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ff. 31a-33a. A letter of advice (vasiyet) addressed to a sultan. It consists of four chapters, and contains verses and Arabic quotations. ff. 33b-45b. A series of prose fragments on the history of various Islamic dynasties. Thus we find chapters on: the [Seljuq] Sultan Ghiyath ad-Din (33b) Abü SaTd Mïranshah (34b), Mïrza ‘Alïb. Mahmud (55a), Fakhr ad-Dawla (35b) and other rulers of the early 14th century, such as Timur Leng (from f. 37a) and Tugrul Beg (40b). From f. 41a, earlier times are discussed: the Caliph Rashid and the siege of Baghdad by Mas‘üd (12th century), Abü 1-Fath Malikshah (42a), Aristotle (43a), the Emperor August and ‘Isa (44a). ff. 45b-47a. A memorandum of five articles proposing economic and military reforms in the Ottoman Empire.

ff. 47b-50a. A memorandum of five articles (bend) presented by Seyyid Ebübekir Efendi, the $eyhülislam Dürrïzade ‘Abdullah, and others, to the ka’immakam ‘Osman Pa§a, dated 20 Cemal-ewel 1224 (3 July 1809). They concern the mobilization of the support of Ahmed Aga against his brother, the miitesellim of