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ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 17.127, cont., 17.128)

Mehmed Efendi (d. 981/1573). The title is found in f. 2a:2; the name of the original work and its author are mentioned in f. lb:4-5. The work is preceded by an introduction (lb-2a) in which the commentator explains that he wrote a detailed commentary on the treatise entitled Envar-i salikin, completed on the first Friday of Ramaz&n 1168 (13 June 1755). This was too expensive for many students, therefore he decided to write a more comprehensive version (muhtasar), which is found in the present manuscript. No references have been found to either work. A few marginal corrections and additions. (For copies of the original work, see Cod.Or. 17.128, below, and Cod.Or. 12.339(1), above.) Bound in boards with brown leather back; glazed white paper without watermarks, stained in various places; 62+2 folios; 244x152 mm and 160x100 mm, varying’; 17-20 lines; catchwords; nesifi; headings, rubrics, Arabic quotations and lines in red; without a date or name of a copyist. Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, June 1981.

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Ends (62a):

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Cod.Or. 17.128 Vasiyetf-name] [^b] 3 A mid 18th-century copy of a treatise on the principles of the Islamic faith, by Mehmed b. Pïr ‘All BirgivI (Birgili Mehmed Efendi, d. 981/1573). Many manuscript copies have survived. The title and the name of the author are mentioned in f. lb:6-7; the legend 'ha%fi kitdb-i Birgivf Mehmed Efendi’ is found in a heading preceding the text on f. lb. For more details and references, see under Cod.Or. 12.339(1), above. A few marginal corrections and additions. The letters of the Arabic alphabet are written on the inner front-board in an inexpert script. A note (2 lines) on the the number of prayers to be performed