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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.556, cont.)

crossed out. Some marginal additions.

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Ends (32b):

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(5) ff. 33a-56b Vesiletü n-necat fï mevlüdi n-nebt ‘alyehi s-salat a ^-LaaJI 4j I r J>J>a (jj Cj LshJI a l_. ...^ A copy, incomplete at the beginning, of the popular poem in mesnevi rhyme in praise of the Prophet Muhammad by Süleyman Qelebi (d. 826/1422), Imam at the Great Mosque of Bursa. The name of the author, ‘Süleyman’, is mentioned in f. 56a: 7. The work is also simply known as Mevlid or Mevlud. Headings have been omitted. (For other copies of the same work and further details, see Cod.Or. 12.395(1), above.) Begins (lb, after a besmele, as in Ate§’s edition, p. 123:10): ^-t*. aJ* a«l> * .w». ailS^S Ends (56b, as in Ate§’s edition, p. 147:60): ó*-*-**’ 1 frfdf «il Jjl ,^1 j j Edition: by Ahmed Ate§ (Ankara 1954) in Latin script with facsimile plates. (6) ff. 56b-89a A rhymed biography of the Prophet A ‘story’ (hikayet,) in mesnevi rhyme, by Dervi§ Fab on the life of the Prophet, based on a book , not further specified (65b: 11). The poem is preceded by a lengthy introduction in prose (56b-65b), at the end of which the author addresses himself (65b:ll, see quotation below). Nothing seems to be known about the author; another work by him is described in Götz I, 502 (where the name is rendered as ‘Faqih’). He might be identical with the equally obscure Süle Fab,