The Oriental Manuscripts of the Waldeckian Princely Court Library (Fürstlich Waldeckschen Hofbibliothek) in Arolsen

Authors

  • Mehtap Ergenoğlu
  • Michael Knüppel

Abstract

In their article the authors present the oriental manuscripts of the Waldeckian Princely Court Library (Fürstlich Waldeckschen Hofbibliothek), which were seized by soldiers of the Waldeckian contingent during the Russo-Turkish war (1768–1774) while they were looting the Ottoman military camp of Kozluca. The collection comprises – besides an Arabic talisman scroll and a Qurʼān – remains of the correspondence of several Ottoman commanders as well as a deployment sketch. In this article these documents are given with transcriptions and translations.

Author Biography

Michael Knüppel

geb. 1967 in Kassel; Tungusologe, Altaist, Turkologe, Ethnologe; 1989-1992 Studium der Turkologie, Altaistik, Politikwissenschaft und Ethnologie in Göttingen; 1992-1996 Studium der Turkologie und Politikwissenschaft in Hamburg, 1998 Promotion im Fach Turkologie (in Hamburg), 2007 Promotion im Fach Ethnologie (in Göttingen); 1999-2007 wissenschaftliches Mitarbeiter am Seminar für Turkologie und Zentralasienkunde der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, seit 2007 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen

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Published

2016-03-18

How to Cite

Ergenoğlu, M., & Knüppel, M. (2016). The Oriental Manuscripts of the Waldeckian Princely Court Library (Fürstlich Waldeckschen Hofbibliothek) in Arolsen. Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, 51(2). Retrieved from https://www.zeitschrift-fuer-balkanologie.de/index.php/zfb/article/view/374

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 2 (2015)

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