significant article by Fatma Kutlar about Bican‘s didactic poem on precious stones, with the full text in transcription, Cevher-name.pdf (156 KB).On the Ottoman cevâhir-nâme see study by Fatma Sabiha Kutlar, Klâsik dönem metinlerinde değerli taşlar ve Risâle-i cevâhir-nâme, Ankara 2005. ISBN 975-7447-22-6 / 9789757447221. Publisher: Öncü Kitap (www.oncubasimevi.com) or contact fkutlar@hacettepe.edu.tr for your order.
Istanbul 2008.
Pages 99-495: non-critical transcription text based on an individual manuscript of Müntehâ.
(For MS details and colour photographs, see p. 53, and 527-539.)
highly recommendable study on the great importance and influence of Bican’s work (IFEA)
article by Laban Kaptein on early Islam in China, moslims-in-China.pdf (56KB)