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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.518, cont., 14.519)

lost; 60 folios; 155x98 mm and 109x57 mm; 15 lines; catchwords; vowelled, calligraphic nesih; rubrics and multiple borders in red; without a date or name of a copyist. A series of owner’s inscriptions, partly lost by wear, and a seal are found on f. la, mostly of the kail, Hiiseyn b. Mehmed Boyacizade; the endpapers contain a vakf inscription of the Ualvetfye shaykh, ÜmmT Ahmed Efendi, with a seal dated 1261 (1845), on behalf of ‘Ayi$e Hamm, daughter of Haccf Mes‘üd Aga, 1312 (1894-5, 59a); inscriptions of es-Seyyid Mahmüd Efendi and Mehmed Bakir ‘Ulvan (in pencil) are found on the inside of the back-cover. Purchased from Hellmut Schumann AG, antiquarian bookseller, Zurich, in September 1978. Begins (lb, after a besmele): >bjjl 4i>-* jUjJ jj* j>)jl Ends (58a): l»LU jaJjI *£>>>•

Cod.Or. 14.519 Mir’at es-safafl ahval el-enbiya’ *Lui*l Jl^l li-JI olj* A mid 18th-century copy of a history of the prophets by Kara Qelebizade ‘Abdul'azfz Efendi (d. 1068/1658). An abbreviated version of the title and the name of the author are mentioned on the first original flyleaf, recto, and in a heading preceding the text (lb). The work is preceded by an introduction (lb-2b), in which the author (mentioned in f. lb:4-5 - the abbreviated title occurs in f. 2a.7), dedicates the work to Sultan Murad [IV], who had conquered Baghdad [in 1048/1638] (cf. lb:20). The biographies of the prophets are arranged in a more or less chronological order, from Adam (2b) to ‘Isa (56a), followed by the life of Muhammad (60a). A few marginal additions and indications of content, in red. The work is preceded by a lengthy note on the author’s life and works, signed by the mlr-i liva Tahir (one of the MS owners, cf. below) and dated 18 Safer 1325 (2 April 1907) (see plate). A price of ‘145’ is found on the first original flyleaf, recto. On the same page the title and author are described in English and in pencil (it also occurs on f. 80b*). A detailed description, in English typescript, of the manuscript is found on a separate sheet of headed note-paper of the Zurich bookseller (cf. below).