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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.344)

Cod.Or. 12.344 Terceme-i Mi‘yarn t-tarikat c-JujJaJJ A mid 19th-century copy of a translation by Nüruddïn of a tract on Süfism and the duties of the aspiring dervish on the path to enlightenment by ‘All ‘Ala’uddln el-Atvel el-öalvetï e§-$a‘banï of Üsküdar also known as Karaba? Veil (d. 1097/1685-6). The writer and the title of the original are mentioned in f. lb:8-9; the name of the tanslator in f. lb:6. (The title of the original is also written in pencil on the first flyleaf, recto.) The summary (‘icmdlen’, lb: 10) translation is preceded by an introduction (lb-2a) in which the translator states that it was made on the instigation of shaykh es-Seyyid Salih. Bound in boards with green leather backing and edges; bluish-white paper; (l)+36+(l) folios; 196x130 mm and 146x77 mm; 19 lines; catchwords; small nk'a; black lines; red borders, double in ff. lb-2a; a headpiece with floral patterns in red is found on f. lb; completed on 11 Cemdg;f l-dhir 1269 (22 March 1853); without the name of a copyist; the inscription ‘Franz Taeschner Ms. Nr. 17’ by the owner himself occurs on f. la. Begins (lb, after a besmele): j aJI i la.»--* fiLuJI j 3 <—>j gJUo ...II juJiJI ... Ji' Ó-J» 3 jUahLu aj-Aa- jji J-A* *aaiJ 3i *UI u-ai uiL aj ju o-ill-JI ... *-aa»j3 jW-*-* Ends (34b): 3 3 jij3*»l ‘41JU *oj3*u yMi aim? 3 aJj—j ijlt J aÜi¥t ■^ 3jl J **^r**J*» ^ ^LiJI f>3i f+x*ï Ó-* — 3 4*a*~> 3 u^ 6 - 4 J 5^1—Jl J-A3» Colophon (ibidem): \ V34 jLLut L Catalogue entries: Fihris 818 (I, p. 209); Flügel 1989; Karatay 180.

Literature: ‘OM I, pp. 148-9; GAL S I, p. 76n.