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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.515, cont., 14.516)

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Cod.Or. 14.516 Tevarih-i Seyyid Battal Gazf jLi. JIA»j a*-* 1 jy jl>ï An incompletely dated copy of an anonymous prose version of the epic of Seyyid Battal Gazf. The title occurs in a heading preceding the text on f. 3b. The work recounts the wars fought by the semi-legendary figure of Ca‘fer b. Hiiseyn, better known as Battal Gazf, based on the Umayyad warrior ‘Abd Allah al-Battal, against Byzantium in the 2nd/9th century. The work is divided into ‘meelis’, but headings are omitted after f. 33a. (For different versions of the epic, see Codices Or. 10.852, and 14.643, below.) The work is preceded by a story entitled Hikdyet-i hezar esbi (the story of the horse with a thousand feet), ff. lb-2b, copied in the same hand. It is followed by the catchwords ‘kissat-i gOzC which indicates that the story was part of a larger collection, the remainder of which is no longer extant in the volume. Calculations are found on f. 137b and the inner back-board. Bound in somewhat worn, dark brown leather with flap; glazed cream paper without watermarks, worn at the edges, particularly in the first folios; occasional ink stains; 137 folios; 231x160 mm and 165x120 mm, varying; 18 lines, varying; catchwords; nesih; red headings up to f. 35b; without date or name of a copyist. Purchased from David Loman Ltd., London, August 1978.

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