3tf llllLLIl.l ( (lLLl:("t'lí )\. Regins: J,r-sr l*j +.--., .11.. r',-- -"_. ,,,._:-.ll .,^. jJt se-.trr \.r1 It tt .? I - ÁJ1, 36. -r',i-'-: r,L' .,, Risálat fi ,IIm al-I.ràb Fols.l grt. lr : in. r l,_ .,; ,,,. tlated in Per'-i,,n. r. rr. I :lI..r Tt i. .t,r', I ir .1,. ::.: : : I i .::r'-. ,.:i il 3 in. l,rng; goodNas&; \ . i ) . Iilrr tl.,t il Hín4hstirnsome lerrnerl grammatilrn j1,,1 ri'r:ii.-n l1 \r.,t-{ i,:,-, I ,,n tht,grantmaL of Al Shaikh al-'^{llt=rrnuL lb al-]1:,1 ', ,i. .r.rr. 6lrl. r.r,. I j{: rrnrl }rr.1,1111ss this }IS. \ras gettlnq mrr,.h itjur.t.,l ti,l.,,rr:h :i1r l|1r i,rr_-r,.trt cí)pr wa,smade. Ttre *-'r'k treirt,. of tt'mi,l,,as.n,l irI,t:r\. in g.r,rrl rearlatrle str,le, Begins : .r-ii .r;--' L.l a.i'-lJ r,-Ctj, ,i,;, ai::) a-!l .l,r"l '-l.t .r../!t ,1. r1 I -.-,*-. .-i1 e,\-l,J -_d-i- 37. ,.=rtjl .I j,t-lt .-.u \ - " ' z Nádir al.Bayàn fÍ ,Ilm al_Nahw. I'o1.. 15i : 11. in. hr 6 in. ; 2ít lineq,eanh Bg in. 1,rns : ]-asta,lïq ; a1l intJr,,rtant f i 1ir lq1'6. .|rt,en rrr.r,Llinprl s ith rr.11 : t,otrrrL in stamperl leather: rtrirtred 'rs n,,tit- rlr,<r. fr, l,in,1ing i rlatr,l e,n. ll5í) (r rr. 173i . A treati.r .rn gt.lllit,'. lr' -\irrrrr.l f,. ;r.-lli-.:r 1 al-Hrrsaini al- I{arkàmï, rrho rk,ii, r,t, 1 li.:. \\-. t..i :,) irirr.:,i fiir.lriru .{}rntail Khán b. 'Izz al-I).ulair Ki ir_ .-\lr,r'. Ij .:.l.irrr 1,. .Lr.,lr,t al-lÍ.lk Khàn_ JahánBahá,lrrl 2,,1,,r. .l,:n= ..i. .:r : :-. Segins : :11 - ..,1,.,yt-.r^ \_ v ., \_:
Transcript
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J,r-sr l*j +.--., .11.. r',-- -"_. ,,,._:-.ll
.,^. jJt se-.trr \.r1
I t t t. ? I - Á J 1 ,
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R isá la t f i , I Im a l - I . ràb
F o l s . l g r t . l r : i n . r l , _ . , ; , , , .
t lated in Per'- i , ,n. r. rr. I : l I . .r
T t i . . t , r ' , I i r . 1 , . : : . : :
: I i . : : r ' - . , . : i i l 3 in . l , rng ; good Nas&;\ . i ) . I i l r r
t l . , t i l H ín4hs t i rn some le r rner lg rammat i l r n j 1 , , 1 r i ' r : i i . - n l 1 \ r . , t - { i , : , - , I , , n t h t , g ran tmaL o f A l Sha i kha l - ' ^ { l l t = r r nuL l b a l - ] 1 : , 1
' , , i . . r . r r . 6 l r l . r . r , . I j { : r r n r l } r r . 1 , 1111ss t h i s } IS .\ r as ge t t l nq mr r , . h i t j u r . t . , l t i , l . , , r r : h : i 1 r l | 1 r i , r r _ - r , . t r t c í ) p r wa , s made .
Ttre *- ' r 'k t re i r t , . of t t 'mi , l , ,as.n, l i r I , t : r \ . in g.r , r r l rear latr le st r , le,Begins :
.r-ii .r;--' L.l a.i'-lJ r,-Ctj, ,i,;, ai::) a-!l .l,r"l' - l . t . r . . / ! t , 1 . r 1I -.-,*-. .-i1 e,\-l,J -_d-i-
37.
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Nádir al.Bayàn fÍ , I lm al_Nahw.
I 'o1 . . 15 i : 11 . in . h r 6 in . ; 2 í t l i neq , eanh Bg in . 1 , rns : ] -as ta , l ïq ;a1l intJr,,r tant f i 1ir lq1'6.
. |r t ,en rrr.r ,Ll inprl s i th rr.11 : t ,otrrrL in stamperl
l e a t h e r : r t r i r t r e d ' r s n , , t i t - r l r , < r . f r , l , i n , 1 i n g i r l a t r , l e , n . l l 5 í )( r r r . 1 7 3 i .
A t r e a t i . r . r n g t . l l l i t , ' . l r ' - \ i r r r r r . l f , . ; r . - l l i - . : r 1 a l - H r r s a i n i a l -I {a rkàmï , r rho rk , i i , r , t , 1 l i . : . \ \ - . t . . i : , ) i r i r r . : , i f i i r . l r i ru . { } rn ta i l Khánb. ' I zz a l - I ) .u la i r K i i r_ . - \ l r , r ' . I j . : . l . i r r r 1 , . .L r . , l r , t a l - l Í . l k Khàn_J a h á n B a h á , l r r l 2 , , 1 , , r . . l , : n = . . i . . : r : : - .
