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Book/Printed Material Ottoman Turkish Version of "Sindbād-nāmah".

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Title

  • Ottoman Turkish Version of "Sindbād-nāmah".

Summary

  • This work is an Ottoman illustrated and illuminated copy of the Tuhfet ül-ahyār, which is an Ottoman Turkish version of the well-known story of Sindbad (Sindbād-nāmah). It concerns Sindbad the Wise (not Sindbad the Sailor), who was tutor to the son of an Oriental king. It was written by 'Abdülkerīm bin Muhammed during the reign of Sultan Süleyman I, called the Magnificent, who ruled from 1520 to 1566. The text is written in black naskh script with incidentals in gold and red, and the chapter headings are in gold. The manuscript dates to the 16th century and opens with an illuminated incipit page (folio 1b). There are six illustrations in all.

Names

  • Kātib al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Author.|ʻAbdülkerīm bin Muḥammed Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1500 to 1600]

Headings

  • -  Turkey
  • -  1520 to 1566
  • -  Book of Sindbad
  • -  Illuminations

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Walters Ms. W.662"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: Dimensions: 13 centimeters wide by 20.5 centimeters high. Foliation: i+142+ii..
  • -  Original resource at: Walters Art Museum.
  • -  Content in Persian and Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928).
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667236

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Kātib Al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad Ibn ʻAlī Author.|ʻAbdülkerīm Bin Muḥammed Author. Ottoman Turkish Version of "Sindbād-nāmah". [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1600, 1500] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667236/.

APA citation style:

Kātib Al-Samarqandī, M. I. ʻ. A. |. B. M. A. (1500) Ottoman Turkish Version of "Sindbād-nāmah". [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1600] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667236/.

MLA citation style:

Kātib Al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad Ibn ʻAlī Author.|ʻAbdülkerīm Bin Muḥammed Author. Ottoman Turkish Version of "Sindbād-nāmah". [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1600, 1500] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667236/>.