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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970 (Or. 12.302, 12.307, 12.309)

Cod.Or. 12.302 A fetva. in Turkish The manuscript contains a copy of an Arabic treatise on Hanaff jurisprudence entitled al-‘Umda ft usül ad-din by Hafiz ad-Dfn Abü al-Barakat ‘Abd Allah an- NasafT (d. 710/1310, cf. GAL II, p. 197). It was completed by Yüsuf b. Durmu§ in 853 (1449-50), cf. the colophon on f. 47b. A calligraphic inscription of es- Seyyid Mehmed is found on f. 2a. A fetva in Turkish (3 lines) is found on the same page. Acquired from Fatatri, 25 May 1970.

Cod.Or. 12.307 A vakf inscription in Turkish and Arabic The manuscript contains a copy of an Arabic work on jurisprudence entitled Kitab at-Tawdihfihall ghaw&mid at-Tanqih, a commentary by ‘Ubayd Allah b. Mas‘Qd al-Mahbübï Sadr ash-SharTa ath-Thanl (d. 747/1346) on his own Tanqih al-usül, cf. GAL II, p. 214. It was completed by ‘Alïb. öalïl b. Ahmed b. el-Hanefi on a Wednesday at the beginning of Cemdgi l-ahir 901 (16-25 February 1496), cf. the colophon on f. 171b. A list of booktitles with their owners is found on the inner front-board. An owner’s inscription of Nasir Allah at-TarablusI, dated 977 (1569-70), is found on f. 2a; those of Yünus el-Hüseynï, known as Rezzakzade, and of Yahya, known as Hekïmba§i Salih Efendizade, occur on f. la. A vakf inscription in Turkish and Arabic signed by the owner ‘Ayi§e bint HaccF Hasan, dated [1] 123 (1711-2), is found on f. la; it stipulates that Mustafa Efendi could read the book during his life and that, upon his death, it should be given to suitable people but never thereafter be moved to another country. Acquired from Fatatri, 25 May 1970.

Cod.Or. 12.309 An administrative note in Turkish The manuscript contains a copy of an Arabic work on jurisprudence, Wiqayat al- riwaya ft masd’il al-Hidaya, a commentary on al-Marghinanl’s al-Hidaya, by