Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 833Origin: As appears at close on p.281, dated 28 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1279 [ca. 17 May 1863].Binding: Boards covered in textured, coated black paper with red leather over spine and corners of boards (barely, not quite half-binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in printed 'marbled' paper (mainly in dark blue, pink and yellow) ; spine gold-stamped with vegetal designs and lines along ridges ; sewn in yellow thread, five stations, over cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of paper and leather, etc.Support: Machine laid paper (faux laid wove) with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of "L J D," thin, transluscent, and quite well-burnished, tinted blue.Decoration: Headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rural scene with canon on rolling hills set in a crescent flanked by assorted arms / weapons ; keywords, section headings, numerals and other symbols rubricated ; numerous line-drawings and diagrams (in pencil and black and red inks) illustrating text.Script: Ruqʻah ; clear Turkish hand ; serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, freely ligatured, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in as many as 23 lines per page, though varies considerably depending on number of diagrams, mathematical problems, etc. ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 14 V(140), I (142), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Incipit: "مقدمه علم حكمت طبيعيه علوم طبيعيه نك ..."Title from rubricated heading at opening (p.2).Ms. codex.Careful copy of an Ottoman physics (physical science or natural sciences, i.e. hikmet-i tabiiye) textbook of uncertain authorship.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 831Origin: Lacks dated colophon, though date 1257 [1841 or 2] appears in text (pp.16, 20, and 38) ; statement signed Emin Efendi and dated 1848 provides a terminus ante quem of 1848 ; paper, etc. certainly suggest 19th century.Binding: Marbled paper cover (mainly in blue and brown, single sheet, limp binding without boards) ; sewn in heavy dark blue to black thread, eight stations ; overall in somewhat poor condition with some abrasion, staining, tears losses, etc.Support: European laid paper (as well as a few bifolia in wove paper) ; mainly with 13-14 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical), beige, sturdy and well-burnished ; another type with 12-13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 23-24 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of arms / shield with crown above (see p.6, etc.).Decoration: Headings, keywords, numerals and other symbols rubricated ; written area of many pages surrounded by rule-border ; many diagrams and tables, as well as two colored illustrations showing ships at sea (see p.9 and p.11).Script: Ruqʻah ; fairly clear Turkish hand ; serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, highly ligatured, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, closed counters ; notes in several other hands.Layout: Highly variable, as written area often contains diagrams, tables or lines of arithmetic along with problem statement.Collation: XVIII (36) ; single gathering of 18 bifolia ; some leaves ruled but left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Carefully executed physics (physical sciences or natural sciences, i.e. hikmet-i tabiiye) notebook containing numerous sample problems (with problem statement, solution and any diagrams), tables and notes.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 391Origin: Culmination with Sultan Abdülmecid I suggests a dating during his reign (i.e. 1839-1861) though bulk of roll (three opening lengths through Sultan Mustafa III, r.1757-1774) likely produced earlier, even during his reign. Final length certainly produced at a different time than the opening lengths with a different paper, narrower written area, wider gold frames, and exclusive use of gold bands (and wreath motifs) and black fillets to set off and join roundels.Binding: Wrapped in a length of layered paper attached to the opening of the roll, covered in spring green silk and red leather tooled in exquisite vegetal design (swirling leaves and flowers set in almond-shaped form) in two contrasting shades of gold (compare design on cover of Isl. Ms. 276) with wide, heavy woven silk ribbon wound to secure it ; narrow wooden dowel is affixed to the inner end of the roll ; roll comprised of four main lengths of