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ACQUISITIONS OF 1996-9 (Or. 23.658, cont.)

called an ‘esramame’ (4a: 14). Begins (2b, after an extended besmele): J I I» I . .. 4j L>u_u> I J 3 ■ J jj 1 f 3 3 4U <lx>jl dJ I L> J3 J3 L) <V I » ''■ * 4JJI aJbLCtl dn jj a-icSIjj jd»l* 3 ^ I .jj 3 JU- lUj a c 1.a . ..K ... JL4L41 ... jLIluJIjli cj13 j j3 Ffc. 110 a ju1.... u-jLhS 3J ^ji •" ... * 11 ^11.11 Ends (6b): |»jj jX J J 4jj 3I 4.1 dl I a -li ÜS 4^ 4 UIJ J3J3I |>lllf I |4_lU I 43pjj L4J3I a Li ^ 3J La j^l 3 da Ll.JI Jl ■« f VI Lai I ja^j I a Li j alt,>. ^yj 3_J da 3 ■ -I (jj, 33 L> Li d3 j lx a jj jx 4~ 1*11

(2) ff. 7b-110a

This is the second part of the introduction in Persian, Arabic and Turkish. It contains: verses, including a kaside in mesnevi format, the rhyme of the subsequent verses of which end with letters of the alphabet (10b-12a); a petition by the author to the vizier and military commander [at Erzurum, Yüsuf Ziya Pa§a], asking for financial support (12a-18a, dated 7 Receb 1222/10 September 1807). In this petition he also gives details about his educational career in Tiblis, Baghdad, Mecca, and Istanbul where he was a pupil of shaykh Siileyman Ne§’et Baba for three years, and from whom he learned the technicalities of poetry and prose (16a-b). The first petition is followed by a second addressed to the Sultan (18a-19a), followed by a letter from the Sultan to the Grand Vizier Ragib Pa§a (18a-21b) recommending Müjtak’s envisaged work, Asarü l-Mü§tak esrarü I- ‘u§§ak (20a: 16-7), and ordering him to ascertain that the author be able to complete the work. The Grand Vizier finally complied with the order and the author began his task (21b-22a). The work proper begins with a description of the career of shaykh el-Hacc Hasan es-§irvanl (22a). A circular drawing in gold, black, green and red, with attributes and the names of Allah, 'd& ’ire-i vahdet', is pasted on f. 63b.

Begins (7b, after a besmele): 3 *-■ ■“ 3j 3 jS 3 i*.... .ifl Xt 3I _c>- 4£ I jlx». 4j Lc ib 3 -O* Aa>

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Ends (110a): A-J.aljl Jj b 4ÜU j 1 - 3 jLSjJ u i> 4 J.4131 ijj-A j_«Lc J a A) j 3—0 33 |»jj jx jx4l*jJ3 1-JI3» jJjlS-il