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ACQUISITIONS OF 2000-2 (Or. 25.728)

Cod.Or. 25.728 A miscellany A collection of, often very brief, texts, mostly on dream interpretation. Except for the last, all texts were copied by one scribe. The date 2 Muharrem 1249 (22 May 1833) is found in a colophon on f. 38b. (See for a similar collection, Cod.Or. 18.175, above). (1) ff. 3b-32b Ta'btrname-i hazret-i Yüsuf üwo An anonymous treatise on dream interpretation. The title is found in a heading preceding the text on f. 3b. The work consists of sixty chapters (fab) and is preceded by an introduction (3b-7a), containing prayer prescriptions, and a survey of the contents. A few marginal corrections and additions in various hands. (See, for a similar work and references, Cod.Or. 1259(4).) Begins (3b): j ■ -w J. Jl jLt>jJI kU I * - “ ' jumLJI jj > *111 j >^)l I Imj *1II 4l)Lj I j .1 .*.11 J I ■ ^ J j .*1 c Cülj I Cul L> 4 J iV ULUJ 1^X1 4J ... j3J4I j 5ji a*# ca ^*^1 ■» 1 j >*iJi Ends (32b): ^ j * r jXjI a jj j5l ... (4^]j*S 4-i. 5_k> 3I j-» 4 111 ü > 4J Lj f jS' 1 *11 a II 4JJI ij$JL» t~ 4I/I VI C_l. iJI ^1 tl V -'lj.--.ll' ^Jlc. I «XII 3 4J3I (jjjjl

(2) ff. 33a-35b Three brief texts: two stories (hikayet) on dream interpretation involving, respectively, Abü Bakr, and the Caliph Harün ar-RashTd and Ja‘far Sadiq (33a-b); and a section (fast) containing a treatise on dream interpretation, a ‘ta'btr-i hesab’, whereby, as is explaned in the introduction (33b), the numerical value of the dreamer’s name provides the key to the prognostic value of a dream. The third text begins (33b): --*1*»^ ^ jiijj 4 iu #5 jV 3I 31 j - 4 ljLui> j j * t * Lai ... ojj-3 -sT