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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.385, cont.)

Catalogue, pp. 475-6 (with a quotation of the, mostly Turkish, text on the title page). Or. 14.385 F

A collection of 42 nefesler in Turkish and Albanian (in Latin script) composed in the 1940s by Ahmed Sirrï Dede Baba and others: [Sirff Baba’s disciple] Mahmud Nef‘f (p. 17), Zeynül‘abidïn Cünbü§ (p. 18), ihsan ‘Adlf Bey (pp. 20, 24), Hiiseyn ‘All Neff (pp. 30-1), and Mehmed ‘Afiff Nussar (p. 41). Some pages have been tom out and a few texts erased, in particular those eulogising members of the former Egyptian royal family - an exception being a song in praise of Princess ‘iffet Yekta tJanim (p. 52). A note in Turkish is found on the title page. It concerns the transfer of the mortal remains of Princess Rühïye Zogu (d. 1948) from the crypt of the tekke in 1950See for further details, De Jong’s article, pp. 255-6, and Witkam, Catalogue, p. 476.

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Or. 14.385 G An alphabetically arranged ledger with the titles of about 565 printed books and periodicals in Turkish and Arabic, preserved in the tekke library. Various hands, rik'a. A note in Arabic on the events in 1956-7, preceding the confiscation of the tekke by the Egyptian authorities is found on f. 85b. See for further details, De Jong’s article, pp. 251n, 256, and Witkam, Catalogue, p. 476. Or. 14.385 H A collection of copies and drafts of nine Arabic letters by Ahmed Sirrï Dede Baba, dated 1959-61, typescript and hand-written. See for further details and descriptions of the contents, De Jong’s article, pp. 256-7, and Witkam, Catalogue, pp. 476-7. Or. 14.385 I A collection of eleven documents comprising receipts, bills and notes concerning