MS. Ind. Inst. Turk. 8 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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The following work begins in the middle of this one, but the two are distinguishable but a content and a subtle difference in hand. The end of this text is written in the margin of folio 26b, suggesting perhaps that it was added later.

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This work is similar in structure to the previous item, but it is nevertheless untitled. It also ends abruptly mid sentence, the catchword هر at the bottom of folio 40b not matching the first word (موج) on the following page folio 41a, which appears to belong to another work.

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This text also appears to be an excerpt from the Chaghatay version of the Taẕkira-yi Satuq Buġra Khān, but it is not a continuation of the narrative found in the first half of the manuscript. It begins seemingly in the middle of a larger narration with a character's quoting from the Dīvān-i ashʿār دیوان اشعار of Jāmī, 1414-1492, specifically the Mars̠iyah'-i Khvājah ʿAbd Allāh مرثیه خواجه عبیدالله. It also ends in the middle of a sentence on the word مسلمانلانی, with the catchword (actually a partial word) شها at the bottom of folio 42b, which does not match the first word (هر) on the following page folio 43a, which appears to belong to another work.

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The text resembles structurally the two other sections of this manuscript, the first of which is styled Muhimmāt-i muslimīn, though it is by no means certain that this is the same work. The handwriting, though belonging to the same scribe, changes gradually but dramatically throughout this section. This, coupled with a hole in the paper and some faded ink, make the text somewhat difficult to read. Given the change in language, writing style, and topic, these two pages may not all represent the same single coherent text.

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