IBRAHIM HAKKI OF ERZURUM, MA'RIFETNAMEH (AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC COMPENDIUM), SIGNED BY MEHMED SHARIF B. ‘ABD AL-GHAFUR B. MUSTAFA, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1252 AH/1836 AD
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June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
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8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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IBRAHIM HAKKI OF ERZURUM, MA'RIFETNAMEH (AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC COMPENDIUM), SIGNED BY MEHMED SHARIF B. ‘ABD AL-GHAFUR B. MUSTAFA, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1252 AH/1836 AD
Ottoman Turkish manuscript on European watermarked paper, 307 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 37 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, titles in red, numerous tables and diagrams in gouache heightened with gold, including Mecca and Medina, the solar system, planispheric maps, in brown binding with a central gilt oval stamped medallion, with flap
29.8 by 17.7cm.
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The Ma'rifetnameh is an encyclopaedia of cosmological topics assembled by Erzurumlu Ibrahim Hakki in 1756-57. Alongside discussions on eschatology, celestial and terrestrial geography are also discussed and represented in several maps and diagrams. The planispheric drawings were drawn by a surveyor named only as Mustafa and were based on the Dutch cartographer Joan Blae's (d.1673) Atlas Major.
Two further copies of Hakki's Ma'rifetnameh, both dating from the first quarter of the nineteenth century, can be found in the British Library (MS.Or.12964) and Nasser D. Khalili Collection, London (see Rogers 1995, pp.121 & 123, no.74). Five very similar manuscripts to the present lot were sold in these rooms, 7 October 2015, lot 264; 22 April 2015, lot 109; 24 April 2013, lot 49, 6 April 2011, lot 216 and 1 May 2019, lot 28.