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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.396, cont.)

(2) ff. 28b-46b Mevlüd-i §ahidf A long poem in mesnevi rhyme in praise of the Prophet, to be read out on his birthday on 12Rebi'ü l-ewel (cf. 30b:4), by §ahidT. The title occurs in a heading preceding the text on f. 28b; the pen-name of the author occurs also in f. 30a:5. The work is preceded by an introduction (28b-30b, part of which has the format of a tercV-i bend (29b-30a); it includes an author’s preface (30a-b). The identity of the poet is unknown - the work is not mentioned in the extant literature, including Kashf az-zumn - and no other manuscript copy of the work seems to be documented. A few marginal additions, among these a quotation in Arabic from a work entitled Rawdat al-'ulama (37a). Begins (28b, after a besmele): jLi * aL jT «1/1 J^l «Jljl From the introduction (30a): r [?] ji.x.1 >«3l &U5 cOJ * SJ 0j U. ^ o Ll> A a r Ends (46b): J a ±LaJ\ kiL* jA * [?] ojjj jZ (3) ff. 46b-47a Medh-i dölab A poem by Kemal ÜmmT, a poet who flourished during the reign of Sultan Murad II (second quarter of the 15th century, cf. GOD, I, pp. 123-4). The poem consists of a colloquy between a water-wheel and the poet, the first part being a question posed by the poet (5 lines) and second the answer (17 lines); question and answer have the format of gazels rhymed in two different letters. The title is mentioned in a heading preceding the text (46b). The mahlas of the poet appears in the last distich (47a: 14). Begins (46a): „ , '.j* *aJ| Ends (47a): r * £li li. jAi» Jjl ^1 jus