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ACQUISITIONS OF 1996-9 (Or. 25.578)

Cod.Or. 25.578 A Turkish copyist’s verse and a Turkish postscript This manuscript contains a collection of Arabic texts on the basmala and the subtle differences between synomyms; these are followed by a collection of notes on various subjects. The texts were completed by Mehmed b. Mehmed ‘ Ala’ïyevï (of Alanya) also known as ‘Hacc ‘Abdïzade’ and ‘Hacc Molla’, see the colophons on ff. 64a and 95a. The year 1207 (1792) is mentioned in the former colophon, where we also find a copyist’s verse: j-»i <uiLS jaSjS * u-iml^TiI ttJLL5 ^aJjI aL«j One of the (four) texts, written in a smaller script, was completed in 1208 (1793- 4, see the colophon on f. 83b). It is followed on the same page by a postscript in Turkish concerning three things which need to be known by a student of Arabic grammar (8 lines). An owner’s seal of Siileymanogli Ibrahim Efendi, with the year 1215 (1800-1), is found on ff. la, 5a, 64a, 66a, and 83b, in most cases accompanied by a note indicating that the MS had been turned into a vakf in the following year, 1216 (1801-2). Acquired from G.J.O. Bouwman, Leiden, November 1999.