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ACQUISITIONS OF 1996-9 (Or. 23.647, cont.)

(1) ff. la-6b Risale-i Hüseynïye ,n>. j A treatise in defense of the prophethood of Hasan and Hiiseyn. The argumentation is based on numerology, whereby the value of the letters of the names of the men are compared to those of certain Koranic passages. The title is added to a heading in bolder red script which reads: ‘Risale-i MisriNiyazf (it is only mentioned in Gölpmarh’s article). In some passages, the author remarks that the year 1103 (1691-2) was crucial for his insight into this matter (cf. 2a: 12; 3b: 15) as it marked the end of his twenty years languishing in prison (3b: 14-5; in fact, he seems to have spent sixteen years in exile on the Island of Limni [Limnos]). Begins (la): Q j ^ I ^ ..I L»-J JjJLp A jj v« I U. I ■ ^ JJj j ..ij j $-> ctl'.j j .aa j » v * j(jl w — < j . >_.!■* jjüjL>l jj ^ >'iI ... jj Ends (6b): jjJS A ^ 4—v j Jlj I ^ » II 1— « jl JLs*j j j). S) jjul 4 i )1 lr>« I <1 c. > a ï wn n Colophon (ibidem): La» \ A ifj \ Y10 éUuui SjahA AJU jJLujjJI t~ i «Ï

(2) ff. 7a-8a A collection of brief tefstrs (on the dyets 3:83 and 6:158), followed by a lengthy quotation from hadith, in Arabic. The text, or rather text fragments, which are not given a title but are headed by a besmele, are preceded at the top of the page by an Arabic quotation followed by the term and the date 28 Muharrem, probably the last part of another work not found in this manuscript (cf. also above). The nasab ‘Misri’ is mentioned in f. 7a: 19. Begins (7a): ... i_> j»«* j j) •>■ ui I j (Jj t «4i I j ai 61 jjl (jJI UJI (J I U j *uI1j wuT (3) ff. 8a-10a Risale-i der hakk-i devr jj-s A treatise on the mystical knowledge of God and the phases of existence. The title is found in a heading preceding the text. The pen-name of the author occurs in a