Istanbul Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi, Revan Köşk 1081

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	40Vezir12
Location	Istanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi
Siglum/Shelfmark	Revan Köşkü 1081
Page/Folio range	1-191

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr
Incipit or textual title	Ḥikāyāt-ı Vüzerāt-ı Erba‘īn
Version (siglum)	Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr
└ Language Group within Version	Turkish Forty Viziers
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Şeyḫ-zāde: Forty Viziers
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)	Ahmed-i Mısrî: Forty Viziers
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	St Andrews catalogue: https://www.islam-anatolia.ac.uk/data/documents/TK_TKSM_Rev_1081

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	Birinci, Kırk Vezir Hikâyeleri (2012)

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author	Şeyḫ-zāde
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1726 (1486-87^AH)
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	St Andrews catalogue: https://www.islam-anatolia.ac.uk/data/documents/TK_TKSM_Rev_1081

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	191
Height
Width
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/TK_TKSM_Rev_1081, https://portal.yek.gov.tr/works/detail/561944
Modern Research Literature	Birinci (2012), Gibb (1886), Kızıltan (1991)

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