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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.345, cont., 12.346)

from ‘Nassroullah’ for 2 l h Piastres (kuru§). Begins (la, after a besmele): .11 sjtK- .11 jtSlfT(jlt ■■ l* s ajUaj Ends (124a): . jJ AJLa»-11 «I. a >.*l_i Ic. a j>«l I i O-* - * LI.» >-l f ó-JL-a* V iO-JL-aJ 1 j** ULIm-I S >4*Ai a Colophon (ibidem): ^ jLi J .l^ ■ -. .Ulll aj J J (jJ* E^ >,<> ** I n_. tiAH -iJ crLt fcI>«JI 54a AÏ . .^1.»! J . %l- ...V J aj aJI$J 3 aJ JÜ. aLI AJUU> a jl j i_J>t i>* \ VVY -<•■■■■ aaj j_jJI Aa*jJ) ^

Catalogue entry: Fihris 686 (I, p. 174). Edition: cf. Özege 14343 (Muhytddin 'ArabrhazretlerinünFütühat-iMekkfyesinde vesayd-yi enbiya ve evliya ve nesdyth-i ‘ulema ve hükemd terciimesidiir, Istanbul 1287) Edition of the original text: Bülaq 1274 (IV, pp. 492-619)

Cod.Or. 12.346 Terceme-i Kimiya-yi sa'adet cj jLx*» jj A late 18th-century copy of a popular treatise on ethics and Süfism by Abü Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazall (d. 505/1111) (cf. GAL I, pp. 422-3; S I, p. 750). The title of the original work occurs on f. la and in f. lb: 1, its author in f. lb:2-3. The translation was made by Kurd b. ‘Alïel-Kassab el-Pirlepevf in 905/1499. The translator’s name appears in the first and last sentences, respectively the translator’s introduction and colophon, both in Persian; the year is mentioned in the colophon. (‘Pirlepe’ is a place near Skopje in Macedonia, the present Prilep.) No other manuscript copy of this translation seems to be documented, nor does the translator seem to be mentioned in secondary literature. There are quite a number of Turkish translations (cf. ‘OM I, p. 159; II, pp. 48, 227,435) but they were made by other scholars and more were produced by anonymous authors. None of them is related to our work. It was also unknown to Katib Celebi ( c f.