Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan المشاركة في الفهرسة: المخطوطات الاسلامية في جامعة ميشيغان

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 677 Title: İskendername,[16th century?].اسكندرنامه,[القرن 16م؟]. Author: Ahmedî,1334?-1413.احمدي. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 95 leaves :paper ;310 x 215 (208 x 133) mm. Summary: Fine copy of the work by the renowned Ottoman poet Ahmedî on the life and deeds of Alexander the Great, expanding on the features of the legend as they appear in Firdawsī and Niẓāmī with many philosophical digressions and [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 422 Title: Divan-ı Ragıp Paşa,[late 18th century?].ديوان راغب پاشا,[اواخر القرن 18م؟]. Author: Rāghib, Muḥammad,1698 or 9-1762 or 3.راغب، محمد. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;207 x 128 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the Ottoman Grand Vizier and littérateur, Koca Mehmet Ragıp Paşa (d.1763). Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Turkish poetry--Early works to 1800.Turkish prose [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 416 Title: [Mecmua-yi eşar,late 17th or early 18th century?].[مجموعه اشعار,اواخر القرن 17 او اوائل القرن 18م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [1680-1730?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;70 x 178 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of an anthology of Turkish poetry, mainly of Baki Efendi (d.1600), Sami (d.1733), etc. Other Title(s): Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Subject(s): Turkish poetry--17th century.Turkish poetry--18th century.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Language: Ottoman Turkish. Notes: Ms. [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 403 Title: [Divan-ı Necâtî Bey,989, i.e. 1581].[ديوان نجاتى بك,989ه, 1581م]. Author: Necâtî Bey,d. 1509.نجاتى بك. Place/Date of Production: [1581]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;267 x 187 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Necâtî Bey (İsa) Edirnevî (d.1509). Other Title(s): DivanديوانTitle from colophon on p.427:ديوان نجاتيNecati Bey divanı Subject(s): Turkish poetry--15th century.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor. Genre: Headpieces (layout features)16th century. Language: Ottoman Turkish. Notes: Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 410 Title: Kitab-ı Husrev Şirin,[892, i.e. 1487].كتاب خسروشيرين,[892ه, 1487م]. Author: Şeyhı̂,ca. 1373-ca. 1422شيخي. Place/Date of Production: [1487]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;210 x 155 mm. Summary: Fine early copy of Şeyhî's celebrated Turkish version of the Persian allegorical romance, Khusraw va Shīrīn. Other Title(s): Husrev ü Şirinخسرو وشيرينTitle from inscription on upper board lining:خسرو وشيرين لمولانا شيخىHusrev ŞirinHusrev ve Şirinكتاب اوليا خسروشرين Subject(s): Turkish poetry--Early works [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 409 Title: ʻUlālat al-majālis majmūʻat al-nafāʼis,[1120, i.e. 1708].علالة المجالس مجموعة النفائس,[1120ه، 1708م]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1708]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;220 x 135 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of a collection (mecmua / majmūʻah) of poetic extracts in Persian and Ottoman Turkish, apparently compiled and copied by the Ottoman historian Mustafa Naima (d.1716), opening [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 850 Title: [Divan-ı Atayi ve Divan-ı Nizâmî,17th century?].[ديوان عطايى وديوان نظامى,القرن 17م؟]. Author: ʻAṭā'ī, ʻAṭā Allāh ibn Yaḥyā,17th cent..عطاء الله بن يحيى المعروف بنوعى زاده Place/Date of Production: [16--?]. Size: 84 leaves :paper ;198 x 116 (126 x 63) mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Turkish dīvāns of two Ottoman poets, Nevizade Atayi Ataullah bin Yahya (d.1635) and Karamanlı Nizâmî (Şeyh Nizamettin [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 851 Title: [Mecmua,1093, i.e. 1682].[مجموعه،1093ه، 1682م]. Author: Unidentified-Can you help supply this information? Please comment! Place/Date of Production: [1682]. Size: 93 leaves :paper ;203 x 133 (145-147 x 77-80) mm. Summary: Careful copy of a collection (mecmua / majmūʻah) of miscellaneous excerpts in prose and verse. Other Title(s): Extraits de divers ouvrages en langue turqueHikayet-i şeyhü'l-arifin Bayezit Bistamiحكايت شيخ العارفين بايزيد بسطامىHazihi Tercümet Mukaddimetü's-salat [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 421 Title: [Mecmua,18th century?].[مجموعه,القرن 18م؟]. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;283 x 180 mm. Summary: Carefuly copy of a collection (mecmua / majmūʻah ) of excerpts and brief works on astronomy, tafsīr, grammar, Ṣūfī thought, etc. along with a great assortment of poetic excerpts, mainly in Turkish but also in Arabic and Persian. Additional excerpts appear in [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 413 Title: Kitab-i Şah u geda,[18th century?].كتاب شاه وكدا,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Yahyâ Bey,d. 1582.يحيى بيك. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;164 x 100 mm. Summary: Careful copy of Şah u geda or "The King and the beggar," most popular of the five mesnevis of the Hamse of Dukâginzâde (Dukakinzade) Yahyâ Bey Taşlıcalı (d.1578), an important 16th century Ottoman poet [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 412 Title: Wasīlat al-najāt fī mawlid Ashraf al-mawjūdāt,[15th century].