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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.406, cont.)

Vefa, son of the King of Rüm. The title is mentioned in a heading preceding the text. The poem was composed in 884/1479-80 (cf. 405a: 1-2). Begins (371b): fJ o^jl jLjj *1/1 a j$Mi * jJ aajl ah ^ aT *1/1 au Ends (405a): |*5LuJI 4jlf ^ \_A iti aljl * |»Laj Cj jO |j jyt j< ... *5 >^l lij ui a ajL^>. jAi AI«lr>'i * aJb I aLaS *5 Ll*u a j ■ *■ I [..] Lt^ <» jL * L*Jjl jLSab ,*ajj b J5Uljb dtu>j * AlSa ^ijb Colophon (ibidem): ^JoJI i—iLajJI JlUII *I/| j^ju <_>L£II »-■ t~ For MSS of different versions, see Götz I, 563 (rhymed); Karatay 2831 (prose); Schmidt 156 (prose); see also Levend, pp. 23, 390 (rhymed versions by Mustafa ‘All Efendi and Ha§imï). (6) ff. 406a-509b el-Ferec ba‘d e§-§idde « * a ii r >iJI An undated, incomplete part of an anonymous collection of stories, the title of which was clearly inspired by at-Tanükhï’s (d. 384/994) work of the same title (cf. GAL I, p. 155). The Persian headings of the stories may point to the fact that it was based on a Persian example (but cf. Andreas Tietze’s article). The collection contains five stories, from the 26th, the story of Seyfulmülük and Bedrtilcemal, to the, incomplete, 30th (the story of Erviye, from f. 479a). The 27th story begins (Temfmiiddar and the jinnis) on f. 435a, the 28th (the story of DekTn, Habib, ‘Amir and his wife) f. 457a, and the 29th (the story of Yahya Bermekf) on f. 477a. Full versions contain forty-two stories. For a survey of the contents, see Rieu, p. 225. (For a complete copy, see Cod.Or. 12.407, below.) Begins (406a): i i u aaly^aLi 3 JUaJI jaaj 3 fjjl £b jjljl fjuii •■■■ kiuLi». ... «111 Jii aLI jlSjjj oUaai 3 j(^«b Breaks off (509b): 31s*ji3 ^[...part of the page tom off] a JaUa. j ...