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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.556, cont.)

Catalogue entries: Sohrweide II, 34, where other MSS are mentioned; see also Fihris 4613 (IV, p. 137). (8) ff. 115a-118a

Dasitan-i Fatima ez-Zahri jLuub An anonymous account of a colloquy between the Prophet and his daughter Fatima on the superiority of men over women. The work seems to be undocumented. The copy was completed in 1142/1729-30. (For a comparable text, see Cod.Or. 17.133(3), below.)

A loose leaf, in a different, much smaller format, and clearly from another manuscript. On both sides is a fragment of a prose text in which Arabic religious terms, in red, are explained according to the pattern: ‘ilm bilmesi olmak bilmemek muhal\ sem‘ ifitmesi olmak i$itmemesi muh&l etc. (10) ff. 120b-161a

A ta ‘birname A mid 18th-century copy of an anonymous work, without title, on dream interpre tation. The work is preceded by a heading in red (cf. below), followed by an introduction (120b-123b), mostly consisting of a survey of contents. It is divided into 53 chapters (bab). It is in two different hands, the second of which begins on f. 126a; both are irregular and difficult to read. The work may be identical with