paper with additional length lining the interior of the leather wrap ; housed in custom box for protection.Support: European laid paper of two main types, in several lengths glued together ; three opening lengths in a type with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, i.e. along the length), chain lines spaced 28-31 mm. apart (horizontal, i.e. across the width), and watermark with three points only partially visible, resembling star (compare no.559 dated 1772 in Nikolaev, Watermarks of the Ottman Empire, vol.1) or possibly foolscap or crozier ; final length in type with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, i.e. across the width), chain lines spaced 27-29 mm. apart (vertical, i.e. along the length), and watermark of eagle with wings and legs spread, "G F [A]" below ; all highly sized and burnished.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of scroll, consisting of small rectangular piece with two empty cartouches surmounted by large, elaborate spray of plumes, leaves, floral bouquets and ribbons in varied shades of blue, lavender, pink, red, yellow and green on a stippled gold ground, bordered in bands of pink, blue, white and gold ; interior of leather wrap surrounding the scroll appears just above this headpiece and carries in a rectangular field of stippled gold a composition of similar motifs with large central floral bouquet (in shades of pink, blue, lavender, yellow, etc.) set in a basket with plumes / leaves (in shades of lavender and white) at the four corners, surrounded by pattern of flowers and saz leaves in gold on a light blue ground ; introductory text and field of genealogical diagrams surrounded by gold frame ; names of sultans in opening three lengths of paper appear in roundels bordered in gold bands with outermost red and blue rules, with names of siblings, offspring, etc. in roundels of red and gold rules, all linked by further lines in gold or red ; names in final length of paper bordered in roundels of gold bands and black fillets only, with gold bands linking them ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs in opening lengths of paper ; keywords and dates rubricated throughout.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with effect of words inclining to the right and descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in conjoined dots, final or free-standing nūn with point set above or just inside wide, dramatically angled bowl, freely ligatured.Layout: Genealogical diagram (genealogical tree) preceded by introductory text in 21 lines.Incipit: "طبقۀ ملوك عثمانيان بونلرك اجدادى آل سلجوق ايله تركستاندن خروج ايدوب خراسان وعراق وازربيجان وسائر ممالكى مسخر ايدوب يوز يتمش يل اخلاص وعيد الجواز نام مقامده اولوب ..."Title from rubricated heading at opening.Ms. composite roll.Elegant silsilename of the Ottoman sultans through Abdülmecid I (r.1839-1861) in rotulus format (i.e. scroll opening vertically).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 393Origin: As appears at close of final table on p.241, transcription of that section completed 1267 [1850 or 51]. Other sections continuing the tables likely date from around the same time, though later additions (by subsequent readers / owners) also appear (see final entry on p.129 dating to 1277 [1861]). Many sections including the opening matter, opening of the chronological and other tables, khātimah, etc. appear to date much earlier, likely the late 17th century given that the chronological matter for these sections ends around 1080 [1669 or 70] (see p.95).Former shelfmark: "518 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red / maroon leather ; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; board linings and flyleaves in orange surface-dyed European laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi) with gold-painted accents and border ; sewn in yellow thread, four stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and purple, head and tail damaged (core nearly exposed) ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, lower cover detaching at split joint, etc.Support: European laid paper of several types ; main type with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 32-33 mm. apart (horizontal) and three crescents watermark (100 mm. long perpendicular to chains, see p.18, 60, etc.), thick, sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished ; later sections (pp.97-140, 147-208, 215-226, 238 to close) on other papers including one with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 28-30 