Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Turc 388

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	40Vezir1
Location	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Siglum/Shelfmark	Turc 388
Page/Folio range

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Arbaʿin soubh ou mesa
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum)	Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr
└ Language Group within Version
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Ahmed-i Mısrî translation
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Gibb (1886), Gara (2024)

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

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author	Ahmed-i Mısrî
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1st half of 16th century (1st half of 10th centuryAH)
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	St. Andrews catalogue: https://www.islam-anatolia.ac.uk/data/documents/FR_BNF_Turc_388, BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc929142

Physical Description
Material
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	248
Height	210
Width	145
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	St. Andrews catalogue: https://www.islam-anatolia.ac.uk/data/documents/FR_BNF_Turc_388, BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc929142
Modern Research Literature	Kızıltan (1991), Gibb (1886), Gara (2024)

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