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ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 17.164, cont., 17.165, 17.166)

on mysticism and the ‘djiik’s path to God is found on f. 48b. A brief profession of the faith, with a Turkish heading (3 lines), occurs on f. 49a. Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, June 1981.

Cod.Or. 17.165 Turkish text fragments This manuscript contains a collection of Arabic quotations from various well- known textbooks on jurisprudence (lb-3b). An owner’s seal of Mehmed Tahir is found on f. la. Turkish texts, in various hands, have been added on the endpapers: a series of prescriptions for curing ailments with magic formulae and prayer texts (la, 14 lines); a note on a marriage of Hafife to Seyyid Mahmüd b. Seyyid Mustafa, dated 23 Zf 1-ka‘de 1197 (10 October 1783) (4a); a list of ingredients, among them opium, with amounts in drams (ibidem)-, a recipe for a medicine against scrofula (tuzlu balgam), followed by a fragment of another recipe in another hand (4b, i 1 +3 lines); a copy of a letter ordering the payment of 129 gurus for a horse and a mare, received by Ramlkogli Hasan, from a certain Hamid - this had been confirmed before a court of justice (5b, 11 lines); and a preamble of a letter to a brother (6b, 2 lines). Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, June 1981.

Cod.Or. 17.166 An introduction to a talismanic text and an epistolary phrase in Turkish This manuscript contains two Arabic texts on jurisprudence, the first incomplete at the beginning. The year 1186 (1772-3) is found in a colophon on f. 18b. A text for a talisman against mad dogs with a Turkish introduction (one and a half lines), is found on f. 18b; various jottings and the opening phrase of a letter in Turkish (written upside down) occur on f. 20a. Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, June 1981.