Turkish calendar, with a lunar table showing the phases of the moon. Includes information on prayer times for each day of the year and astrological signs for finding the best times for curing different illnesses.
Versified treatise on common Arabic grammar and Arabic and Persian vocabulary in 30 poems. Titles are in Arabic; verses are in Ottoman Turkish with the vocabulary words in Persian and Arabic.
Incomplete copy of an Ottoman Turkish translation of a work on geographical places, plants and animals; ends abruptly at the beginning of "faṣl fī al-buqūl al-ṣighār". Text commissioned by Osman Shah bin İskender Paşa. The first two leaves are in Arabic. Worm damage in the gutter and lower, outer corner, text mostly unaffected. The copy is in several different hands.
On writing (inshāʼ). It begins with an Arabic-Ottoman glossary of terms used in writing official and unofficial letters (f. 1v-3r), followed by a tutorial on writing letters. The following types of letter are included: from inferiors to superiors (f. 10v-14r), letters home (f. 14v-17r), from a child to his grandfather (f. 17v-19v), from a father to a son (f. 20r-22r), from a son to his mother (f. 22v-24v), from a mother to her child (f. 25r-26v), petition addressing the Sultan (f. 27r-28r), an emancipation certificate (f. 28v-30v), and newspaper writing (f. 31r-34v); a short lesson on basic arithmetic follows (f. 34v-35r). Two inserts laid in: a telegraph receipt, and a sheet in nastaʻliq shikastah about accounting in Persian.
A commentary on 100 verses of Tuḥfe-yi Şāhidī with discussion of poetic meter, lexicons and explanation of difficulties. A long preface by Muḥammed Muṣīb al-șehir bi-Narḫīzāde in which he describes his travels around the Eastern Mediterranean and how he came to find out about Şāhidī and his poetry introduces the work.
Treatise on the principle of the Islamic faith including divine attributes, Quranic revelation, the prophethood of Muhammad, the nature of angels, resurrection and the last days, correct ablution and acts of worship, and moral exhortation. Two supplications in Arabic added after the colophon (f. 56r - 57v).
Text listing and explaining basic Muslim beliefs and describing ritual practices. Includes information on the ritual prayers, the names of the Sunnī schools of thought, some selections from the Qurʼān, and other topics of general Islamic education.