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Ms. A.F. 287b: Tables of Contents - Taṣnīf

This is a tabular summary of the manuscript’s contents, utilizing a classification model developed by Fatih Köksal for poetry miscellanies in his MESTAP project (http://mecmualar.tr.gg), modified according to the needs of multi textual manuscripts.

Remarks on the columns:

“authors, translators”:

Names in brackets are authors/translators known from other sources but not explicitly mentioned in the manuscript.
A question mark in brackets – [?] – is used after a pen-name (maḫlaṣ) when it is not clear if the relevant word really is a maḫlas.
The names of individuals who – according to the writer – provided information are also given.

“text” gives the relevant information for identifying a text, which are:

in the case of poems a maṭla‛ .
in the case of ilāhīs and songs the refrain.
in the case of prose texts the title, if given.
If there is no title, either the beginning of the text or a short explanation of the kind of text with which we are dealing (recipe, prayer, letter, etc.) is given.

“form” indicates if a text is poetry or prose and the specific genre of each.

“remarks” indicates the language, dates, owners’ remarks, seals, and marginalia.

A = Arabic, P = Persian, T = Turkish.
Turkish is indicated only on pages which also use A and/or P.

“edition” offers bibliographic information concerning texts that have been previously edited (though without an attempt to be exhaustive).

Texts which are edited (and translated) for the first time in Vol. I of the project-books (see: Research > Publications) are also indicated.

