Turkish Bibliographies of Manuscripts

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Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi katalogları rehberi

• Author: Ismet Binark
• Publication Date: 1995
• Publication: Ankara : T.C. Basbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü
• Format: Book xxvii, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
• Language: Turkish
• ISBN: 9751912474 9789751912473
• OCLC: 34914624

This guidebook, published by General Directorate of Ottoman Archives, comprises of information about the catalogs and records (defterler) in Ottoman Archives. Preface gives information about what classifications had been done before this guidebook for the Ottoman Archives. There are annotations of these records and catalogs as well as charts explaining each document’s

• volume number (fon/cilt nu),
• classification code (Tasnif kodu),
• classification name (Tasnif adi),
• years in Mohammedan and Gregorian calendar (ihtiva ettigi yillar),
• explanations (Aciklamalar), and
• number of pages (Sayfa adedi).

Catalogs and records are arranged alphabetically by title. Combined index by title and subject is alphabetically arranged.

There is an appendix on

• a) the codes (abbreviations) used for Ottoman Archives.
• b) a table of all the sultans and grand viziers and their administration years (from the foundation to the corruption)
• c) the publications by General Directorate of State Archives, Ottoman Archives Unit, Republican Archives Unit, Documentation Unit (within each section, they are arranged chronologically)

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Osmanli fermanlari
Ottoman fermans

• Authors: Ismet Binark;  Necati Aktas
• Publication Date: 1994
• ISBN: 9751905850 9789751905857
• OCLC: 33290005

This bibliography, published by The General Directorate of the State Archives, comprises of selected manuscripts from Prime Ministry Ottoman Archives, which carry great historical and artistic value. These selected manuscripts about Ottoman Empire (1281-1922) are listed chronologically. In the bibliography, the earliest selected manuscript was written in 1575, and the last one was written in 1848. The information below is listed for each entry:

• Period
• Date
• Type of Script
• Size
• Imperial Cipher (Tugra) and Illumination
• Arrangement and Issuing
• Subject
• Repository

No index at the end, but there is a Glossary for some Ottoman words and a bibliography.

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Eski harfli Türkçe basma eserler bibliografyasi 1584-1986
The bibliography of Turkish works printed in non-Latin (Arabic, Armenian and Greek characters) 1584-1986.

• Author: Milli Kütüphane
• Publication Date: 2001
• Publication: Turkey: Nüvis Beseri Arastirmalar ve Yayincilik Ltd. Sti.
• Access:  ILL- UCLA
• OCLC: 49790744

Eski Harfli Basma Türkçe Eserler Bibliyografyasi is prepared by Nüvis Beseri Araþtirmalar ve Yayincilik Ltd. Sti. for National Library of Turkey. The bibliography covers 50,760 bibliographical records of the 37,359 Turkish printed materials published between 1584-1986 in Arabic, Armenian and Greek characters.

This work is prepared in two parts:

1. Bibliographical works published on this subject;
2. The archives of main libraries in Turkey are scanned ie: National Library of Turkey, Bayezid State Library, and Nation Library.

Searching through the CD

Search available in English and Turkish.

The entries should be made with Turkish characters.

Authors, printing places and printing houses are listed in the search box.

User’s manual link on top.

Turkish National Library link directs to its webpage.

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Bibliography on manuscript libraries in Turkey and the publications on the manuscripts located in these libraries.

• Authors: Nimet Bayraktar;  Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu;  Mihin Lugal
• Publication Date: 1995
• Publication: Istanbul: Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture
• Format: Book xxix p., 337 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
• Language: Turkish
• OCLC: 34287664

This bibliography, published by Research Centre for Islamic History Art and Culture (IRCICA), comprises of manuscripts in Turkish libraries. This work focuses on the publications dated until the end of 1990. However, as an exception to this limitation, the available information on some catalogues of manuscripts in the related sections of this book is added.

There are 3 sections:

1. Libraries of Manuscript Works, and the Bibliography on them. A guide to the libraries, where Islamic manuscripts are located, lists the libraries under study according to their location in the present administrative units of Turkey such as provinces and counties, which are arranged alphabetically.
2. Bibliography on Libraries. Lists 136 books and articles and books located more than one library, in alphabetical order of the names of the authors.
3. Bibliography of Publications about the Manuscript Works located in the Libraries of Turkey. Lists 1390 publications about the works located in the collections of these libraries in alphabetical order of the names of authors

6 indexes:

1. Index of the Names of Authors, Translators, Compilers, etc.
2. Index of Personal Names
3. Index of the titles of Articles and Books
4. Titles of Works and Supplementary words in the title
5. Index of the names of Institutions
6. Index of Place Names

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Die arabischen, persischen und türkischen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek zu Uppsala
The Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts in the Library of Uppsala University.

