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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi

Collection

Hacı Beşir Ağa

Shelfmark

506

Contents

Rawḍat al-ʿiṭr (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

Rawḍat al-ʿiṭr

روضة العطر

Notes

Dedicated to the Ottoman Sultan Murad II’s kazasker, Veliyüddīn b. İlyās-ı Ḥasenī, and the father of the famous Ottoman poet, Aḥmed Paşa (d. 1497). This work of 44 sections deals with medicinals and perfumes, drawing on a variety of classical sources as well as the author’s own experiences.

The place of composition is Bursa

Looks like a late copy, possibly even 19th c. [1800-1899 CE]

Main language of text

Arabic

Bibliography

Studies

Muhammed b. Mahmûd-ı Şirvânî, . Tuhfe-i Murâdî. İnceleme - Metin - Dizin. Edited by Argunşah, Mustafa. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1999, 27.

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

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Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 2093

Vatican Library 877

Physical Description

Number of folios

238 ff.

Columns

1

Ruled lines

23

Seal

Unreadalbe two seals on 1v and one on 236v

History

Date of copy

20th. century