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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 12.622, cont., 12.654, 12.829)

Petre [Petrinja?], undated. In it the sender explains that, as it had been notified to the Divan of Bosnia, two merchants of Yayce (Jajce) in Bosnia, Ibrahim and Skopyeyf Mehmed, while on their way with various merchandise worth 1200 gurus to Kostaynife (Kostajnica), were attacked by three bandits (haydud yaramazlan), mentioned by name and Austrian subjects, in the Kozara mountains; they robbed the merchants of five loads (yiik) of goods and horses, with which they passed to the other side [of the border river, the Una]. There they were arrested, locked up in a fortress, and the goods confiscated by the Obrist of Kostayni?e, called Baron. Sender expresses his hope, this being clearly in violation of the existing treaties (‘ahd-ihiimOyun), that the goods will be returned and that culprits will be brought to justice. (A xerox copy of the document is found in Cod.Or. 12.591.) Glazed cream paper with triple crescent watermark; 590x430 mm; 10 lines; divdni; a pence with three tugs and seal in the right margin (see plate); address (1 line) and an owner’s stamp (with text in Hungarian) on the back-side. Purchased from W. van Gestel, Tilburg, April 1972.

Cod.Or. 12.654 A collection of positive black-and-white photographs of British Library, London, MS Add. 23.985, a mid 19th-century copy of the Divan of Galib (d. 1213/1798), see Rieu, pp. 204-5. Gift of the Professor of Iranic languages in Utrecht 13 October 1972.

Cod.Or. 12.829 Mecmü'a

An autograph draft of a rare work on the history, geography and ethnography - there are also examples of words and sentences in local languages - of the north western Caucasus by Emfrzade Seyyid Mehmed Ha§im Efendi. The title and the name of the author are mentioned on ff. 2a and 1 la in notes in blue pencil by an owner. The name of the author is also found in a colophon on f. 71a. The work was completed in 1213/1798-9 {ibidem). The note on f. 2a states that the author spent a long time in Sogucak (Novorossiysk) with Ferah ‘All Pa§a as the latter’s ketlyida - he actually served him as secretary - and that, in the owner’s opinion,