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ff. 9b-17a. A series of na 7s in Persian, with invocations of the Mawlana and his beloved Shams ad-Dïn Tabrïzï. ff. 23b-58a. A collection of songs, mostly of the ayin form, partly in Persian, with invocations of, mostly the Mawlana, his son Sultan Walad and his beloved Shams ad-Dïn Tabrïzï; indications of musical modes (makam), rhythmic patterns (usat) and, occasionally, the name of the composer are mentioned in the headings in red. Refrains (terenmm), distinctive parts like selams, and concluding musical passages are also written out in red. Composers mentioned are: Dervï§ isma‘ïl (26b, 28a, 56b); §eyda Hafiz Efendi (‘Abdurrahïm Efendi of Üsküdar, d. 1799, cf. Gölpmarh’s study, p. 457) (30a); Nayï ‘Osman Dede Efendi (d. 1729, ibidem) (32a, 34a, 36b); the musdhib-i sehnyari Ahmed Dede (d. 1794, ibidem) (38b, 48b, 50b); ‘Itrï Efendi (d. 1712, ibidem) (40a); Köfek Dervï§ Mustafa (d. 1100/1688-9, ibidem) (41b); Sadik Dede Efendi [of Bursa] (d. between 1780 and 1790, ibidem) (52b); ‘Abdulbakï Dede Efendi [Baykara, ofYenikapi] (d. 1804, ibidem) (54b); and Dervï§ isma'ïl Dede, ser-i mü’e^indn of the sultan (56b). **♦ Bound in embossed dark green leather; glazed, pale yellow paper without watermarks; 3 + 113 folios, most of which have remained blank; 172x112 mm; elegant nesih with siiliis elements; lines are written in various patterns, often in a slantwise in two columns; headings and rubrics in red; without date and the namp. of a copyist; the inscription ‘Franz Taeschner Ms. Nr. 85’, written by himself, occurs on f. la. Literature: A. Bausani, ‘Dialal ad-Dïn Rümï’, in Ef; T. Yazici, ‘Mawlawiyya’ (1), ibidem-, Abdülbaki Gölpmarli, Mevldna ’dan SonraMevlevilik (Istanbul 1983); ‘Abdurrahïm Dede-Efendi’, ‘Ahmed Aga, ‘Baykara’, ‘Itiï’; ‘Osman Dede’, in Yilmaz Öztuna, Büyük Turk Müsikisi Ansiklopedisi (2 Vols., Ankara 1990); ‘Ahmed’, ‘Itrï’, ‘Seyda’, in Avni Erdemir, Anadolu Sahasi Musikifinas Divan §airleri (Ankara 1999).