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ACQUISITIONS 2000-2 (Or. 25.759, cont., 25.760)

(2) ff. 6b-10a An Arabic poem with a commentary A copy of the famous Qasïda al-Ishkunwamya by the Persian poet and vizier, ‘Amid ad-Dïn As‘ad b. Nasr Fall also known by the pen-name of Abzarf (d. 624/1227), which was dedicated to his son Taj ad-Dïn Muhammad (cf.the article ‘AbzarT by A.E. Khairallah in Encyclopaedia Iranica). The text of the poem is preceded by an introduction, in which, among other things, it is explained that the text was based on a version found in the Tarikh-i Wassaf (cf. Storey I, pp. 267- 70). The poem is accompanied by a commentary by Qutb ad-Dïn Muhammad [Sïrafï], equally in Arabic, in smaller script. An Arabic ghazal is added on f. 10b. *** Bound in gold-embossed dark brown leather with an gold tooled inset in Oriental style and brown linen backing; fine glazed white paper without watermarks; (3) +10+(l) folios; 267x130 mm and (1) 235x105 mm, varying; (1) 36 lines; (1) catchwords; small ta ‘lik\ without a date and the name of a copyist. Acquired from G.J.O. Bouwman, Leiden, January 2001.

Cod.Or. 25.760 A collection of dictionaries This volume contains three popular rhymed dictionaries produced by various copyists in the first half of the 19th century. A colophon with the date 5 Rebi'ü lahir 1250 (11 August 1834) is found on f. 23a. A second colophon, copied from a printed edition of 1244 (1828), occurs on f. 48a. A third colophon comprising the date 12 Muharrem 1238 (29 September 1822) is found on on f. 70b. Owner’s inscriptions of Monla Mustafa b. Qavu§ öalïl Aga ‘Ala’ïyevï (of Alanya) occur on the inner front-board and f. la. The endpapers and other empty spaces in the volume contain brief notes, jottings and crude drawings. Among the notes are found: crude variations on the aphorism found on f. 23a (quoted below), fragmentary preambles to letters, and parts of sentences in which the name of the owner and his father occur (la); an anecdote in Arabic (latlfe, 4 lines, ibidem)-, a plethora of notes on Persian