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ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 17.119, cont., 17.120)

Begins (la): 4-i jl *Lt J 4-LI JLu> LlUt*. | V « Ends (18b): W £,i-^rj I ... jj>j jLuI aj ,a»ü [>/!*< ui] Bound in worn, dark brown leather; glazed cream paper, stained, tattered and mended in some places; 18 folios; 158x105 mm and 110x70, varying; 9 lines; catchwords; bold, vowelled nesih; without a date or name of a copyist. Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, June 1981.

Cod.Or. 17.120 Menasikii l-hacc ,.i, t An undated copy of a popular manual for pilgrims, by Sinanüddïn YOsuf b. ‘Abdullah el-Amasï er-RümT, know as Sinan Efendi (d. 1000/1591-2), described under Cod.Or. 12.373, above. The introduction is found on ff. 2b-4b; the last chapter, on the visit to the holy tomb at Medina, begins on f. 95b. (For other copies of the same work and references, see Cod.Or. 12.373, above.) The work is preceded by a table of contents (lb), partly lost as part of the folio has been tom off. It is followed by a prayer in Arabic (107b-108a); a marginal gloss referring to (the dictionary of) Abten is found on f. 107b. A note on the birth of a son, called Mehmed Münïb b. Ahmed Hamdf b. Miinib Efendi b. Ibrahim Edhem Efendi, at Nova in the sancak of Hersek (Hersegnovi) in the province of Bosna (Bosnia), on 17 Receb 1313/22 Kamn-i ewe/ 1311/3 Kamn-i sani (January) 1896, is added to the text on f. 108a. A list of sums ‘paid for the pilgrimage with three entries occurs on f. 112b. Two notes, with names, are found on f. 113a, among them Fazilzade §eyb Mehmed ‘living in Mecca at the Bab as-salam . An administrative note, with eight entries on expenses incurred for a pilgrimage (a total of440 kuruy, the bedel-i hacc was 1400 kurus), accompanied by a note (7 lines) on pious advice received from el-Hacc ‘Osman b. Mustafa, as well as a few marginal notes with the name of the owner, el-Hacc Salih and the year 1198 (1783-4). Rebound in dark brown leather with blind tooled insets in Oriental style; glazed cream paper; 113 folios; 175x120 mm and 123x65 mm; 13 lines; catchwords;