Book/Printed Material Exploits of Sultan Selim. Menākıb-ı sultān Selīm Hān
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Title
- Exploits of Sultan Selim.
Other Title
- Menākıb-ı sultān Selīm Hān
Summary
- This work, ascribed to the well-known Turkish historian Hoca Sa'deddīn Efendi (1536-99), tells stories and anecdotes from the life of Sultan Selim I (1465-1520, reigned 1512-20). The stories are said to have come from the author's father, who served for six years in the court of Sultan Selim I. The manuscript is from the Bašagić Collection of Islamic Manuscripts in the University Library of Bratislava, Slovakia, which was inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 1997. Safvet beg Bašagić (1870-1934) was a Bosnian scholar, poet, journalist, and museum director who assembled a collection of 284 manuscript volumes and 365 print volumes that reflect the development of Islamic civilization from its inception to the early 20th century. The manuscript is item 447 in Jozef Blaškovič, Arabské, turecké a perzské rukopisy Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave (Arab, Turkish, and Persian manuscripts in the University Library, Bratislava).
Names
- Hoca Sa'deddīn Efendi, 1536-1599 Author.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1550 to 1599]
Headings
- - Bosnia and Herzegovina
- - Turkey
- - 1500 to 1520
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Memory of the World
- - Selim I, Sultan of the Turks, 1470-1520
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 22.5 x 16 centimeters; red and black ink; leather hardcover.
- - Original resource at: University Library in Bratislava.
- - Content in Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928).
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Bašagic's Collection of Islamic Manuscripts
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667599
Online Format
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