Again about Osman Pazvantoğlu library in Vidin Cover Image

Отново за Видинската библиотека на Осман Пазвантоглу
Again about Osman Pazvantoğlu library in Vidin

Author(s): Stoyanka Kenderova
Subject(s): History, Cultural history
Published by: Национална библиотека »Св. св. Кирил и Методий«
Keywords: Vidin; Vidin Waqf Library; Osman Pazvatoğlu; Nadir Eserler Kütüphanesi in Istanbul; “Bayazit“ library in Istanbul

Summary/Abstract: The article specifies the number of the books from Osman Pazvantoğlu (d. 1807) library in Vidin sent to Istanbul in 1888 according to the decision of Bulgarian-Turkish Commission, and the place of their preservation nowadays – in “Bayazit“ library. According to the List of books prepared by the Turkish representative Mahmud Nedim bey, their number is 2025 volumes. The article presents also new documents found in Central State Archives in Sofia concerning the demands of Ottoman Ministry of Education to obtain the books of Vidin and the answers of Bulgarian officials.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 38-49
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian
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