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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.339, cont.)

_>* j-*5j-ui fS * JJJLaS jjt (jJLöl j^J^I (6) ff. 75b-76b Esma'u l-hüsna n ...|

A list of the ‘beautiful names of God’, written in four columns, and preceded by an elaborate besmele. (7) ff. 76b Ecdad-ipeygamber salla Allahu ta'ala ‘aleyhi ve sellem ,u 3 *■* I r (jJUü «LI (jLo j i a.Lij A list of the ancestors of the Prophet, from ‘Abd Allah down to Adam. (8) ff. 77a-101b

§erh-i esma’u l-hüsna u -. An anonymous commentary on the ninety-nine ‘beautiful names of God’. (A number of works with this title are known to exist, cf. 'OM IV, index.)

Begins (77a): ^jl *!/• u-xoj (jjl Ü-C- u ; hi-kII <uj j

Ends (101b):

Cdiljj J.» ajijJ*

IS*? j VI 3 U i Ijj j

Colophon {ibidem)-.

(*jV jjj i 1 *

‘t j >11 kill*ll *ï) I ijjJU l_jLiSJI d*-qj

(9) ff. 101b-104b A brief anonymous commentary without title on a number of Koran verses, including the first sttra; it ends in a poem of four distichs (10lb-102b).