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ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 17.144, 17.147, 17.148)

Cod.Or. 17.144 Turkish notes A tattered, undated manuscript in the format of a small exercise book, with a text of an Arabic qasida on the 99 names of God, al-asma ’ al-husna, with interlinear instructions in Arabic and Turkish concerning the recitation of the individual lines. A plethora of notes in Arabic and Turkish, both in ink and pencil, are found on the inner front-board, on almost all pages and on a sheet of paper found in the volume. Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, June 1981.

Cod.Or. 17.147 Turkish glosses This manuscript contains an incomplete, undated copy of an Arabic work on jurisprudence concerning prayers, Munyat al-Musalli wa ghunyut al-mubtadi , by Sadfd ad-DIh al-Kashgan (flourished 7th/13th century), cf. GAL I, p. 383. The work is accompanied by extensive marginal and interlinear glosses in Arabic and Turkish, in various hands. Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, June 1981.

Cod.Or. 17.148 Turkish text fragments This manuscript contains two undated and incomplete works on grammar in Arabic, (1), ff. lb-53a, Marah al-arwdh, by Ahmad b. ‘All Ibn Mas‘ud (flourished early 8/14th century), cf. GAL II, p. 21; S II, p. 14, and (2), ff. 54b- 91b, at-Tasrif al-'Izzi, by ‘Izz ad-DIh ‘Abd al-Wahhab b. Ibrahim az-Zanjam (d. 655/1257), cf. GAL I, p. 283. Various Turkish text fragments are found on ff. 53b-54a: a song (9 lines, 53b); a part of a prayer and administrative notes concerning purchases and debts (54a). These are surrounded by various jottings, also in red. The texts on f. 40a are partly illegible because of paper damage. Acquired from S.H. Alic, Donje Mostre, Yugoslavia, June 1981.