وسلية النجات في مولد اشرف الموجودات,[القرن 15م]. Author: Süleyman Çelebi,d. 1422?سليمان چلبي. Place/Date of Production: [14--]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;230 x 156 mm. Summary: Fine (though damaged) early copy of the famous poem in praise of the Prophet by Süleyman Çelebi of Bursa (d.1422?) with preface in Arabic, followed by further verses supplied [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 406 Title: Mevlûd-u şerif,[18th century?].مولود شريف,[القرن 18م؟]. Author: Süleyman Çelebi,d. 1422?سليمان چلبي. Place/Date of Production: [17--?]. Size: 9 leaves :paper ;185 x 120 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the famous poem in praise of the Prophet by Süleyman Çelebi of Bursa (d.1422?). Other Title(s): Vesîletüʼn-necatوسيله النجاتMevlût-u şerifMevlid-i şerifMevlitمولد شريف Subject(s): Mawlid al-Nabī in literature.Turkish poetry--15th century.Masnavis, Turkish--Early works to 1800.Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor.Muḥammad,--Prophet,--d. 632--Poetry. Language: Ottoman Turkish. Notes: Ms. codex.Title from [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 405 Title: Divan-ı Celâlî,[16th century?].ديوان جلالي,[القرن 16م؟]. Author: Celâlî.جلالي. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;262 x 160 mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the Dīvān (collected poems) of Hüseyin Yusuf Celâlî ( حسين يوسف جلالى ), i.e. Celâl Bey Celâlî (1517-1571), see Türk dili ve edebiyatı ansiklopedisi (1977), ii 2, p.26. Other Title(s): Title from inscription on front flyleaf (p.1):جلالى ديوانىCelâlî divanıTitle [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 450 Title: Hamse-yi Nevai,[ca. 890, i.e. 1495].خمسۀ نواى,[ح. 890ه، 1495م]. Author: Alisher Navoiĭ,1441-1501مير على شير نوائ. Place/Date of Production: [Herat,1485] Size: 1 v. :paper ;240 x 180 mm. Summary: Elegant early copy of the five mesnevis of Mir Ali Şîr Nevâî (d.1501), including Ḣaĭratul-abror (حيرت الابرار / Ḥayrat al-abrār), Farhād va Shīrīn (فرهاد و شيرين, entitled Khusraw va Shīrīn in headpiece, see [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 676 Title: Tuhfetüʼl-mülûk,[1174, i.e. 1761].تحفة الملوك,[1174ه، 1761م]. Author: Quddūsī, ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ‘Abd Allah,d. 1669 or 70.قدوسي، عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله. Place/Date of Production: [1761]. Size: 162 leaves :paper ;210 x 170 (153 x 90) mm. Summary: Fine copy of a commentary on the well-known versified Persian-Turkish vocabulary of Şâhidî İbrahim Dede of Muğla (d.1550), Tuhfe-yi Şâhidî [or Tuhfe-i Şâhidî]. Contents [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 423 Title: [Mecmua-yi eşar,19th century].[مجموعه اشعار,القرن 19م]. Place/Date of Production: [18--]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;232 x 134 mm. Summary: Elegant collection of poetic excerpts in Persian and Turkish organized according to arrangment in tables at opening (see pp.6-20), compiled by the Ottoman grand vizier and littérateur, Koca Mehmet Ragıp Paşa (d.1763). Other Title(s): Mecmua-yi Ragıp Subject(s): Turkish poetry--Early works to 1800.Persian poetry--Early works [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 417 Title: [Leylâ ve Mecnun,late 16th century?].[ليلى ومجنون,اواخر القرن 16م؟]. Author: Fuzulî,1495?-1556فضولي. Place/Date of Production: [15--?]. Size: 1 v. :paper ;220 x 136 mm. Summary: Elegant (though incomplete, with end lacking) copy of Fuzulî's renowned Turkish rendering of the romance of Laylá and Majnūn. Illustrated with four miniatures (see p.27, p.60, p.80 and p.111). Other Title(s): Leylâ ile Mecnunليلى ايله مجنونليلى ومجنونLeylâ ü MecnûnLeylâ [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 680 Title: [Netâyicüʼl-fünun ve mehâsinüʼl-mütun ... etc.,1068, i.e. 1658].[نتايج الفنون ومحاسن المتون,1068ه, 1658م]. Author: Nev'î,1533-1599.نوعي. Place/Date of Production: [1658]. Size: 126 leaves :paper ;206 x 125 (148 x 61) mm. Summary: Fine copy of the encyclopedic survey of the twelve sciences or branches of learning by Nev'î, Yahya b. Pîr Ali b. Nasûh (d.1599), including scope and standard treatises for each, with [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 678 Title: Divân-ı Baki Efendi,[1176, i.e. 1762 or 1763].ديوان باقى افندى,[1176ه، 1762 او 1763م]. Author: Baki,1526-1600.باقي. Place/Date of Production: [1762 or 1763]. Size: 175 leaves :paper ;202 x 140 (139 x 75) mm. Summary: Elegant copy of the collected poems of the celebrated Turkish poet, Baki Efendi (d.1600). Other Title(s): Edge title (head):ديوان باقىEdge title (tail):ديوان باقىInscription on 'title page' (p.1):ديوان باقى Subject(s): Turkish poetry--Early works [...]

Shelfmark: Isl. Ms. 508 Title: [Majmūʻat rasāʼil,before 1274, i.e. 1875 or 1876].[مجموعة رسائل,قبل 1274ه، 1875 او 1876م]. Place/Date of Production: [1840-1876]. Size: 142 leaves :paper ;296 x 205 (215-220 x 120-125) mm. Summary: Fine collection (majmūʻah) of works and excerpts on various topics of Ṣūfism, articles of faith, fiqh, etc. conluding with a small collection of poetry. Contents listing on 'title page' (p.3). Other [...]