Apor Éva (szerk.): Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtára Keleti Gyűjtemény.

The Vámbéry Collection

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he bequest of Ármin Vámbéry (1832-1913) was donated to the Academy by his son Rusztem Vámbéry. Ármin Vámbéry was a directorial board member and honorary member of the Academy. His collection consists of 660 works including 56 manuscripts. A greater part of the manuscripts are in Turkish and hence incorporated in the Turkish manuscript collection. Some preserve the memory of Central Asian Turkic languages. Among them are Hulasa-yi Abbási (Török O. 380) and Lugat-i gagatay (Török O. 386). Several Ármin VÁMBÉRY (1832-1913) Török kötés Turkish binding, MS Török F. 38 volumes represent the inga literature. But in Istanbul Vámbéry also came across a manuscript entitled Tárih-i Ungurus (Török F. 57) or History of Hungary, which was given to the Academy in 1860. Its Hungarian translation and critical edition were published recently by György Hazai (1996). The manuscripts also contain a small Persian collection numbering eleven. It includes some gems of classical Persian literature, a dictionary to the works of Nevái entitled Beda-i al lugat (Perzsa 0. 45), and a splendid tazkere from the Oajar period, Majmtf-ye Mahmud (Perzsa F. 14), written by Mahmud Mirzá Oájár. The catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Vámbéry bequest was published by Éva Apor in 1971. Táríh-i Ungurus, MS Török F. 57