Handbook for composing letters

Title:

Handbook for composing letters

Description:

On writing (inshāʼ). An Arabic-Ottoman glossary of terms used in writing official and unofficial letters, followed by short lessons on composing different types of letters; a short arithmetic lesson and a list of the month names in Arabic conclude the work

Language:

Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Manuscripts, Turkish
Manuscripts, 18th century
Manuscripts, 19th century
Handbooks and manuals
Education--Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Letter writing, Turkish
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Geographic region:

[Turkey]

Provenance:

Deposited with APS by John Porter Brown 19 February 1836 (note in ink, f. 1r); formerly owned by John Porter Brown in Islāmbūl [Istanbul] (notation and signature in ink in Arabic, f. 1r).

Extent:

Written in 7 slanting lines (higher on the gutter end) with a column of text down the outside edge of the textblock. Catchwords on versos, lower left. Ruled with a misṭarah.
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Publisher:

American Philosophical Society

Rights:

These images and the content of American Philosophical Society Mss 494.9 T84: Handbook for composing letters are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
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Identifier:

Mss 494.9 T84

Is part of:

OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World

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