Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Turc suppl. turc 434

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	40Vezir13
Location	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Siglum/Shelfmark	MS Turc, Supplément turc 434 (formerly Saint-Germain-des-Prés 326)
Page/Folio range	1-205

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr
Incipit or textual title
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/FR_BNF_Supplement_turc_434

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

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author	Şeyḫ-zāde
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1628/12/07 - 1628/12/07 (1038^AH)
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc93751z?collect

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	206
Height	205
Width	125
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc93751z?collect, St Andrews: https://www.islam-anatolia.ac.uk/data/documents/FR_BNF_Supplement_turc_434
Modern Research Literature	Gibb (1886), Gara (2024), Duda (1930), Kızıltan (1991)

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