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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.438, cont., 12.439)

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Vakf inscription (ibidem):

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Catalogue entries: Flemming 384-5, where other MSS are mentioned; see also Fihris 3683-9 (III, pp. 195-6). Edition: Bülaq 1251. Translation: Josef von Hammer, Die Posaune des heiligen Krieges (Vienna 1805). Literature: M. Fuad Köprülü in IA.

Cod.Or. 12.439 A poetic miscellany The volume contains two collection of poems, written by two different copyists. The first part is dated 1176 (1762-3) in a colophon on f. 23b. The second main part was copied by es-Seyyid ‘Abdullah Nürï (cf. colophon, 108a). Owner’s inscriptions of ‘All ‘Arif are found on ff. la and 26a; the first is dated [1] 182 (1768-9). A distich with the name of Bala Efendi, headed ‘Sultan-i $u‘ara-i ‘Acem’ is found on f. 24b; another three distichs occur on f. 112b. I A selection from the work of Sabit (1) ff. 2b-23b Fragments from mesnevfs by the poet Sabit ‘Ala’uddïn Efendi (d. 1124/1712). The name of the poet is found in the first heading, f. 2b. These are, as is