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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.481, cont., 14.508)

Edition of the original work: Ghulamhusayn Yüsufï (ed.), Gulistan-i Sa'di (Tehran 1368).

Cod. Or. 14.508 A miscellany This volume comprises two works, one in Arabic, the other in Turkish. Both were apparently copied by one copyist at an unknown date. The owner’s inscription of Hüseyn ‘Ala’ïye, with the price of ‘50’, partly erased, is found on ff. la and 12a; the date of 29 Safer 1258 (11 April 1842) is added on f. la. On the same page, there is also a note on the number of leaves as well as a quatrain and a pious text (5 lines), both in Arabic. The number 29 is written in pencil on the inner front- board; the same number is found on the inner back-board, to which the title of (1) is added. (1) ff. lb-1 la A copy of an anonymous Arabic grammar of Persian entitled al-Mafatth (cf. lb: 13). A few marginal corrections and additions. (2) ff. 13b-105a Sa 'adet-ndme cjAx^i An incomplete copy of a commentary by Mevlana Mustafa, who wrote under the pen-name of §emT(d. after 1012/1603-4), of the rhymed Pandnama attributed to the Persian poet Farid ad-Dfn ‘Attar (d. after 586/1190), cf. B. Reinert in Encyclopaedia Iranica. The introduction, where the author and the title are mentioned, is lacking here. Instead, we find the first sixteen distichs of the original poem (13b). The work, written at the request of a friend called ‘Ömer b. Hüseyn, was dedicated to the latter’s patron and court favourite, Zeyrek Aga, and presented to Sultan Murad III (ruled 982/1574-1003/1595). The title ‘§erh-i Pend- i ‘Attar’ is found on ff. la and 12a. Copious marginal glosses. (For other copies, see Codices Or. 721, 12.047, and 14.511, below.) Begins (14a):