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Image Number: 
Bookreader Turkish MS 73
Reference Number: 
Turkish MS 73
Parent Work Title: 
Al-Ghazālī's Nasīhat al-mulūk - Ādāb al-Muluk
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Al-Ghazālī's Nasīhat al-mulūk - Vefayāt
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Ghazālīs̕ book of counsel for kings - Conduct of the Kings
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Ghazālīs̕ book of counsel for kings: Vefayāt
Creator: 
Ghazzālī, 1058-1111
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
18th century
Description: 
An anonymous sixteenth century translation of al-Ghazali's Nasihat Al-Muluk with the title Ādāb al-Muluk. Ff. 1b-62b: Ādābu l-mülūk. Advice on numerous topics including justice, policies and honour. Ff. 65b-203a: Vefayāt. A biographical dictionary. Entries include notable people buried in Bursa. Bound in gilt-embossed red leather. The text has red borders and rubrication, and is decorated on the back with floral patterns and figures of harps and an angel; glazed cream paper; edges in gold; The first flyleaf has the price of £2.12.6 pencilled in. The penultimate flyleaf has script added saying "From J. Dickson to his mush revered friend Dr. Henderson".
Language Code: 
tur
Language: 
Turkish
Language Code: 
ara
Language: 
Arabic
Subject: 
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Leather
Support: 
Paper
Places Covered: 
Turkey: Bursa
Item Height: 
211 mm
Item Width: 
133 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
Schmidt, Jan, 'A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester' (Leiden: Brill, 2011)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2013-04-10
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-01
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB