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1797, cf. SÓ 1 IV, p. 1080), who was the author of some other works. The treatise proper is preceded by an introduction (lb-2a) in which the author explains that the work is a commentary on a Turkish treatise entitled Ahval arba ‘in which, in turn, was an abbreviated translation of the metn-i Siracvye, by which probably the wide spread textbook Fara’id as-Sirajiya, by Siraj ad-Dxn as-Sajawandr (fourished at the end of the 6th/12th century, cf. GAL I, p. 378) is meant. The text is accompanied by a few explanatory tables towards the end. A few marginal corrections, additions and indications of content, mostly by the copyist. Two fragments of Arabic prayers are found on f. la. Crude diagrams and calculations occur on ff. la and 36a-b. Rebound in boards covered in red cloth; white paper without watermarks; (l)+36+(l) folios; 207x160 mm and 165x100 mm, varying; 15 lines; catchwords; nesih; without a date or name of a copyist. Acquired from S.H. Alió, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, June 1981. Begins (lb, after a besmele): jLi j a£ aJ$I i»■« 4jL*w<^I 5 aJI ijJLc. j Am'i u-Lt ^51 mil $ 3 jlu*>ll j ajJjJ aa*JI ... ajjJ * - *aJLoij j—SAl_i »iia) (jrfJUjI a J j % A »I«I > lt~ jji *\ alf (j j >ij) ijt) mijl jLo/l A j IIF» Ends (35b): Alt I jl ~ «■ I * <■ jj‘* j **^*‘ I (—jl i~ f 1 aJj ir*tl All I 4»>j * < “'$■! Lai ... I*- ■- a JjöI lj j ii> j>t Aut “* j Ait I I j ' ■* «I* jAa^üi yill

Catalogue entry: TYTK (Isparta) 681.

Cod.Or. 17.140 Kitab-i Fera’iz A tattered fragment from an anonymous work on the division of estates. The title, which seems to be a general one and to which is added ‘mefhum’ (well-known), is found on what must have been the ‘title page’ (la). Tables with explanations are found from f. 7b. The main text ends on f. 8a, but the last sentences have been lost because of paper damage. Extensive marginal additions, mostly in diagram form, in various hands. Crude tables occur on f. la (upside down) and