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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 12.486, 12.493, 12.495)

Cod.Or. 12.486 Turkish annotations and verses The manuscript contains a copy of an Arabic work on religious morals entitled Tanbih al-ghafilin by Abü 1-Layth as-Samarqandf (d. at the end of the 4/10th century, cf. GAL I, p. 196). It was completed by ‘Alïb. Ahmed b. Mevlana ‘Isa el-Karamanf in 930 (1523-4), see the colophon on f. 159a, but it seems that more than one scribe contributed to the copy. The text is accompanied by marginal glosses and indications of content, partly in Turkish. The endpapers contain additions in sikeste script, among them Turkish verse fragments, some of them headed with the names of the poets Seyyid, ibn ‘Ïsa and Ahmed Beg (160a, 161b). Bought from Fatatri on 28 March 1971.

Cod.Or. 12.493 Turkish notes The manuscript contains an Arabic treatise on jurisprudence entitled Im 'an al- anzdr ‘ala al-MaqsOd, a commentary by Birgili Mehmed Efendi (d. 981/1573) on the anonymous al-Maqsüd fl’l-tasrif (cf. GAL S II, p. 657, No. 25). It was completed by Hamza e§-$ükrï el-Kandm on 24 Ramazan 1204 (7 June 1790), cf. the colophon on p. 82. The endpapers contain some Turkish notes, among them a list with the names of men (6 items) and calculations (p. 83*). Bought from Fatatri on 28 March 1971.

Cod.Or. 12.495 Cerfde min el-fera ’iz jai I A mid 19th-century copy of a manual on calculation problems encountered in the division of estates by Salih b. ‘Abdullah. The title is found in a heading on f. 5b; the name of the author is mentioned in f. 5b: 17. The title ‘Cerïdë and the nam of the author are also mentioned in the colophon on f. 83a. There the author states that his work was based on ‘Siracüddm’; probably meant is Siraj ad-Dïn as- Sajawandi (flourished at the end of the 6th century), who wrote a number of