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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.430, cont.)

author, it was copied from a copy in the hand of the late Mehmed Kudretiillah Dede Efendi, the aforementioned son of the author and post-nifin of the mevlevi- hane of Galata. (Another copy, preserved in Konya, was also copied from the same manuscript in 1363/1945; this original manuscript had been produced in 1295/1878, cf. Gölpmarli, p. 333.) The manuscript had been acquired on 7 §a‘ban 1312 (3 February 1895) by the Mevlevf shaykh Hüseyn Fabn of the mevlevihane-i Behariye, son of shaykh Hasan NazTf Dede Efendi (and author of two works on the order, cf. Gölpinarli’s study, p. 555), according to a remark on the same page. Marginal indications of content in red. The work is followed by a genealogical table of the male descendants of Hr Baba Sultan of Khorasan, buried at Köpri Vïran, Kütahya (see plate). Bound in boards with embossed black and dark brown leather backing in late Ottoman style, with the title printed in gold; a red silk ribbon is attached to the spine; light brown glossy paper; (l)+216+(2) folios; 214x135 mm and 165x75 mm, varying; 17 lines; catchwords; calligraphic ta'llk; headings, rubrics and lines in red; completed on 12 Rebi’ü l-Ohir 1312 (13 October 1894); without the name of a copyist. The inscription ‘Franz Taeschner Ms. Nr. 125 (Geschenk v. R. Nasrullah. Konstantinopel, 6 Okt. 1930)’ is found on the first flyleaf, verso-, a dedication by the bookseller Riza Nasrullah is found on f. la: ‘Reflk-i muhtaremim Profesör Doktor Taeschner Efendi’ye bir hatire olmak üzere fürüht edilmisdir, kitabci Rizd Nasrullah, 12 Cem&itl-ahir 1348, 6 Te^rin-i ewel 1930' (see plate). Begins (2b, after a besmele): Lft l+c. aAajio 4 a ^ U , ■ ... ijJL) I o A, w L) jlu h> . . I L. , II \ . Ends (208b): Ijj+C. 0 -iLLS yÜO c£JjL* fj-lï J*oL*- jjjLi I* ^ I* Ails a 1_. ill 5 bV$U Cj j. tiLLii 4’. ,,J qljl (jjjjl Colophon (ibidem)-. \Y\V Ai+u U^j jJu. I j±hl I j Catalogue entry: Gölpmarh III, pp. 333-4. Literature: ‘OM III, p. 198; Gölpinarli, Mevlana’dan Sonra Mevlevilik (Istanbul 1983).