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ACQUISITIONS OF 2000-2 (Or. 26.249, cont., 26.250)

AAA jj 1 J L jjhlt 4Ü f flj"l I» j 4J j 3 4lil j'*' r ^yj j * ... • (3) ff. 52b-58b An anonymous ‘story’ - the term hikaye is found in a heading preceding the text - about the conversion to Islam of two fire-worshippers. Begins (52b): (j i*mI kDjJjl ^aa«ïL«jUo 4 At) * (j A5 I jil jj Ib7 £jI ^ jlj Ends (58b): I» j* f <^-MM (jl»u.ai IS * “'>•* 4jjl Aj^j+A j ^ Sj 1 ,^±0 Colophon (ibidem) : j tjj 3 «K III <1 l_3 jjJLaJI l-lj oil I AmL. i_jI_A jJI ctlla.ll Mill tj$JU k_>L£JI ■" ■ y j* A A aLaÜI AJJ (jJI Ait, I * ifl I Ail I 4JUÓ ♦ ♦♦ Bound in paper, pink with floral motifs in green and gold on the outside; glazed cream paper, worn and repaired in various places; 58 folios; 210x145 mm and 157x105 mm; 11 lines; catchwords; vowelled nesih; headings, rubrics, dots, lines and colophons in red; light brown borders; see also above. A note in pencil: ‘Istanbul 1971’, is found on the inner front-board. Acquired from Dr Menno Hekker; registered in December 2002.

Cod.Or. 26.250 A collection of poems The undated collection is preceded by a title, Mecmü'a-i e$‘dr - kit‘at ve ebyat', added later in purple ink on f. la. There are: 17 beyts (la, 2b and 3a), one of which is attributed to Sultan Ahmed, written at Kara Aga?, and another to §ehn (la); five kit‘as (2b); one matla‘( 3a); eleven fragments indicated as nazm (5b and 6a), one of which supposedly refers to a saz (6a); and seven mesnevfs (3b, 5b and 6b-8a). An administrative note, in a different hand, mentioning Nafi‘ Efendi and a ‘French berat’, is found on f. 8b. Bound in paper; a label with the title MecmU'a-yi kit‘at ve ebyat in purple ink is