Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 15.07.1968 (Creation)
- 01.01.1955 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
24 notebooks
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mehmed Safayhi served as director of the Süleymaniye Manuscript Library from 1937 until November 30, 1970, and was appointed as a classification clerk in 1940. According to a document sent by the Ministry of National Education on June 23, 1961, at the request of Süleymaniye Library Director Halit Dener, Mehmed Safayhi completed his higher education by obtaining a madrasa certificate from teacher Gürdolusu Emin Efendi on 8 Cemaziyelevvel 1332 (April 4, 1914). He retired on November 30, 1970, due to age.
Mehmed Safayhi, who passed away on October 7, 1977, is buried in the Beşiktaş Yahya Efendi Dergâhı Haziresi, next to Abdülhay Öztoprak, the last sheikh of the dergâh and also his father-in-law.
Repository
Archival history
Mehmed Safayhi, who worked as a classification clerk at the Süleymaniye Library between 1937 and 1970, personally prepared the alphabetically arranged notebooks, which were used as a guide for cataloguing manuscripts.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated to our institution on July 1, 2016, through Prof. Dr. Ersin Nazif Gürdoğan.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Mehmed Safayhi (1890-1977) served as a sorting officer at the Süleymaniye Library Directorate between 1937 and 1970. The 216 files of this collection are categorized under seven headings: bibliographic works, index and miscellaneous works, letters, family, professional documents, miscellaneous, poetry, prayers, and notes. The notebooks, which are available in full text, contain bibliographic information on hundreds of works. The alphabetically successive notebooks were prepared by Mehmed Safayhi during his tenure as a sorting officer at the Süleymaniye Library and can be used as a guide for cataloging manuscripts.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
It will be permanently preserved.
Accruals
Open-end Fond
System of arrangement
The Mehmed Safayhi Document, whose classification has not yet been completed, consists of 7 sub-funds, the titles of which are given below. Currently, 24 notebooks under the heading Bibliographic Studies in Group A have been opened for research. The classification on the other groups of the Document, of which only Group A has been completed, continues. For this reason, other funds are closed to researchers. The list below constitutes all subfunds of the Document.
Subfons:
A. Bibliographic Studies
B. Index and Miscellaneous Studies
C. Letters
D. Family
E. Professional Documents
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The catalog information and digital images of the documents are available online. The originals of the documents can be viewed and searched at our center upon request.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright belongs to İSAM.
Language of material
- Arabic
Script of material
- Arabic
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Materials are all paper.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The original documents are kept in the İSAM Library Archive (İKA) repository.
Existence and location of copies
Digital copies of the documents are kept on hard drives available at the İSAM Library Archive (İKA).
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Rules and/or conventions used
Classified according to ISAD-G standard.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
The records was opened to the research on July 23, 2012.
Language(s)
- Turkish
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Archivist's note
The document was defined by Dr. Kenan Yıldız and digitized by Volkan Kuru.