Katib Çelebi, Düstürül-'Amel, Ottoman Turkey, copied 1740-41 - Lot 239

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Katib Çelebi, Düstürül-'Amel, Ottoman Turkey, copied 1740-41 - Lot 239
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 gilded. Colophon with the name of the copyist Darvish (Derviş) 'Ali, known as Hafiz al-Quran, dated 1153 H./1740-41 surmounting a panel of gilded floral scrolls, and gilded 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 H./1737-38 ('abduhu muhammad), and handwritten inscription al-faqir muhammad 'ufiya 'anhu (the poor, humble Muhammad (Mehmed), may he be forgiven). Bound in ivory boards decorated with an embossed mandorla, gilded and adorned 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 presenting proposals for the reform of the Ottoman state, written in 1063 H. (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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