folio	author/ translator	type of text	form	remarks	edition
1r		burāq duʿāsı for any need
1v-3r		some prayers for good luck and success; what to pray when you see the moon; prayers and measures against hunger, illness, poverty	prose	partly A	Partly in Procházka-Eisl & Çelik 2015, Vol. I.
3v-4v		kitāb‑i reml‑i ʿAlī – treatise on geomancy: useful advice; remedies for certain diseases; prayers to write on papers	prose	also known as Reml-i Ḥażret-i ʿAlī	Partly in this volume.
5r-5v		kitāb-i iḫtilāc‑nāme (book of pulsations) remedies for assorted miseries (end of 5v)	prose	divinations according to pulsations are also on 62v-62r in the form of a table
6r		recipe for a şerbet; prayer for rain; instructions about seeing the moon		partly A
6v-7r		tevārīḫ‑i āl‑i ʿOs̱mān‑i ibtidāʾ‑i salṭanat‑i ʿOs̱mān Ḫān	lists
7r-7v		prayers for various situations; remedies		partly A	Partly in Procházka-Eisl & Çelik 2015, Vol. I.
8r		concerning the evil days of each month; private note – birth of a child	list		Procházka-Eisl & Çelik 2015, Vol. I.
8v-14v	Şeyḫ Ebū l‑Ḥasan Vefā	Rūz‑nāme astronomical calendar	tables and comments
15r-15v		bāb fī beyān‑i eşref sāʿāt on the appropriate hours for certain acts according to the planets; table of certain times of the day, days of the week, and corresponding planets	prose, table and comments
16r		exercise in writing a pençe
16v		Şükūr yılduzı beyānın[da]dur what to do and what not to do when seeing the star which is in the shape of a camel	circular tables, comment
17r-17v		Ricālü l‑ġayb dāʾiresi the days of a month on which the ricālü l‑ġayb are located and what to do accordingly	circular tables, comment
18r-18v		prayer for the ricāl al-ġayb		A, instruction T cf. also Ms. A.F. 287a: fol. 12r
18v-20v		prayers; the secrets of the Seven Sleepers (from a tradition of Muḥyiddīn al‑ʿArabī); advice and prayers for needs and wishes		partly A
21r-21v		prayers for various situations		A, instructions T
21v-22r		the siyāqat numbers
22v		instruction on how to keep a man asleep
23r		blank
23v-24r		various recipes		partly A
24v		blank
25r		exercises (how to begin a letter, siyāqat)
25v		exercise (pençe); private note		date: 1628
26r-27r		beyān‑i ġālib [ü] maġlūb text on predicting the winner between two enemies by calculating the numeral value of their names	prose	cf. also Ms. A.F. 222a: fol. 2v-4v
27v-28v		bāb‑i ʿāşıq ve maʿşūq similar to the preceding but for predicting if two lovers will reconcile	prose	cf. also Ms. A.F. 222a: fol. 2v-4v
28v-29v		prayers against misfortune and for special situations		A, comments T
30r		text on what will happen according the day of the week when one cuts his/her fingernails; instruction on how to cut the fingernails	prose		Procházka-Eisl & Çelik 2015, Vol. I.
30v-32r		long prayer (instruction in Turkish on 30r)		A
32r-33r		various prayers		A, comments T
33v-34r		one fatwa; two marginal notes in A
34r		remarks; instructions on the ritual prayer		partly A
34v		short prose text beginning vācib nedür	prose
35r		various personal notes and calculations
35v		poem – a kind of münācāt: almost illegible	aa, bb, …	13 verses
36r-37r		text on what to do (including a long prayer) in order to bind someone to oneself		short passages in A
37v-39r		prayers for certain situations, including prayers to prophets and angels		partly A
39v-41v		şarḥu smāʾi l‑ḥusnā which name of God (incl. their numeral values) to say at which time to achieve certain aims (incl. the values of the Arabic letters on the margin of 39v)	prose
41v		probably related to the foregoing: short instruction on what to do to bind someone to oneself, incl. two vefq (magic squares)	prose	short passage in A
42r-43r		şarḥ‑i asmā instructions on enchanting a person with his/her name, and the names of God and angels corresponding to each letter of their name; list of the names of God and of angels; special instructions if someone wishes to enchant a person with the name “Muḥammed”	prose list
43r-50v		şerḥ‑i aḥvāl‑i kesr‑i basṭ begins with a text about the characteristics of the kesr‑i basṭ and its use by holy men and şeyḫs; precise instructions for preparing for the kesr‑i basṭ; the Arabic letters with their numeral values; the signs of the zodiac with their numeral values; table of the planets according to certain times of the day and days of the week; about the good and evil planets and descriptions of which “planet hour” is suitable for what aim; the appropriate incense for each planet and the corresponding letters of the planets; includes a Şerḥ‑i esmāʾ‑i ḥüsnā on 48r with the names of God and the aims for which each stands 48v- 50v: about ʿamel-i basṭ (including lists and tables)	prose table list
50v-51r	Şeyḫ Ebū l‑Qāsım	long poem about minhāc‑i aṣl‑i basṭ‑i teksīr	aa, bb, …	41 verses
51v-54v		şerḥ‑i vefq‑i kelām text with sample magic squares and instructions on how to produce them with the names of God	prose table
55r		blank
55v		prayer; poem; some personal notes	poem	prayer: A; dates: 1054, 1056 and 1068
56r-57v		prayers against illness and sadness; advice on toothache; prayers for good fortune; traditions of the Prophet about the effects of certain duʿās		A, instructions T
57v-58v		günlerüñ sāʿatin bildürür about the hours of the days and which actions are appropriate for them	prose
59r		blank
59v		blank red table
60r		Der beyān‑i burc‑i qamer table with an explanation on how to find one’s sign of the zodiac and the months of the signs of the zodiac	prose table
60v-62r		Tetimme‑i maʿrifet‑i aḥkām‑i iḥtilācāt [!] (title of three tables) Tetimme‑i aḥkām‑i iḥtilācāt [!] four tables with divinations according to pulsations and the signs of the zodiac	table
62v-63r		Cedvel‑i iḥtilāc‑i [!] aʿżā ber‑qavl‑i ḥükemā az cānib‑i rāst yaʿnī ṣaġ ṭarafı Cedvel‑i iḥtilāc‑i [!] aʿżā ber‑qavl‑i ḥükemā az cānib‑i ceyb yaʿnī ṣol ṭarafı two tables with divinations according to pulsations of the left and right parts of the body and the signs of the zodiac	table
63v-64r		Ḥavādis‑i ās̱ār‑i āżā [!] be‑ḥükm‑i eflāk Baqiye‑i ḥavādis‑i ās̱ār‑i ażā [!] be‑ḥükmi eflāk two tables of divinations according to certain conditions with the appropriate sign of the zodiac	table
64v		Cedvel‑i aḥkām‑i ās̱ār‑i ʿulvī der burūc‑i düvāzdegān table of divinations according to the months and certain astronomical conditions	table
65r		blank
65v		der beyān‑i qavs‑i qūzaḥ the cardinal points with the signs of the zodiac and corresponding divinations	elliptical table
66r-69v		der beyān‑i menāzil‑i qamer text on which name of God and āyet to say on a certain lunar mansion for various needs; 69v: table with the lunar mansions to write for certain needs	prose table
70r		fī beyān‑i kevākib‑i sebʿa ber tertīb‑i eflāk the planets and the signs of the zodiac	circle and table
70v		Bu cedvel düş taʿbirin bildürür bu ayuñ günlerinüñ ḥisābınca table with interpretations of dreams	table
71r		Bu cedvel ayı bildürür ki yeñi ay göricek neye baqalar neye baqmayalar table of what to do and what not to do according to the sign of the zodiac when seeing the new moon	table	incl. the signs of the zodiac
71v-73v		şerḥ‑i āyet‑i kerīmler about the effects of certain verses from sūras 2, 3, 4, and 5; further prayers		lead text in T, prayers in A, incl. Koran
74r		prayers for any need		lead text in T, prayers in A
74v		two recipes for pastes