Turkish version of Sindbadnama, Walters Art Museum MS. W.662

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NOTE: The pages in this book are ordered from right to left. This means that to view the pages inorder, you should go the last page of the document and read what would be from “back-to-front”for a Western manuscript.

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fol. 24b:Title: One of the king's wives attempting to seduce theprinceForm: IllustrationLabel: The inscription in the panel on the right reads:al-sulṭān al-ʿādil (the just ruler).

fol. 28b:Title: A meeting between the viziers and the kingForm: IllustrationLabel: Seven court officials (viziers) plead with the kingfor the release of the prince due to false accusationsmade by a woman.

fol. 33a:Title: Confectioner directing a parrot to watch hisunfaithful wifeForm: IllustrationLabel: A confectioner is shown directing a parrot tokeep watch over his unfaithful wife. The inscriptionabove the door reads: al-sulṭān (the ruler).

fol. 52b:Title: Prince hunting with his father's ministersForm: Illustration

fol. 76a:Title: Old woman convincing a young woman by meansof a crying dogForm: Illustration

Binding The binding is not original.

Modern brown leather (with flap)

Bibliography Renda, Günsel. "'Sindbādnāma': An Early OttomanIllustrated Manuscript Unique in Iconography and Style,"Muqarnas 21 (Essays in Honor of J. M. Rogers) (2004):311-322.

For the various versions of the this story see “Sindbād al-Ḥakīm (Syntipas).” Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed, Vol. 2.

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Collation Catchwords: Occasionally written obliquely on versos

Dimensions 13.0 cm wide by 20.5 cm high

Written surface 7.0 cm wide by 13.5 cm high

Layout Columns: 1Ruled lines: 19Framing lines in red, black, and blue

Contents fols. 1b - 142b:Title: Tuḥfet ül-aḫyārIncipit:

Text note: Text contains words and phrases in Arabicand Persian: Persian equivalents to the Arabic givenbetween the lines in red; Turkish meanings written inmarginsHand note: Written in small naskh script in black inkwith some words in gold and red; chapter headings ingoldDecoration note: Six illustrations; illuminated incipitpage (fol. 1b) containing a headpiece and thedoxological formula (basmalah); illuminated textmarkers

Decoration fol. 1b:Title: Illuminated incipit with headpieceForm: Incipit; headpieceLabel: This illuminated incipit page has a headpieceinscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah) inwhite tawqīʿ script on gold background.

fol. 12a:Title: Sindbād instructing the king's sonForm: IllustrationLabel: The inscription in the panel over the door on theright reads: yā Fattāḥ (oh, Opener).

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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.662

Descriptive Title Turkish version of Sindbadnama

Text title Tuḥfet ül-aḫyārVernacular:

Author Authority name: Kātib al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlīAs-written name: Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Kātib al-Samarqandīal-ẒāhīrīName, in vernacular:

Author As-written name: ʿAbdülkerīm bin MuḥammedName, in vernacular:

Abstract This is an Ottoman illustrated and illuminated copy of theTuḥfet ül-aḫyār, which is an Ottoman Turkish version ofthe well-known story of Sindbad (Sindbādnāmah), writtenby ʿAbdülkerīm bin Muḥammed during the reign of SultanSüleyman (Soliman) (reg. 926 AH / 1520 CE -- 974 AH /1566 CE). The text is written in black naskh script withincidentals in gold and red, and chapter headings are in gold.The manuscript dates to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CEand opens with an illuminated incipit page (fol. 1b). Thereare a total of six illustrations.

Date 10th century AH / 16th CE

Origin Turkey

Form Book

Genre Historical

Language The primary language in this manuscript is Turkish, Ottoman(1500-1928). The secondary language of this manuscript isPersian.

Support material Paper

Laid paper

Extent Foliation: i+142+ii

This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2011

A digital facsimile of Walters Ms. W.662, Turkish version of SindbadnamaTitle: Tuḥfet ül-aḫyār

Published by: The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201

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