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ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 14.673, cont., 14.690)

946. Literature: GOD I, pp. 73-89; HOP I, pp. 389-90; ‘OM HI, pp. 307-9.

Cod.Or. 14.690 Three vakfryes The original copies of the three deeds of trust in mortmain, registered by one man, on three differing types of paper which were probably bound afterward but seem to have been copied and designed by one scribe. The contents and outer aspects are roughly the following: (1) ff. lb-5a A deed which declares that the Rumelian ‘alim, Mehmed Sa‘d Beg Efendi, has legally registered his intention in the presence of the katib, ‘Abdullah Vahid Efendi b. Hasan, and the müderris, ‘Uryanïzade Mehmed Sa‘ld Efendi, in the private office of the former kaiï of Istanbul, isma‘H Beg Efendi, whereby 1000 gurus of his private capital are to be used for the repair and upkeep of a ruined fountain at ‘ïsa kapusi near the mosque of Heklmzade ‘All Pa§a in Istanbul, dated 27 §a‘ban 1236 (30 May 1821). The document is followed by the names of five witnesses (5a). An administrative note in gold-dusted siyakat script, with a signature confirming payment of dues, and dated 28 Cemdii l-ewel 1238 (10 February 1823), is found in the margin. It is preceded by a heading whereby the following deed is confirmed by the official in charge of vakf affairs, Ömer Efendizade es-Seyyid Mehmed ‘Arif, whose seal is printed in the same heading (see plate). A marginal addition with further stipulations, dated 9 Rebi'u l-ahir 1238 (24 December 1822) and with the signature and a seal of Meluned ‘Arif, is found on f. 3a. (2) ff. 7b-13b A deed which declares that the Rumelian ‘alim, Mehmed Sa‘d Beg Efendi, has legally registered his intention, in the presence of the katib, Qavu§zade es-Seyyid el-Hacc Mehmed Salih Efendi b. Hiiseyn, and the kazi, Hafiz Mehmed Emin Efendi b. Siileyman, in the private office of the former kail of Istanbul, isma‘11