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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.221-8, cont.)

Bey, as is clear from a draft letter, dated (in pencil) 21 November 1918 (there is also a brief note from him to Kramers, dated 9 June [1]332/1916, with a reply); a public notice of the Müze-i ‘askerT-yi ‘Osmdnf (one page, printed). Or. 14.222b A file in cardboard covers entitled ‘Koerdisch’ The file mostly contains notes on the Kurdish language, with transcripts of texts in both Latin and Arabic scripts. Apart from these, we find a series of notes headed 'Suleimanije', with a historical survey of the changed status of Kurdistan, 1918-24, and the role of Shaykh Mahmud Barzinji, excerpted 21 March 1925 from a message from the British Embassy (?) (one leaf, 2 pages); a draft note in pencil in Kurdish (Arabic script) on the role of shaykh Mahmüd and his endeavour to gain independence for Kurdistan, 1918 (3 leaves, five numbered pages); another copy of the same text, with a Latin transcription and a French translation by Kramers (5 folded leaves, 7 pages with text, partly in two columns); and notes on the Jezidf confession, in Dutch, French, and transcribed Kurdish (3 leaves, 3 pages, pencil and ink). Or. 14.222c A file in cardboard covers entitled ‘Aethiopische Texten’ The file largely consists of cards with book titles and a note of the discovery of a manuscript on ‘the Christian topography’ of 13th-century Egypt, with a copy of a contract, both in French, 1925. Or. 14.222d A file in marbled cardboard covers The file contains a newspaper cutting of an article on German music and literature, headed 'Evrupa mektublan, signed §ihabuddln, taken from Tesvfr-i ejkar, 13 June 1916; an exercise book with lists of publications in Arabic, Turkish, Persian, up to 1951, partly on separate folded leaves, as well as three letters from E.J. Brill to Kramers, 1951, concerning a request for assessing the contents of books; a copy of a mesnevi poem, entitled Hilal ordusuna $anli bayrami tas'id, signed Fu’ad öulüsï, deputee for Antalya, dated 19 October 1915 (1 leaf, 1 page, text in three columns); an envelope (‘Manuscripten Brill') with various bibliographical annotations; leaves in various formats with biblographical and linguistic annotations, partly also excerpts from books and newspaper articles, but mostly with wordlists with items in Dutch, transcribed Turkish, and Turkish in Arabic script, in three columns; and a small exercise book with a yellow cover,