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ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 17.099, cont., 17.102)

51b-52a), a göiiullü agha (llb-12b), the ‘azebagasi Mustafa Beg (38a-39a), and discuss political and military matters related to Mesopotamia; a siege of Baghdad by brigands is mentioned on f. 18b. The dates of 26 Muharrem 1228 (29 January 1813), 27 Muharrem 1227 (11 February 1812) and 1227 (1812) are found on, respectively, ff. 32b, 52a and 77a. Two letters end with a calligraphied signature of the katib-i divan Feyzullah (38a, 51a). The collection abruptly breaks off on f. 80b. A table with multiplications, headed ‘kerrdt’, follows on f. 81a. The collection is preceded by a table showing the amount of wheat handed over by peasants working Imperial land to a storehouse (17 entries, la). A typed decription in English, with the price ofƒ1250.- is pasted on the inner front-board. Loosely bounded quires held in a provisional cardboard cover; partly glazed white to cream paper; a folded leaf of mended, unglazed white paper has been inserted between f. 65 and f. 68; 81 folios; 152x105 mm and 120x80 mm, varying; 17 lines, written slantwise (see plate); catchwords, occasionally omitted; nesih with divam elements; red headings and, occasionally, red borders; without the name of a copyist or owner. Acquired from E.J. Brill, March 1981.

Cod.Or. 17.102 Miicerrebat An early 18th-century copy of a collection of medical recipes ascribed to Cerrah Kasim Pa§a, equerry to the Sultan (puhadar-i §ehriydri), and governor of a number of provinces (d. 1087/1676, cf. SO 2 III, p. 875). The title, with the name of the author, is found in a heading preceding the text (lb). An alternative title, Risdle-i Kasim Pa$a, is found in a heading preceding the table of contents (first flyleaf, verso). This work does not seem to be documented. After a brief introduction (lb), we find chapters (fast): on ma'cüns, pills (habb, 6b), potions (sherbet, lib), pastes (yag, 12a), ointments (merhem, 14b), herbs (ot, 17a), salts (tuz, 17a), and prescriptions against various ailments, also a few marginal additions, including a complete recipe by a later owner (8a). A series of aphorisms in Arabic with Turkish translations in a different hand, are found in the top margins of every folio, recto, ff. 2a-26a. The work is preceded by a two-page table of contents. Various notes and text fragments are found on the endpapers, among them: two prescriptions for curing, among other ailments, hemorrhoids (first flyleaf, recto)-,