• Author: K V Zetterstéen
• Publication Date: 1930-
• Publication: Uppsala [Almgvist & Wiksells]
• Format: Book v. 27 cm.
• Language: German
• OCLC: 473550977

This bibliography, published by Library of Uppsala University, comprises of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscripts. Turkish manuscripts, listed p. 321-412, are arranged in 2 main  sections:

• A. Ottoman (Osmanisch).
  1. Linguistics (Sprachwissenschaft)
  2. Theology  and Jurisprudence (Theologie und Jurisprudenz)
  3. Sufism (Sufismus)
  4. History (Geschichte)
  5. Recreational literature (Unterhaltungsliteratur)
  6. Poetry (Poesie)
  7. Poetic, Stylistic, Letters (Poetik, Stilistik, Briefe)
  8. Manuscripts with various contents (Handschriften vermischen Inhalte)
• B. Osttürkisch.
  1. Theology (Theologie)
  2. Confidential science? (Geheimwissenschaften)
  3. Recreational literature (Unterhaltungsliteratur)
  4. Poetry (Poesie)
  5. Manuscripts with various contents (Handschriften vermischen Inhalte)

There are 643 entries of manuscripts.

There are 6 indexes at the end:

1. Concordance of old and new numbers (Konkordanz der alten und der neuen Nummern)
2. Title index (Titel)
3. Author index (Verfasser)
4. Editor index (Schreiber)
5. Other people (Sonstige Personennamen)
6. Chronological index of the manuscript dates (Chronologisches Verzeichnis der datierten Handschriften)

No database online.

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Die arabischen, persischen und türkischen handschriften der Kaiserlich-königlichen hofbibliothik zu Wien; im auftrage der vorgesetzten k. k. Behörde geordnet und beschrieben.

• Author: Gustav Flügel
• Publication Date: 1865-1867
• Publication: Wien, K.K. Hof- und staatsdruckerei
• Format: Book 3 v.
• Language: German

This bibliography, published by Georg Olms Verlag, is in 3 volumes and comprises of the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscripts in (from…to…) Kaiserlich-Königlichen Royal Library. The second volume of this medieval bibliography can be found online:

• In German: http://www.manuscripta-mediaevalia.de/hs/kataloge/HSK0778.htm
• In English: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.manuscripta-mediaevalia.de/hs/kataloge/HSK0778.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFL%25C3%259CGEL,%2BGustav:%2BDie%2Barabischen,%2Bpersischen%2Bund%2Bt%25C3%25BCrkischen%2B%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

Some information about the books on Turkish manuscripts online: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.ksbm.oeaw.ac.at/wienonb/kat.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFL%25C3%259CGEL,%2BGustav:%2BDie%2Barabischen,%2Bpersischen%2Bund%2Bt%25C3%25BCrkischen%2B%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

In each volume, there are several sections on different subjects. The manuscripts are arranged by country within each section.

• First Volume
  • Encyclopedias
  • Bibliographies
  • Graphics
  • Lexicography
  • Grammar
  • Dialogistic
  • Metric, Rhyme doctrine, poetic
  • Rhetoric
  • Stylistic
  • Gnomic
  • Fine literature
  • Poetry
• Second Volume
  • Romans and Stories
  • Universal history
  • Special history
  • Biography
  • Geography, Regional Geography, Ethnology and Travel Writings and Statistics
  • Turkish counting books
  • War science and weaponry
  • Arithmetic
  • Astronomy, Astrology, Study of Calendars
  • Nature science
  • Medicine
  • Veterinary Science
  • Mythology and folklore Kabbala studies, and alchemy
  • Music
  • Logic, Philosophy, and metaphysics
• Third Volume
  • Christian Theology
  • Druze studies
  • Koran
  • Koran reading art and Koran criticism
  • Exegesis of Koran
  • Traditions doctrine
  • Belief doctrine and theological collection
  • Blessing books
  • Law
  • Ethics
  • Mysticism
  • Collected – or so called Mixed Works
  • Appendix

Two indexes are at the end:

• by script
• by author