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ACQUISITIONS OF 1996-9 (Or. 25.409, cont., 25.415)

logic. It comprises works by Ottoman scholars: (5), ff. 13a-16a, a copy of a Risalafial-adab, on the art of disputation, by Mehmed b. Humayd el-Kefevf (d. 1168/1754), and (9), ff. 28b-58b, an incomplete copy of the popular grammar entitled Izhar al-asrar by Birgili Mehmed Efendi (d. 981/1573). Colophons with the dates 17Rebi'ii l-ahir 1199 (27 February 1785) and 20§ewdl 1201 (5 August 1787) are found on, respectively, ff. 16a and 21. The volume contains a few Turkish text fragments: a note on Arabic grammar (10b, 8 lines); a digression on the names and pedigree of Abü Hanïfa and the Imam Shaft‘I, the chain of prophets, Muhammad, the Apocalypse and the Day of Judgement (lla-12b); and a note on the philosophers Aristotle, Plato, and Abü ‘All Slna (Avicenna) (26b, 4 lines). Donated by Robert Hekker who purchased the MS in Istanbul in 1971; registered in September 1999.

Cod.Or. 25.415 Turkish prescriptions and interpretations The manuscript, in small format, contains a collection of Koranic texts, commencing with sürat Yasin (36), and prayers in Arabic. They are mostly accompanied by instructions in Turkish, with occasional talismanic signs and diagrams, related to their magical use, particularly for avoiding disasters, curing ailments, silencing enemies, and so forth. These are found on: ff. 22a-25a; 29a-b; 33a-34a; 39b-40b; 41a-42a; 42b-43a; 44b-45b; 46a-47a; 47b-48b; 49b; 51a-52a; 52b; 53b; 54a-b; 55a-b; 57a-58a; 58b-59a; 60a; 61a-b; 63a-64a; and 64a-66a. Interpretations {§erh), in Turkish, of preceding prayers are found on ff. 69a-b; 72a-75a; and 79a-82a. The copy was made by ‘All en-Nadl for ‘Abdullah b. Gürcï el-Mehemmedf (see colophon on f. 84a). Owner’s inscriptions of ‘Abdullah Efendi are found on ff. 84a, 87a, and 87b. Another inscription of Monla Selfm Efendi, with the year 1255 (1839-40), occurs on f. 87a. A note with a prayer in vowelled Turkish, on the birth of a son called ‘Abdullah on 15 Ramazan 1222 (16 November 1807), is found on ff. 84b-85b. Donated by Robert Hekker who purchased the MS in Istanbul in 1971; registered in September 1999.