Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.591 has inscribed notes in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic, the first one is signed by Muhammad Baha'i.

Notes in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic
Provenance
Izzat [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ex libiris (min kutub), seal erased on fol. 1a]; 'Abd al-Qadir [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ex libris, fol. 1a]; Muhammad Amin, Inspector of awqaf [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [bequest entry on behalf of Bashir Agha with seal and the shelfmark 419 on fol. 1a; bequest (waqf) seal of of Bashir Agha dated 1130 AH/AD 1717; the same seal is also present on fols. 2a, 35a, 52a, and 77b; the shelfmark 419 is also inscribed on the tail edge]; al-Hajj Bashir Agha Dar al-Sa'adah, 1130 AH/AD 1717, by bequest [ex libiris, dated 1158 AH/AD 1745 (plus his seal) on fol. 1a, middle of the page; the same seal is also on fols. 32b and 78a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters
Creators
Period
918 AH/AD 1512 (Ottoman)Accession Number
W.591.79AMeasurements
H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 1/2 in. (18 x 11.5 cm)Geographies
- Turkey, Bursa (Place of Origin)