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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.439, cont.)

indicated inheadings, ff. 2b-5b, a fragment from the beginning of Edhem üHüma; ff. 5b-15a, parts from his Mi'raaye, with na'ts in praise of Abü Bakr (10b), ‘Umar (lib), ‘Uthman (12b), and ‘All (13b); eulogies of Sultan Mustafa (15b) and the $eyhjiilislam es-Seyyid Feyzullah Efendi (16a); and, ff. 17b-23b, another fragment of Edhem ii Hiima, headed 'Der beyan-i sebeb-i Edhem ü Hümü-name’. A few marginal additions. Begins (2b): JuJJ» >!-*-« {*}£ IS* ■*-«-»■ Ends (23b): JJi i.»5dij * Colophon (ibidem): I ,1 iuü j 1*1"^. J^ * 1^ a Vi illj 3^ All ” wvn Literature: Jan Rypka, Beitrage zurBiographie, Charakteristik und Interpretation des türkischen Dichters Sabit I (Prague 1924); see also Rieu 7928; Ömer Faruk Akiin in ÏA\ Götz I, p. 530. II A selection from the work of Nahïfï Three mesnevis on the life of the Prophet by Siileyman b. ‘Abdurrahman, who wrote under the pen-name of Nahïfï (d. 1151/1738). The name of the poet is found on f. la and in a heading on f. 86a. Headings have mostly been omitted. A few marginal corrections. Literature: Divanlar, p. 703; GOD IV, pp. 308-10; OM 2 , pp. 171-2; SO 2 IV, p. 1223.

(2) ff. 28b-56a

Mevlidii n-nebt A poem on the birth of the Prophet. No title is mentioned in the manuscript. Begins (28a): AJ jS r ^ lom I I * jA. ■>■ jjl *ll ^>1111

Ends (56a):