mm. apart (vertical) and watermarks of crescent with face in profile in shield and "A" below (see p.98, 100, etc.) and eagle with "GFA" below (see p.102, 114, etc.) also "A G" countermark (see p.150) and double-headed eagle (see p.244, 252, etc.) ; flyleaves and added leaves on still two other papers, one with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 27-30 mm. apart (vertical), and crown-star-crescent watermark (71 mm. tall parallel to chains, see p.4, 8, etc.), sturdy and beige in color, the other with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 16-33 mm. apart (vertical) and watermark of three circles with crown above, cross in top circle (see p.6, etc.).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece at opening on p.18 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in gold, pink, lavender, red, and white on grounds of gold and dark blue, surmounted by scalloped dome filled with swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pink, lavender, red, white and yellow on grounds of dark blue and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, entire piece set in a well of lavender defined by "gold" bands ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of narrow bronze colored band defined by black fillets with outermost red rule, divisions within (for tables) in red rules, in final sections red rules only ; keywords and some headings rubricated, others in blue, green or orange ; textual dividers in the form of gold and red discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; at least two elegant hands (hand changes at p.96) ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes ; headings in many of the tables in a large, elegant naskh.Layout: Written in 19-21 or 29 lines per page (opening matter, i.e. preface and introduction, and khātimah), with tables (جداول) divided to roughly 8-21 rows (in roughly 26-29 lines) and two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV (8), 4 V(48), VI (60), V (70), 2 VI(94), V (104), VI (116), V (126), i ; mainly quinions with a few senions ; several leaves among the chronological tables ruled but left partially or entirely blank (see pp.138-140, pp.148-149, pp.157-166, etc. ); catchwords present ; foliation (begins with table on p.30) in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and added leaves at opening).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب سنه ١٢۶۷"Incipit: "حمد وثنا وشكر بى انتها اول مبدأ اول جل وعلايه كه فهرست غرايب كاينات وفذلكۀ عجايب واقعات اولان اوراق پر اثمار توارخى ... وبعد چون فن جليل القدر تاريخده فضل وشرف مقرر ... در كتابه وضع تقويم كيفيتى تعليم ومنشأ تواريخى تفهيمده ..."Title from inscription on front flyleaf (p.1) and from closing matter (p.211).Ms. composite codex.Elegant composite copy of Kâtip Çelebi's collection of chronological tables (through 1059 [1649]) intended as an index to his Fadhlakat al-tawārīkh [فذلكة التواريخ , or Fezleke], with continuation. The chronological tables are preceded by an introduction, followed by tables of the various pre-Islamic (see p.141) and Islamic (see pp.142-147) dynasties, and tables for the Ottoman sultans (see pp.150-156), Şeyhülislam (pp.167-175), Grand Viziers (pp.180-193), etc. and closing matter (pp.209-211). Final entry in the chronological tables is for the year 1277 [1861] with the death of Sultan Abdülmecid I and ascension of Sultan Abdülaziz I (see p.129), though the tables are ruled and headed through the year 1321 [1903-4] (see p.137).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1051Origin: As appears in colophon at close on p.630, Tarih-i Fezleke copied by Muṣṭafá ibn Ḥasan, known as Miftāḥīzādah (Miftahizade Mustafa b. Hasan) with transcription completed in Dār al-Salṭanah al-Qusṭanṭanīyah (Istanbul) mid-Ṣafar 1117 [June 1705]. As appears in colophon at close on margins of p.313 (fol.١٤٩ a) , Tuhfetü'l-kibar also copied by Miftahizade Mustafa b. Hasan with transcription completed in Istanbul end of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1117 [March 1706]. Transcript of Mizanü'l-hak ends abruptly and lacks colophon (see p.388), though hand suggests that it was also entered by Miftahizade Mustafa b. Hasan, likely just after the transcription of Tuhfetü'l-kibar.