Item Summary

Contains copies of imperial edicts sent to Crete and petitions presented by Cretans reflecting their social and economic concerns. Ms. likely belonged to an Ottoman bureaucrat in Crete.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Collection of petitions and imperial edicts pertaining to Crete].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 629
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/j96024479
Publisher
[1730 or 31]
Language
Ottoman Turkish
Date Created
1730-1731
Format
Manuscript
Extent
10 leaves : paper ; 215 x 116 (128 x 54) mm. bound to 215 x 121 mm.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Bruce Willsie, Class of 1986, 2007/6/4 (2007-114).
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Physical description: 19 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on white European glazed, laid paper. Rubrication and catchwords.
Origin: Dated 1143 AH (1730 or 31) (fol. 10b).
Binding Note
Quarter leather with boards.

Discovery Information

Subject
Crete (Greece)—History—Turkish rule, 1669-1898—Sources

Physical Characteristics

File Count
28

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e5120d17-ae95-432d-a443-907e23b954e8/manifest