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ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 17.138, cont., 17.139)

covers. The first two quires, ff. 1-10, are of a slightly larger format than the second, main part of the work which has original folio numbers, ff. 41-116, lacking in the first two quires. The two parts were deary copied by one scribe. A part seems to be missing between the first two quires and the main part; f. 80 has been lost. Four additional leaves, of a smaller format, with texts in Arabic, are attached to the main part of the volume. Quires without binding (cf. above); glazed cream paper without watermarks, worn and stained in various places; 20+46+4 folios (the second sequence with original numbers 71-116 - 80 is missing); 232x165 mm (ff. 1-20), 225x157 mm (ff. 41- 117*), 146x105 mm, 122x170 mm (two additional quires), and (text) 165x105 mm, varying (ff. 1-20) and 169x98 mm (ff. 41-116); 21 lines (ff. 1-20) and 19 lines (ff. 41-116); catchwords; calligraphic nesih; headings, rubrics and dots in red; red borders on ff. 41-116; without a date or name of a copyist. Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, June 1981. Begins (2b, after a besmele): L)-‘ * 3 j 0-«^« ylfc S jJLoJI $ (j_i « ILtJI (_J j tjj JJ-* •*'» 0"+»' * jL»" JjlSjo qL*j| <4.,->..■« aJa * jjUahLu ,^1 (jfujjo ^1 JS [...] 415 j jAo 4j ^ i ii 5 jVjl i—*»-lj j o&jA (Jjl <4)1JjUjI a LSI j <JiL <«■ L«| J3J3I J-oLS ^j-a j^ L _>a LJI Vi r j ajj I v. c Catalogue entries: Karatay 126; TYTK (Antalya) 2778, 2779; TYTK (Isparta) 464; Yardim 3259.

Cod.Or. 17.139 Mürsidü l-varisfn ft §erh ahvali I- ‘arba ‘in

An undated copy of a treatise on the division of estates by Mehmed Mekkf. The title is mentioned in f. 2a:6; a slightly different title, in which the word '§erh' has been omitted, is found in a heading preceding the text on f. lb. The name of the author is mentioned in f. 2a:4. The work does not seem to be documented. Mehmed Mekkf was probably the $eyhülislam Mekkf Mehmed Efendi (d. 1212/