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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.369, cont.)

the universe, the prophets, different versions of the creation story found in, among others, Shukrullah’s Bahjat at-tawarikh [of 861/1456-7], and various chronological systems. The work, a great many copies of which have been preserved, is known to have been written by Mustafa ‘All of Gallipoli (d. 1008/1600). For descriptions of the contents see also Schmidt, Pure Water, pp. 149-150 and Rossi, pp. 263-4. A few marginal corrections. Additional texts in various hands are found on the endpapers: an Arabic prayer (four lines), a poem in mesnevr rhyme (four lines; it ends in the distich ‘ger cihanda mümkin olsaydi bakal terk edüb gitmezdi andan Mustafa’ and clearly refers to the death of a sultan of that name) (la); a letter of advice (nasihat-name) with 22 maxims (hikmet) which, if followed, will ensure one a place in heaven, dated 6 §a ‘ban 1213(13 January 1799) (1 lb-12a); a repeated, but almost illegible, note on lessons - the word ma ‘arif is also legible - with calculations are found in ff. 12a-b. Calculations in pencil in are found on f. la, and in the margins of ff. lOa-b and 11a. Rebound in boards covered in varicoloured marble paper with brown linen backing; glazed white paper without watermarks; (1)+12+(1) folios; 313x202 mm and 220x140 mm, varying; 21-25 lines; catchwords; irregular bold nesih; headings, rubrics and lines in red; the ink is blotted in various places, particularly on ff. 2b-3a; without a date and the name of a copyist; an owner’s inscription in red of Monla Mehmed Kettanï (?) with the date Ramazan 1180 (January-March 1767) and two seals, partly erased, is found on f. 11a; the inscription ‘Franz Taeschner Ms. Nr. 46’, in his own handwriting, is found on f. la. Begins (2a, afer a besmele and title): üil *5 Aiijj-i cPL* 1 i jjU. Jjl ■*** ••• jljj» jljlj^ 9 . ... aS 1 '■-> A* jUI i jL±»l J i^uUic. ... o ja.1 P» CJI ■ II~ Ends (11a): JuiUj *_*».( ( ^i)| ... 4J>3 jl 1*1 J o^jI 45-iaö J JJ>>J *4ÜLvj I* I* I* fc-" crtk’j &>■ Catalogue entries: Götz II, 327-8, and Sohrweide II, 130, where other MSS are mentioned; see also Fihris 4427-30 (IV, pp. 84-5); Kut 198; Yardim 3228. Edition: Istanbul 1287.