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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.373, cont., 12.374)

Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies 12-14 July 1994 (University of Manchester), pp. 488-500.

Cod.Or. 12.374 Risalet Bedel-i hacc 2JLu j An undated copy of a treatise on compensation (badal) for the pilgrimage by Sinan Efendi, author of the Menasikii l-hacc described above under Cod.Or. 12.373. The introduction (p. 1) is an abbreviated version of the one found in the Menasik. Title and author are mentioned in a heading preceding the text. The treatise is also known as ‘Menasikii l-hacc ‘an el-gayr’. (Islamic law there offers the possibility to accept or hire the services of other Muslims who will take the place on the hacc if one is hindered from going oneself, see A.J. Wensinck & J. Jomier, ‘Hadidi* [iii, ‘The Islamic Hadidi’1 in Ef.) The brief treatise consists, after the introduction, of a series of brief unnumbered chapters (babs). Among the legal questions dealt with is the pilgrimage paid for from inherited capital and for the benefit of the legatee, and the merit of performing the hacc on behalf of one’s parents. The margins of pp. 1-2 contain a list of the halting places (menazit) on the road from Üsküdar to Damascus, with distances in hours, 337 in all. A comparable list concerning the road from Damascus to Medina (351 hours, pp. 11-2); from Medina to Mecca (146 hours, p. 12); from Mecca to Mina, Muzdalifa and ‘Arafat (2, 3 and 2 hours, p. 12); from Cairo to Mecca by land (419 hours, pp. 13-4 - preceded by a remark on the listing of ‘degrees’, derece, besides the hours); a list of the gates found on the four sides of Mecca (pp. 15-6); and a list of days on which the Kaaba is opened (pp. 16-7). (For another copy, see Cod.Or. 11.549(10).) Rebound in soft cardboard with a black leather backing; brownish paper of low quality embossed with the mark of a crown and the inscription ‘BATH’; 1 + 17+2 pages with original numbering; 200x130 mm; without fixed margins, number of lines or catchwords; careless nk‘a\ black lines; without a date and the name of a copyist; the legend ‘Franz Taeschner Ms. Nr. 51’, written by the owner, is found in the (unnumbered) title page. Begins (p. 1, after a besmeley. ylt £l>JI uL ... |j_- T** • ** ^ xm $ ju LD Lhi |*l CuJ J*> ill d)