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*** Rebound in boards with flap, covered in green and brown (the back) plastic; glazed white paper; (l)+75+(l) folios; 160x117 mm and 114x55 mm (central text); 11 lines (idem); catchwords; (1) vowelled nesih; (2) small nesih; headings, rubrics, quotations, lines, some interlinear glosses, and note numbers in red; lines and dots occasionally in gold; multiple gold borders, partly within black lines; a fine headpiece with floral motifs in gold, red, pink, white and blue on f. 4b; interlinear gold illumination on the same page; (2) completed by isma‘fl b. ibrahïm in 1133 (1720-1). Purchased from Mrs. I. Acker-Van Eijk in Leiden in July 1996.

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A late 19th- to early 20th-century copy of a brief work describing correspon dence between the Caliph Mu'awiya I (ruled 41/661-60/680) and the ‘Caesar of Rüm’ (Byzantine Emperor). The title appears in a heading preceding the text. It was based, according to the first line, on the authority of Abü ‘Abd Allah Dïnawardr (not identified). The Emperor, according to this tradition, sent Mu‘awiya a list of 70 questions. The answers, returned by the Caliph, confirmed the latter’s legitimacy as successor to the Prophet in the eyes of the Emperor, in particular because they were in line with the truth of the Old and New Testaments (incil ve Tevrat). The text consists mostly of the questions and answers, numbered in red. A few marginal additions and glosses. Begins (p. 2):