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (once with flap, though now lost) ; board linings in mint green, gold- and silver-flecked paper, made endpapers / flyleaves in marbled paper (chiefly in red, green and blue) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (recessed onlays), gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, symmetrical but without chi clouds) and pendants, as well as tooled and gold-painted cornerpieces and chain borders (series of s-shaped stamps) ; edges of text block tinted yellow ; primaries sewn through textile spine lining, reversed leather glued on top, lapped upon lower cover ; sewn in dark rose thread, four stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and sage green ; overall in fair condition with flap lost, boards delaminating, lifting and losses of leather, minor pest damage, etc. ; subtle repairs at board edges (tail and head).Support: European laid paper with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of three hats or caps (tre cappelli, see pp.16, 22, 32, 40, 622, etc.), cream in color, quite sturdy, extremely well-burnished to glossy ; some cockling, minor moisture damage toward close of codex ; added table of contents on another European paper of "raisin" type with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical) and watermarks of names (see p.6, etc.) and grapes (raisin) with crown and name "A. GALLIARD [?]" above (see p.2, 8, etc.).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of text (on p.14, following added table of contents), consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying section heading in red "في سنة الف" flanked by swirling floral motifs on dark blue (reminiscent of lapis) and gold grounds, surmounted by a scalloped w-shaped piece with swirling floral vegetal motifs in shades of pink, light blue, orange, red and yellow on grounds of gold and dark blue, all set in a well of heavy gold interlace, narrow gold bands and bands of blue and red with white crosses and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in dark blue with red accents ; incipit and facing pages surrounded by heavy gold frame defined by narrower gold band, black fillets and outermost red fillet, elsewhere written area surrounded by narrower gold frame defined by black fillets ; headings and keywords rubricated ; some overlining of other keywords in red ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with effect of words gently descending to baseline, some elongation of horizontal strokes, some sweeping descenders, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, final and free-standing nūn with an angled bowl, not exceptionally wide with point nearly assimilated.Layout: Written in 31 lines per page ; additional texts glossed in margins in varying number of lines on the diagonal on certain pages ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, III (6), 31 V (316), i ; exclusively quinions with ternion for added table of contents for entire codex ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, distinct for each of the two texts glossed on the margins ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: [Tarih-i Fezleke] "Scribal," triangular, reads "تم هذا الكتاب المستطاب بعون الله الملك القديم الوهاب على يد اضعف العباد مصطفى بن حسن الشهير بمفتاحى زاده فى بلدۀ دار السلطنة القسطنطنية فى اواسط شهر صفر الخير لسنه سبع عشره ومايه والف م" ; [Tuhfetü'l-kibar] "Scribal," reads "تم هذا الكتاب بعون الله الملك القديم الوهاب على يد اضعف العباد مصطفى بن حسن الشهير بمفتاحى زاده فى بلدۀ دار السلطنة القسطنطنية فى اواخر شهر ذالقعدۀ شريفه لسنه سبع عشره ومايه والف"Explicit: [Tarih-i Fezleke] "مقدما حسن اغايه حيله ايدن حلواجى محمد قونيه ده قتل واخذ اولمغين" ; [Tuhfetü'l-kibar] "برر برر اجرا ايلمك اسبابه بولندن مباشرتك شرطى در الله تعالى ميسر ايليه امين" ; [Mizanü'l-hak] "وبو كه كشف الظنون عن اسامى الكتب والفنون نامى قونلوب سابقا مسوده سن"Incipit: [Tarih-i Fezleke] "سنۀ مزبوره محرمنك غره سى كه يوم السبت در هجرت نبويه نك اوجيوز اللى درت بيك درتيوز طقسان طقوزنجى كونى اولوب ..." ; [Tuhfetü'l-kibar] "ابتداء تاريخ تحفة الكبار سرنامۀ داتسان جهان ستان حمد وسپاس خداوند زمين وزمان اولمق ...وبعد چون تاريخ هجرة نبويه بيك اللى بش ساله ايروب كلام معجز اثار نبويه ما صدقى اولان فتوحاة اسلاميه دن كريد فتحى ظهور ايلدى ... اسمنه تحفة الكبار فى اسفار البحار ديدى ..." ; [Mizanü'l-hak] "الحمد لله الذي جعل العقل حجة في خلقه وايد الشرع به فيما يفرق بين الباطل وحقه ... وبعد اول آفرينش دن برو ميان ارباب دانشده عقل ايله نقل توامان ومعقول ومنقول فرسى رهان ايدوكى ... اكا بناء نزاع اولنان مسئله ده طريق برهانى بيان ايچون برايكى سطر تسويد اولنوب ميزان الحق فى اختيار الاحق دينلدى ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from edge title and inscription on 'title page' for added table of contents (p.1).Ms. codex.6. p.314-p.388 (margins) : Mizanü'l-hak fî ihtiyari'l-ahak / Kâtip Çelebi.5. p.65-p.313 (margins) : Tuhfetü'l-kibar fi esfari'l-bihar / Kâtip Çelebi.4. p.64 (margins) : Fihris-i Kitab-i Tuhfetü'l-kibar.3. p.62-p.63 (margins) : [four signed favorable blurbs (taqrīẓ)].2. p.13-p.630 : Tarih-i Fezleke / Kâtip Çelebi.1. p.1-p.12 : [table of contents].Elegant volume carrying three works by the renowned Ottoman scholar Kâtip Çelebi (d.1657), preceded by a table of contents for all three. In the main written area appears his Tarih-i Fezleke, a chronicle of Ottoman history addressing the years 1000 to 1065 (1591 to 1654-5). Two additional works are glossed with deliberate placement on the margins: first his Tuhfetü'l-kibar fi esfari'l-bihar, a history of Ottoman naval engagements through 1067 (1656) preceded by four signed favorable blurbs (taqrīẓ) and contents listing (fihris) and finally Mizanü'l-hak fî ihtiyari'l-ahak, his final work, addressing controversial questions of doctrine or practice with proposed solutions and concluding with an autobiographical account of his life and works (this copy incomplete).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 394Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest early 19th century.Former shelfmark: "495 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover.Binding: Pasteboards covered in red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in pale pink laid paper, flyleaves surface-dyed mint green ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted corner accents (mainly rosettes) and border (guilloché roll flanked by gold fillets) ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and brown, fairly good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with minor staining, etc.Support: European laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 29-30 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of three stylized top hats with feathers (see p.6, 10, 170, etc. and compare Heawood 2594, Venice 1831 and Eineder 709, Venice 1814) and "C + B" (see p. 2, 168, etc.), quite sturdy and well-burnished, cream in color ; minor foxing.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2, consisting of rectangular piece carrying the basmalah surmounted by scalloped dome filled with floral vegetal design in gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) also in gold with entire piece set in a well of gold ; written area surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets ; keywords (including catchwords) and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs.Script: Naskh ; clear Turkish hand ; partially but irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on occasional lām, effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, mainly open counters, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 8 V(80), III (86), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present (rubricated) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "شاعر شرمى جلبى ميدان اشمش راميلردن اولوب جكدوكى مرتبه رميه قادراتجى ايدى رحمه الله عليه نقاش زاده اسمعيل تازه نوجوان اولوب تيراندازيره مسلم وممتاز ايدى خاتمة رساله"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا محمد الذى فضل الرمى على سائر الاسلحة اجمعين وامر بالرمى لكل كبير وصغير من المؤمنين ... وبعد بو فقير پر تقصير عبد الله الكاتب بجامع مرحومه ومغفور بها والده سلطان طاب ثراها بو رسالۀ سكزباب اوزره تزيين وتنميق ايليوب تذكرۀ رمات تسميه ايلدم ..."Title from opening matter (p.2).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the work on archery by Abdullah el-Kâtip (of the Valide Sultan Camii) with descriptions of archery grounds in Istanbul, Edirne, Bursa, etc. as well as biographical notices for distinguished archers.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 392Origin: As appears at close of preface (p.2), composed end of Ṣafar 1291 [1874]. This copy likely executed shortly afterward.Former shelfmark: "156 [or 256 ?] T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "254" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork with brown leather over spine ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine, exterior and interior) ; doublures each in painted lacquerwork, a solid red field ; upper and lower covers carry paintings depicting each of two gates of Tehran (Darvāzah-i Dawlat on upper cover, Darvāzah-i Nāṣirīyah on lower cover) as indicated by inscriptions "دروازه دولت در طهران" and "دروازه ناصريه در طهران" ; sewn in cream thread, eight and four stations ; overall in fairly good condition with minor losses of lacquer and paint.Support: Opening gathering in non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, curving, somewhat indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, inclusions, dense and fairly thick though transluscent, beige to gray in color, well-sized and burnished ; paintings on sturdy paper now affixed with adhesive to quite heavy, opaque sheets of paper, cream in color.