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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.338, cont., 12.339)

flourished in the 17th century in India, and was a son of Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindl. Ma'süm’s mürid, also called Muhammad Murad, spent five years in Istanbul and gained a large following among the local 'ulema. The work was copied, perhaps also written (translated), by ‘Osman ‘ismet known as Nürïzade. Both title and ‘writer’ are mentioned in the colophon in f. 5a. No other copies seem to be documented. Bound in embossed leather with flap, lavishly illuminated with vegetal flourishes in gold; precious glazed cream paper (without watermarks); (1)+5 +1 +(1) folios; 210x130 mm and 154x77 mm; 13 lines; catchwords; vowelled nesih of calligraphic quality; borders in gold within red and black lines; rosettes in gold, blue and red in the text; a magnificent headpiece with floral motifs in gold and blue precedes the text on f. lb; vegetal flourishes in gold, similar to those found on the cover and flap, fill the text space below the last line on f. 5a (see plate); without date of copying (writing); copied (or written) by ‘Osman ‘ismet known as Nürïzade; the inscription ‘Franz Taeschner Ms. Nr. 7’ by the owner himself occurs on f. la.

Begins (lb, after a besmele): j aJI ,jJL& j As - " j j ^ *t*j a**J1 M o-iliLc. jLajI $ Lj_>£3 cr^-* 3 ■*** » ... ax&j&i ,jLa? aAiill »4h m Ends (4b): Colophon (5a): j *■ • • ll ^ jL>-JI w tj jI>• itan ju-DI yJI ajj ni. oil aJLj jJI a^lj di airtf. jLa.* f » JJ-» - Literature: Hamid Algar & K.A. Nizami, ‘Nakshbandiyya’, in El 2 .

Cod.Or. 12.339 A miscellany A collection of 19 works, some very brief, with ethical and religious content, all copied by Dervf§ Ahmed known as Kara £avu$zade in 1124 (1712). An