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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi

Collection

Yazma Bağışlar

Shelfmark

6482

Contents

Work 1: Miftāḥ al-najāt (شروانى، محمد بن محمود)

LOC subject headings

MedicineReligious aspectsIslam

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

Miftāḥ al-najāt

مفتاح النجاة

Notes

This work of 42 sections deals with the miraculous properties of the Quran (hawāṣṣ al-Qurʾānk), including their curative properties and with Sufi interpretations of Quranic verses.

The place of composition is Anatolia, either in the Germiyanid or Ottoman realm.

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

3v-21v

Columns

1

Ruled lines

25

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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Çorum Hasan Paşa İl Halk Kütüphanesi 604

Tire Necip Paşa Kütüphanesi 905

Physical Description

Number of folios

104 ff.

History

Date of copy

20th. century