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouch flanked by vegetal motifs in gold on fields of lapiswith bright green and red accents surmounted by a well of red with white crosses flanked by narrow green bands filled with swirling vegetal and floral motifs (saz leaves, etc.) in gold with white, red, blue and green accents set among an empty scalloped medallion and triangular edge pieces to give a vaguely w-shaped effect ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule, margins also outlined in narrow gold bands defined by black fillets ; headings and vocalization in rubricated ; text followed by eight fine watercolor portraits of the envoys (compare figures as they appear in watercolors based on the life-size wall paintings at Nigāristān Palace, see AKM00502 Aga Khan Museum and no.34 in Diba, ed. Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with effect of words gently descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct but conjoined dots, bowl of nūn wide and angled with dot set just down within.Layout: Written chiefly in 11 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, IV (8), 4 I(16), i ; single quaternion followed by composed "single bifolia" hinged together with strips of cloth ; catchwords present ; each painting mounted on the verso of a separate leaf with the recto left blank ; foliation in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals, appearing on recto of leaves carrying paintings (begins with ١ on first leaf, p.17) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "... اواخر رجبده نامه همايونك جوابنى اخذ ايله عودت ايلديلر"Incipit: "فتحعلى شاه زماننده رجال ومأمورين دولت عليه دن ايرانه كلمشن اولان بعض ددانك [ذواتك] تصويرلرى طهرانده شاه مشار اليهك انشا كرده سى اولان نكارستان كوشكى ديوارنده نقش اولنمش اولمغله تصاوير مذكوره و ايران تاريخلرنده بونلره متعلق دسترس اوله بيلديكم بعض معلومات اشبو رساله يه نقل و درج اولندى غرض نقشی است کز ما بازماند که هستی را نمی بینم بقایی فی اواخر سهر صفر من سنة الف ومأتین و واحد و تسعین يسجى زاده سيد عبد الوهاب افندى بيك ايكى يوز يكرمى التى سنه سنده شاكر وحيرت افندىلر دخى رفاقتده اولديغىحالده خاقان خلد آشيان سلطان محمود خان ثانى طرفندن سفارتله فتحعلى شاه نزدينه ارسال اولنوب ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.22. p.32 : عويف ابن السيد الحضرمى فرستاده والى يمن بنزد فتحعلى شاه.21. p.31 : [blank].20. p.30 : شيخ محمد سفير سعود ابن عبد العزيز الوهابى بنزد فتحعلى شاه.19. p.29 : [blank].18. p.28 : عبد الرحمن پاشا بابان.17. p.27 : [blank].16. p.26 : جلال الدين افندى سفير سلطان محمود خان ثانى بنزد فتحعلى شاه.15. p.25 : [blank].14. p.24 : سركاتب سيد عبد الوهاب افندى سفير سلطان محمود خان ثانى بنزد فتحعلى شاه.13. p.23 : [blank].12. p.22 : شاكر افندى مأمور معيت سيد عبد الوهاب افندى سفير عثمانى.11. p.21 : [blank].10. p.20 : حيرات افندى مأمور معيت سيد عبد الوهاب افندى سفير عثمانى.9. p.19 : [blank].8. p.18 : سيد عبد الوهاب افندى سفير سلطان محمود ثانى بنزد فتحعلى شاه.7. p.16-p.17 : [blank].6. p.15 : سليمان افندى.5. p.6-p.15 : عبد الرحمن پاشا بابان.4. p.4-p.6 : جلال الدين فندى.3. p.2-p.4 : يسجى زاده سيد عبد الوهاب افندى.2. p.2 : [preface].1. p.1 : [blank].Exquisite copy of a short treatise composed by Mehmet Tahir Münif Paşa (d.1910) (see p.28-29, Ek I (147-152), Ek V, Ek VIII in Akın, Münif Paşa ve Türk kültür tarihindeki yeri and p.435-436 in Budak, Batılılaşma sürecinde çok yönlü bir Osmanlı aydını : Münif Paşa) chiefly on envoys sent from the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II (r.1808 to 1839) to the court of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār (r.1797-1834) and depicted in the wall paintings at Nigāristān Palace. Accompanied by fine watercolor portraits of these individuals and other envoys at the court. Addressed in the text are the ambassador Yescizade [Yasincizade] Seyyid Abdülvehhab Efendi (Seyit Abdülvahap Efendi) (d.1833), the ambassador Celalüddin Efendi, Aburrahman Paşa-yı Baban, and Süleyman Efendi. Addressed in the portraits are Abdülvahap Efendi, his attachés Hayret Efendi and Șakir Efendi and his serkatip, Celalüddin Efendi, Aburrahman Paşa-yı Baban, Shaykh Muḥammad (ambassador of Saʻūd ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz), and ʻUwayf ibn al-Sayyid al-Ḥaḍramī (envoy of the governor of Yemen).