاني”. Nothing is known of this author other than what can be gleaned from his works. It appears certain that he was a resident of Erzincan, as his nisba suggests, for that is where an autograph ms was copied (Carullah 1623). His works suggest he was a Hanafi faqih and a Sufi.

Title

Mukhtaṣar al-Mukhtār fī Manāqib al-Akhyār

مختصر المختار في مناقب الاخيار

Notes

An abridgement of Majd al-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr’s al-Mukhtār fi Manāqib al-Akhyār (المختار في مناقب الاخيار, dealing with deeds of the righteous from the Ṣaḥāba onwards.

Composed in 714 AH [1314-1315 CE]Erzincan

Main language of text

Arabic

Physical Description

Number of folios

285 ff.

Dimensions of folio

width 15.5cm, height 23.7cm

Dimensions of written area

width 11cm, height 18.5cm

Columns

1

Ruled lines

23

Addition

autograph?

History

Place

Erzincan

Date of copy

14th century

Provenance

Waqf of Veliyuddin Carullah 1150, after Carulla's bequest put in library of waqf books next to Sultan Ahmed mosque in Constantinople (fol. Ia)