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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.338)

Cod.Or. 14.338 Tezkiretii l-evliya [tercemesi] ter*" a-*»*>»] A mid 18th-century copy of an anonymous translation of the Persian Tadhkirat al- awliya by Farid ad-Din ‘Attar (d. after 586/1190), a collection of about seventy hagiographies of saints who lived during the first three centuries of the Islamic era (cf. Storey 1/2, p. 930). The title of the original work is found in a heading preceding the text on f. lb and in f. 3b:5. The title, with the added adjective ‘TiirkT, is found on the bottom edge. There are various Ottoman-Turkish translations of this work (see Cod.Or. 815, where another translation is described). The oldest copy of this version seems to be preserved in the Topkapi Palace Library and is dated 815/1412-3 (Karatay 1136). The work is preceded by an introduction (lb-4a), in which the translator presents a series of arguments for the usefulness of the work and its translation, but does not mention his name {'el- kdtib el- ‘abdaz-za‘Tf... evliyanun sözlerin... Parsi’den TiirkT’ye kildum...’, ff. 2b- 3a). It ends with a list of the 65 saints, from Ja'far Sadiq to Husayn Mansur Hallaj, whose lives are described in the book (4a). A marginal correction is found on f. 227b. Bound in boards covered in worn dark brown leather; light brown leather back; glazed white paper; 228 folios, the first of which has been tom; 305x190 mm and 229x117 mm; 25 lines; catchwords; calligraphic nesib; headings, rubrics, Arabic quotations and lines in red; gold borders within black lines; a headpiece with floral motifs in gold, green and red is found on f. lb (see plate); completed by Yasïn during the last days of §a‘bön 1156 (9-18 October 1743). Purchased from E.J. Brill for ƒ 1,350.- in December 1975. Begins (lb, after a besmele): ,^4 'j UauJI iJlLuol di j-iL oUJI *Ï**a)1 £.•*»• J-iiW pjjA»l J** if A* 1 j'j f3*** •• 3 fW if 3* cr^ 1 ... j>>ol jin..» j-a fut, j JaliJI Ends (228a): jjjjl aiijLfc ciJUijI jbil JJjAiS ... a HJjJI >/lU)l JjI ‘=*>4* “J ‘•L 3 j.'. UH -I aJIj ... yLc. «iI 3 4*4*33 Colophon (ibidem, in red): ji ; . a jiJjf ^3 SjSiï cjliS JUilt i fUdl ijlt ^3