ID	13
Author	Anonymous [Rükne’d-dīn Ahmed]
Work Title	Tarjama-i ʿAcāib al-maḥlūḳāt
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Manuscripts	library: Ali Emiri Efendi Kütüphanesi; MS. number: Türki Tarih nr. 897; no. of folios: 326 library: Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi; MS. number: Düğümlü Baba nr. 556; no. of folios: 160 library: Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi; MS. number: Nuri Arlasez nr. 128; no. of folios: 403 library: Beyazıt Umumi Kütüphanesi; MS. number: 14124; no. of folios: 404 library: Bibliothèque nationale de France; MS. number: turc 1338; no. of folios: 266
Editions	Rükneddin Ahmed, ed. Bekir Sarıkaya, “Rükneddin Ahmed’in Acâibü’l-mahlûkat Tercümesi (Giriş – Metin – Sözlük)” (unpublished Ph.D. diss.), Marmara University 2010; Bekir Sarıkaya, Tercüme-i Acâ’ibü’l-mahlûkât ve garâ’ibü’l-mevcûdât, ed. Günay Kut, Istanbul: Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı 2019.
Date	First half of fifteenth century
Content Summary	An adaptation of Qazwīnī’s and other cosmographies, notably Muhammad Ṭūsī’s ʿAcāib al-maḥlūḳāt. Contains chapters relating the marvels (‘ajā’ib) of the heavens, fire, earth (including seas, rivers, mountains and minerals), famous cities (including mosques and churches), trees and plants, talismanic sculptures, man, jinn and demons, birds and monsters of land and of sea. Furthermore, there are chapters on medicine, alchemy, nutriment, but also miracles and divination.
Bibliography	Günay Kut, “Türk edebiyatında Acâibü’l-mahlukat tercümeleri üzerine”, V. Milletlerarası Türkoloji Kongresi Bildirileri, vol. 2/1 (Istanbul 1985), 183-93 at 188-190; Feray Coşkun, “A Medieval Islamic Cosmography in an Ottoman Context: A Study of Mahmud el-Hatib’s Translation of the Kharidat al-‘Aja’ib” (unpublished M.A. thesis), Boğaziçi University 2007, 68-71. viii-categories marvels; natural sciences
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