Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Turc suppl. turc 430

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	40Vezir5
Location	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Siglum/Shelfmark	MS Turc, Supplément turc 430
Page/Folio range	1-96

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Ḥikāyet-i Erba‘īn Ṣubḥ u Mesā
Incipit or textual title	حكايت قرق وزير
Version (siglum)	Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr
└ Language Group within Version	Turkish Forty Viziers
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Ahmed-i Mısrî: Forty Viziers
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	BNF catalogue: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc937476?collect

Languages
Language of text	Turkish
Regional or specific Language of text	Ottoman Turkish
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions

Note
Note: the BNF catalogue notes that the last two folios were replaced or recopied c. 1191 AH (1777 CE).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author	Ahmed-i Mısrî
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1601 - 1700
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	BNF catalogue: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc937476?collect

Physical Description
Material
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	96
Height	200
Width	120
Script style/form	Turkish nestalik
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	BNF catalogue: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc937476?collect, St Andrews catalogue: https://www.islam-anatolia.ac.uk/data/documents/FR_BNF_Supplement_turc_430
Modern Research Literature	Kızıltan (1991), Gara (2024), Gibb (1886)

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