Manuscript leaf, on paper, of an American gentleman's Ottoman travel permit, a mürūr tez̲keresi (مرور تذكره سی;Travel permit or internal passport), issued in Gümüşhane province of the Ottoman Empire. Document was issued for an American gentleman, named Berges[?] (برکیس), his wife, his translator, and his servant, who had traveled from Istanbul to Gümüşhane and wished to continue their travels to Erzurum in H. 1 Safar 1251/29 May 1835
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish., Title devised by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single columns of 9 diagonal lines., Script: Dīwānī., The document signed in H. 1 Safar 1251/29 May 1835., The American nobleman in question may be identified as Horatio Southgate (d. 1894) who documented his journey to Gümüşhane, which he undertook with a similar travel permit from the Ottoman Sultan. Compare: Southgate, H. Narrative of a Tour Through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia, p. 146., and Later hand annotations on top right of the document: Buyruldu (بيورلدي), a passport from a pasha.
An amulet on long scroll of vellum or snake skin, rolled around a central axis into a silver hexagonal tube with a cap; niello etched in an arabesque pattern in gold, with three loops where a chain can go through, so that it can be worn as a necklace. The scroll is written in a long central column surrounded by eight different rectangular compartments in different colors. The central column contains Surat al-Qadr (Qurʼan: Chapter 97), followed by Surāt al-Fātiḥat (Qurʼan: Chapter 1), followed by the Creator's verse of Sūrat al-Ḥajj (Qurʼan: Chapter 22:65), followed by a long invocation asking God for help and guidance, followed by a Shiʻī invocation asking for the intecession of Imām ʻAlī, followed by a magic square. The amulet is meant to have magical powers to protect the owner. Name of copyist (and/or creator) and place and date of copying/and or production not mentioned, probably from the 18th or 19th century
Description:
In Arabic., Incipit: Starts with Sūrat al-Qadr (Qurʼan: Chapter 97): "Innā anzalnāhu fī Laylat al-Qadr ...", Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., 39.5 x 6 cm., and The central part of the amulet is written in ruqʻah/naskh script and the compartments in thulth script, in black, blue, red and gold.
Colophon of v. 3 dated 1655., Signatures: v. 3: A-4I⁴ 4K²., and Vol. 3 has sub-title: Theatrum hieroglyphicum, hoc est, noua & hucusque intentata obeliscorum coeterorumque hieroglyphicorum monumentorum, quae tùm Romae, tùm in Aegypto ac celebrioribus Europae musaeis adhuc supersunt, interpretatio iuxta sensum physicum, tropologicum, mysticum, historicum, politicum, magicum, medicum, mathematicum, cabalisticum, hermeticum, sophicum, theosophicum; ex omni orientalium doctrina & sapientia demonstrata.
Publisher:
Ex typographia Vitalis Mascardi
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt--Description and travel--Early works to 1800, Egypt--History, and Egypt--Religion
Subject (Topic):
Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic and Hermetism--Early works to 1800
Copied about 1736. and On the questioning which is administered to the dead in their graves concerning their belief in the Prophet.
Description:
Entire volume preceded by 1 leaf of notes. Leaf incorrectly included in foliation of volume, making counts for all eleven titles off by one leaf., Fair naskhī, in red and black., In Islamic binding, in brown., and With: 10 other titles.
Subject (Topic):
Islamic binding. and Miscellanea--Death and burial
Madani, Yar Muhammad Shaykh Fayz Allah al-Hashimi Taj al-Din Muhammad Sadr, 14th cent, creator
Published / Created:
[1637]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 59
Image Count:
7
Description:
A Hindu tale, retold in prose and verse., Chiefly in Persian, with intermittent prose and verse in Arabic; colophon is in Arabic., Copied on A.H. 2 Ramazan 1[0]46 [A.D. 1637] by Yar Muhammad Shaykh Fayz Allah al-Hashimi al-Madani. A note on leaf 1 recto is dated A.H. 1119 [A.D. 1707 or 1708], hence the missing figure in the date of the colophon would seem to be a zero., Good naskhi, in red and black. Unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso; with five colored miniatures., Islamic binding, in brown., Paginated 1-341 (291-299 omitted; first and last page not numbered)., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Rieu, C. Persian manuscripts,, and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
A Christianized version, the names of the two principal figures being spelled Barlām and Yuwāṣaf. and Beginning missing.
Alternative Title:
Barlaam and Joasaph. Arabic.
Description:
Fairly modern (18th century?) calligraphic naskhī, in red and black., Islamic binding, in brown., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Title as above supplied by a modern hand inside front cover.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature--Belles lettres., Christian literature., and Islamic binding.
