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and 25.578. He also supplied the library with manuscripts during the following years (see Chapter 6, below).

Cod.Or. 23.490

A miscellany This undated, but probably late 19th- or early 20th-century, volume contains two texts in Arabic and Turkish, each written in a different hand and on different paper. (1) ff. lb-30a An undated copy of an Arabic work on onomancy entitled Shark Shajarat nu'mamya by Salah ad-Dïn Khalil b. Aybak as-Safadf (d. 764/1363), cf. GAL S II, p. 29 (No. 38).’

(2) ff. 31b-36b; 31a

An undated fragment of a Turkish text on the geography and historical development of the British Empire up to 1259 (1843), this year occurs in f. 36b: 17. The text is preceded and followed by a mark with a sign resembling the number 99, indicating that the text on f. 31a follows that on f. 36b. The heading ‘kism-i ewel der beyan-i devlet-i fehïme-i ïngiltere' precedes the text on 31b. A ‘zeyl-i miifid’ is dedicated to the subjection of India and Ceylon (from f. 33b). The fragment ends with a reference to the Anglo-Chinese war of 1840-2 and the following peace treaty (of Nanking, 36b-31a).

Begins (31b): 3 Lu^l 3 Ij ..I I j L> JJ^I 3 > J I)I a all «I a ml 3 jj u-fcV ^a_»->«6 CjJjJ a j~ 15'i I .1'. I . IIJ-. ... jl j jK Otl jl;~ *• * ^ * A « l~« t-M'i J_.i> a AI.M1I JJ 3 LXj j-«l ... t—ajJjl dJUU ...

Ends (31a): S3]) ^jiSLajlia 3 ^ 3 o ->Lj j _j-b> jKu 3 <—ü>a ... fS] aJLiJthf .> Jliial Lai 3 ... 4i 1»

Rebound in black boards with gold-embossed, red leather back; (1) glazed pale yellow and (2) white paper; (l)+36+(l) folios; 235x165 and (2) 180x120 mm,