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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.264, cont.)

(1) ff. lb-7b A copy of the Arabic poem al-Qasïda al-Lamtya fl 't-tahwid, also known as Qastdat Bad’ al-amalt (these words occur in the first line), by ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Uthman al-Üshï (flourished c. 569/1173, cf. GAL I, p. 429), with an anonymous rhymed Turkish translation. No title and the name of the author or the translator are given. Each distich of the original is alternated by a Turkish one. (For another copy of the same work, see Cod.Or. 11.722(1).) Begins (lb): (kJaLL. * cr 1 '-** 1 *** cr* -V*J> J*^ yJiUI {Ji* *** ** Ends (7b): (^JU, IS* Ci£ (*■» >* t" Colophon (ibidem): i ^ 1...j.«i >i u. c Lxj j&J aJ 3 ljULj j j mI"511 ^3

(2) ff. 8b-65a Vasfyet[-name] [^^1 - A treatise on the principles of the Islamic faith by Mehmed b. Pïr AIT BirgivT (Birgili Mehmed Efendi, d. 981/1573). Many manuscript copies have survived. The title and the name of the author are mentioned in f. 8b:5-7; the legend haga risale-i Birgili Efendi’ is found in a heading preceding the text on f. 8b. For more details and references, see under Cod.Or. 12.339(1), above. The treatise is followed by a prayer in Arabic, with a Turkish introduction signed by Ebübekir (65b-66a). Begins (8b, after a besmele): .M „II j a ó-« lilt*- J j»5L->5U lilAA All 41» Ends (65a): jaJLSj Mji J^ulc. *C-> aJLj jl aJai» ••• (3) ff. 68b-76b A poem on ethics by SeyyidT - his pen-name is found in f. 69a: 11 and elsewhere -