593

ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 17.958, cont.)

inscriptions of Qankirli Emin Efendi, second imam of the ‘Arab Mosque, with the price of ‘1200’ (2b); of the kazi ‘Arabzade, with the price of ‘1300’ (3a) - and (with a seal) of ‘Osman ZekT, captain (yUzba^i) of an artillery regiment who bought the MS from the bookseller §akir on 25 Te$nn-i sani (November) [12]89 (1874) for ‘216’ {ibidem). Acquired from F. de Jong, November 1981.

Begins (3b): A4»UL.U a J ( _i}Ui J AS • • • <■ “*LÜ a From the Preface (6a-b):

uLUL- o*±u^* a *L ... aAia M *i,Uj Jil Is ... u U»LJI o* Oi ... ,jLii jLsli. s jUJI «-*J>**- ^1.-^ J ... ajjjL Ji-i» >i ... sj J-Jajj OUj ... aJü 3 jjóajjj ji*.l ^ ^Jl - v ‘u., JjL dh 4juU jlyL jj ^ j**' 0ApW- J»J»« ftM~ ... M^il jkl*l S35 35-1^1^5

Ends (248a): <S » j) .HaJI * fiLudl ^1 ***** ■*-* <dUJI 3 SjJLaJI 3 * <uUsl Jjk , - a /. Colophon (ibidem): r ‘“^V f***} 4A -* >*' -> r i* j-> j**a a Oi< jr^i as aJ 4^^ ,<Ü4LI ^ *<u^i o^ >~~o#l oi*- u^LkJI ^dl JT^ ^ j U^JI jiitol j

Catalogue entries: Flemming 438-9, where other MSS are mentioned; see also Fihns 5028-41 (IV, pp. 247-50); Schmidt 59, 60, 108.

Edition: Bülaq 1251; cf. also Flemming, p. 342.

Literature: Th. Menzei, ‘Wasi‘ ‘Alïsi’, in EI'.