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239 - Katib Çelebi, Düstürül-'Amel, Ottoman Turkey, copied 1740-41…
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Katib Çelebi, Düstürül-'Amel, Ottoman Turkey, copied 1740-41 Small Ottoman manuscript on paper, 17 folios after the title page, 15 lines per page in naskh script in black and red ink within a thick gilded frame. Frontispiece finely illuminated in polychrome and gilt. Colophon with the name of the copyist Darvish (Derviş) 'Ali, known as Hafiz al-Quran, dated AH 1153 / 1740-41 above a panel of gilt floral scrolls, and a gilt bouquet on the last page. Tughra stamp probably from the period of Abdulhamid I (1774-1789) and owner's stamp in the name of Muhammad (Mehmed) 1150 AH/1737-38 ('abduhu muhammad), and handwritten inscription al-faqir muhammad 'ufiya 'anhu (the poor, humble Muhammad (Mehmed), may he be forgiven). Bound in ivory hardback decorated with an embossed mandorla, gilt decorated with polychrome volutes. Old collection or inventory label no. 1112. Accidents, collation, stains, wear, small tears at edges, some pages unbound. 20 x 12 cm This delicate work is a copy of a text from the Düstürül-'Amel by the intellectual Katib Çelebi, an advisory document setting out proposals for the reform of the Ottoman state, written in AH 1063 (1653) following an Imperial Council to resolve the fiscal crisis affecting the Ottoman Empire at the time. Katib Çelebi knew that his proposal would go unheeded, and in fact the report was not submitted to Sultan Mehmed IV for consideration until three years later.
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Auction time 06/16/2026 at 1:30 PM
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