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ACQUISITIONS OF 1996-9 (Or. 23.493, cont.)

Efendi retired for the first time to the nuptial chamber [zifaf oldi] of his bride, ‘my sister’ ‘Ayi§e (27 Rebi'ü 1-dlj.ir 1215/17 September 1800); her son Mehmed Nürï was bom on 27 Receb 1216 (3 December 1801); a daughter Fatima was bom to his aunt Rükïye on 5 Rebi'ü 1-a.hir 1215 (26 August 1800) - but died again on 16 Ramazan 1216 (20 January 1802); and her daughter ‘Ayi§e was bom on 23 Receb 1216 (29 November 1801). The texts and notes, mentioned so far, are all in the same handwriting. Of a much later date is a horoscope drawn by a certain Yorgaki in 1278 (1861-2) for 1 Zf l-hicce 1210 (7 June 1796), the birthday of another owner (74b-75b, see plate). A note on the date of the foundation of an imperial palace (saray-i hümayün) at the Kilt? ‘All quarter on Saturday 8 Cemaii l-ahir 1250 (12 October 1834) is found on the inner front-board. We find the following tables, many of them in black and red and of fine draughtmanship: ff. lb (explaining geomantic signs representing prophets), 2a (a list of Arabic words), 3b-8a (calendars with astrological and magical data, years 1196/1781-2 to 1281/1864-5), 9b (a falname headed ‘kur'ïye-i Hairet-i ‘AW), 10b-22a (afalname attributed to Ibn al-‘Arabf, headed fal e$-$eyh Muhytddin el- 'Arabi' on 10b, with an explanation of six lines on the same page), 23b (calendar for 1212/1797-8), 26b-28a (divinatory, whereby the numerical value, 1 to 49, of one’s name points to a prognostic sentence in the table), 33a-35a and 60b (astronomical, relating the Persian weekdays to heavenly bodies and cons tellations), 36a-37b (a copy of the tabi'atndme by ibn ‘Isa of Akhisar [d. 967/1559-60, cf. 'OM I, p. 18] with tables on the numerical value of the letters of the alphabet, and on the astrological value of the names of mothers and fathers), 55b-56a (a list of words with their numerical value), 62a (a list of 17 recommendations of iskender Zülkameyn), 62b (a list of male names with their numerical value), 63a (idem, for female names), 68a-69a (Ottoman place names divided into eight categories, rütbe), 70a (a list connecting named days: 'eyydm-i ganem’ to ‘eyydm-i 'abd u cdriye’ with numbers), 71b (a list of Koran chapters with numbers), 73a (comparing large amounts of money, eight entries), 73b (a gurrename for the years 1202-14/1787-1800, a list of Persian numerals), 74a (a list of the signs of the Zodiac with their letter-codes), 77a (a calendar for 1212/1797-8, with letter-codes for the weekdays), 77b (containing the names of God or words associated with Him, headed ‘vafk-i ihlds-i serif, see plate), 78b- 79a (astrological, with extensive explanations), 82b (the lifetime of fifteen prophets), 83a (indicating the numerical value of letters), 83b (idem, astrological), and 84a (comparing the values of various coins. An introduction to a table (cedvet), not found in the volume, occurs on f. 32b. The volume also contains a number of magic squares and circles as well as talismanic fomulae and symbols