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A STUDY COLLECTION OF TWENTY OTTOMAN MANUSCRIPTS, INCLUDING NUMEROUS TREATISES ON THE ARABIC LANGUAGE TURKEY AND OTTOMAN PROVINCES, MOSTLY 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Including 1. An early Ottoman treatise on Arabic grammar, signed Muhammad bin Yusuf dated beginning of Ramadan AH 881 (iillustrated) with copious marginal notes, 108ff., in burgundy binding; 2. An early copy of 'Abd al-Rahman Jami's Fawa'id wafiya fi hull mushkilat kafiya which is a commentary on a work by Ibn al-Hajib, dated 11 Dhu al-Qa'da AH 982, signed Ahmad bin Abi Su'ud Ibn Kanafani, 146ff. in burgundy binding; 3. A 19th century treatise on religious observance (incomplete at end) Sharh Hashiyat al-Mukhtasar al-Musamma bi al-Khata'i , 32ff., in red binding; 4. A Qajar treatise on grammar on blue paper, 38ff., in red binding; 5. An Ottoman treatise Sharh al-maqsud al-mawsum bi ruh al-shuruh , signed Ibrahim bin Isma'il known as Qaliubji, dated AH 1193, 60ff., in brown binding; 6. A notebook with text written diagonally, in original brown morocco; 7. an Ottoman treatise Talkhis al-miftah , signed Husayn Kanqarawi, in Qaysar, dated AH 1260, 52ff. in brown binding; 8. An Egyptian copy of al-Azhari's Sharh latif li alfaz al-ajrumiya , dated AH 1169, 50ff., in brown binding; 9. An Ottoman copy of Talkhis Sharif Efendi , on Arabic grammar, 62ff., in black binding; 10. A fine Ottoman treatise Husayniyat fi al-Adab (?), 19th century, 30ff., brown binding; 11. Sharh al-muhaqqaq Ahmad al-Qazabadi 'ala risala al-adab by Imam l-Barkawi, dated AH 1164, 19ff. in dark green binding; 12. Sharh al-muntaqa 'ala al-multaqa , 18th century, incomplete at end, in burgundy binding; 13. A short treatise on inheritance, 7ff., 19th century, in brown binding; 14. A compilation of Ottoman treatises, 19th century, 204ff., in brown binding; 15. An Ottoman commentary by or on a work by Ibn Hisham Sharh shudhur al-dhahab fi ma'rifat kalam al-'arab , dated AH 1005, 86ff., in brown binding; 16. A treatise on grammar by 'Abd al-Ghani al-Ardabili, 18th century, 72ff., in brown binding; 17. An Ottoman treatise by Zaynizade, dated AH 1192, 228ff. in brown binding; 18. A Persian treatise, 9ff. in brown binding; 19. A treatise in Ottoman Turkish, 126ff., in brown binding; 20. and another treatise; the vast majority in modern bindings