Menâkıb-ı Mevlânâ : manuscript, [1827]

Legends about Jalāladdīn Rūmī. One lengthy story narrates a conversation the author had with Rūmī in his dream.

Title supplied by cataloger.

17.2 x 11.5 cm (13.1 x 7.5 cm).

According to the colophon (f. 100r), copy completed on 21 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1243 AH [October 11, 1827 AD] in the hand of Ibrāhīm ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir Qayṣarī.

Written in naskh script, in one column, 17 lines per page, in black, framed within a red line. Persian phrases vocalized and red overlined. Section headings in red. Catchwords. Occasional notes in green ink.

Dark-cream glazed laid paper. Board cover. Envelope flap. Spine torn; volume loosely attached to binding.

With: Şerh-i Cezîretü'l-mesnevî / Ahmed Meknî (ff. 10v.-100r) ; Hall-i ebyât-ı müşkilât-ı Celâleddin Rûmî (ff. 101r-107r) ; Risâle-yi esrâr-ı tarîk (ff. 107v-111v).

MS Turk 53. Houghton Library, Harvard University.

In Ottoman Turkish.