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ACQUISITIONS OF 1996-9 (Or. 25.425, 25.572)

Cod.Or. 25.425 Turkish prayer prescriptions and interpretations This undated, erroneously bound manuscript in small format contains a collection of Arabic prayers with accompanying texts in Turkish in various hands. The Turkish texts are the following: on the magical use of the Du ‘a-i mühr-nübüwet (3b-10a), followed by the prayer in circular form (10b); an interpretation (§erh) of the Du‘a-i cemil (11 a-13b), followed by the text of the prayer in Arabic (13b- 14a); an interpretation of the Du ‘a-i Yasm (? 14a-16b), followed by the text of the prayer in Arabic (17a-18a); prayer prescriptions, divided into short sections (bab), occasionally furnished with talismanic formulae and drawings (18a-21b); prayer prescriptions, incomplete at the beginning (27a-32b), followed by Arabic prayers; a long prayer prescription, incomplete at the end (49a-58b, 64b-73a); and prayer prescriptions alternated with Arabic prayer texts (78b-79b, 81b-82a, 82b, in almost illegible fikeste). A list of Arabic religious terms with Turkish explanations in smaller script is found on ff. 2a-3a. Incomplete Turkish sentences and jottings occur on the inner front- and back-boards. Donated by Robert Hekker who purchased the MS in Istanbul in 1971; registered in September 1999.

Cod.Or. 25.572 A diagram with a Turkish expanation This manuscript contains a copy of the second volume of an Arabic work on jurisprudence, entitled Khulasat al-fatawd, by an unidentified author. According to a colophon on f. 192a, it was completed by Fazlullah b. ‘Ömer b. el-Hacc ‘All es-Sïvasï in 1076 (1656-7). The main text is followed by: (2) ff. 192b-193b Risale-i Tursunzade ‘Abdullah Efendi ^ V. I alii r - a jlj ^411 m j An undated copy of a treatise in explanation of a diagram preceding the text (see plate) which is meant to make it easier to calculate portions of inheritances, by Tursunzade ‘Abdullah Feyzl of Istanbul (d. 1019/1610, cf. ‘OM I, p. 348). The