Câmâsb-nâme

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Country
United Kingdom
City
London
Institution
British Library
Repository
St. Pancras
Collection
Oriental Manuscripts
Shelfmark
Add. 24962

Contents

Câmâsb-nâme (Mūsa ‘Abdī, fl. early 15th century)
Author
Mūsa ‘Abdī, fl. early 15th century
موسی عبدی
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Mûsâ Abdî
Mūsa ‘Abdī , fl. early 15th century (authorised)
موسی عبدی (variant)
Mûsâ Abdî, fl. early 15th century (variant)
Biographical notes
The biographers of Turkish poets do not mention any ‘Abdī at that early period
Title
Câmâsb-nâme
کتاب جماسبنامه
Notes
An epic poem written in old and comparatively pure Turkish about the hero Jamasp, son of the Prophet Daniel
The work has a panegyric on the reigning Murad II, Sultan of the Turks, 1404-1451, at the close of which the author says that he wrote this translation for that sovereign, and entitled it Camaspname; but he gives no clue to the original from which it was derived
Main language of text
Ottoman Turkish
Bibliography
Catalogue
Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Turkish manuscripts in the British museum. London: British Museum, 1888, 167-168.

Physical Description

Number of folios
180 ff
Dimensions of folio
width 17.8cm, height 26.7cm
Columns
2
Ruled lines
15
Decoration
The manusript contains ten coloured drawings of a rather rude style of execution, and much defaced. They occur on
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f. 11
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Hand
Copyist: Muṣṭafá Ibn Nūr ‘Alī, fl. 16th centuryمصطفی ابن نور علی

History

Date of copy
16th. century
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