[Wellcome MS Turkish Ottoman 16].

Date:
1747
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About this work

Description

The work was dedicated to the Ottoman Sultan Mustafa b. Muhammed and sadrazam (Grand Vizier) Ali Pasha (fol.5b-6a). The work is actually a translation of a well known Persian treatise on medicine by Muhammad Mumin Husaini. A Dictionary of Greek, Arabic and Persian terms with the translation and commentary in Turkish.

Publication/Creation

1747.

Physical description

421 fol. + 1 ; 21 x 14 cm

Notes

European paper. Written area in gold and red frame 15.5 x 8 cm. 29 lines. Black ink with red headings. Catchwords. Coloured unvan (fol. 5b). Fol. 1a-4b – fihrist (table of contents). Ottoman binding of red leather with flap decorated with gilded shemse.
Colophon: Fol. 421a. The copiyst calls himself Halil b. Husayn. Probably a holograph copy. Dated: Zul’hijja 1160 ? (December, 1747).

Language note

Naskh script.

Where to find it

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