Fols. 303; 10in. bv 6ï ' in. ; f i rst t t fols. ale writ ten in goocl
Ntrsta'lïq, thence to fol. 221 in bacl Naskh, ancl in the last portion. the writing is clear aeain ; much injured^ by insects ; datecl e.s. 84ll
( r .n . 143- l ) .
A commentary upon the Lubáb al-I,ráb of Táj al-Dïn lfu\ammarl
b. trfuhammad b. Àhmad b. al-Saif Isfará'Ini tr'ádil (.r*-1 C a^-s.r
.,r*! -yt gór, see fol. 3a, last line), who flourisheil about the enrl
of the seventh century l.x. The author is not mentionecl. ft begius
with a preface :
-á : -rl-.:11 6-!-r èd2? tr;? ).+!-")J é;-:n^Jl ai)s^=lll r r , r r r , ' I '
!l - _.jh:^11 i-l[+l --s..;: ;rian\l .lL<Lll
and n-as compilecl rluring the rcign of Sultán Muhammatl b. TugUurlSiinh of Dehli. The text of the lubáb is wr.itten il rertl in thcfir'sl few pitge,s, and snbserpently or.erlinetl ; x"hen conrbilctl thi:vbegin :
-. I ";--
*l^*\- L' -lc a.l.-*^=)'- ..-=,Jl o.^-rl a-iJl3-{
J\ - a;\*-l .5.r1;# ..-À-lli. ar..rLlThe minute notes wr.itten ooï" llrorgios welc compilctl at a school
in Nishápir, in .r .n. 736 (e.r. 1335), see last page.Àt the end there are written a few instructions to plaÍers by Abir
al-Lais Nasr b, Mutrammad b. Ibrirhim al-samalqancli.
39- 40"
,.s,!1 u-.,a] alrl -r:,ni I
Àl-Mutatláwilah li Dars al.l{aïw,
Iols. 252 ; 9|in. by 6i'in. ; distinct l{as!! ; plain leatlrt,r' l,inLling;gil t- l ined ; trvo vols.
, ) |
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Àn entirc and corrert e, l i t i .n of f i re frrrnous books upon Àrabicgrammar col lrrte, l with thr n ,- i anrieri l IrS. in India bV l ieut,(aftelrrart ls C"l. J,Ln l l .r^.: . .
ï c , 1 . I , , , r . t : , i : r . :
1. ,- \ l - l I i ' r , i - i :ui l ' - . . ' ' . - , ' . : , \^ l ' or (^{ l- 'Àw;1mi1 íÍ al-Nabw)
, . -s - ' * i , - , ' i i r ípp . 1 -1 i ) , b \ - 'Ábd
a l -e l ] r i r b . 'Aba l
rr l- I l : .1.r:r ;1n. kn,r\rn as al-Jurjr iui (d. l ,n. 471 ot 472,
r ; ' . l t r i . , ' r 1 t t 7 Q .
f . S i ra rh : r l -J Í i ' , t t ' . \ .m i l )
-L \c a -q \^11 a ; ,1
(pp . l -65) ,
. : , : ; , : l - , t , , , . , ' upon Àl-Jurj áni 's grammar, without author's
i . 1.1, l- l t i . i , tr l i ) - '* . :^l \ (pp. 1-79), a commentary upon A1-
Jurjr-r l i 's gi"-.nr. by Ábfr al-Fath Nasir b. 'Al: ,1
a l -S : iv r id a l - l lu la r r i zz i ( t l . e . .u .610, e . l . 1213) , s t l c
3 l I . .{ Cat. Supplt , 930 ( i i ) .
Yol. I I contrr ins : ( I{ i i láyat al-Nahw) g.<i l1 a:-. ' l r t (pp. 1-l?1),
a short trcatise on srlrmmar, founclei l upon the (Káfiyah) aiK of
Jamàl al-Din ALi 'Amr 'Usmán
b. 'Umar
Ibn al-Hàjib (d. e..u. 646,
À.D. 1218) bv an unknoln author. Cf. Stewartts Cat. and
R 1I. Cat., 6-1:). I
As promised in the ailvertisement, there were two more vols. to be
arirled to tliis series, to contain the a^ilí with a biographical sketch
of the celt.brriterl authors of the a-j\í ancl the -\-.-'.
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Al -Mulh tasar f i ' I lm a l -Ma 'án i .
Fo ls . 152 ; lu - t - in . l , s 6 in : 13 l in " . . e , rh 3 f in . long ; neat
Nasta' l iq ; copiou,. notes \Ír i t t(-n in nrini i te \asta'1ïq on the margins
it zigzag fashion; gr-,1 l- l iut i l r ' , ,uII í- l t l l r prgr 's; plain gi l t- l ined
:,i\ -1",.s-.-l ' i -\..lrJl
i
ARÀBIC }IANUSCRTPTS. J:J
leather binding ; trears an 'arq-didah and several seals of the owners Icopied., in e.n. 110? (r.o. 1600), bv tr{ul 'ammad.'Àbd al-Qádir b.al-Makhcltm.
A treatise on rhetoric by the celebrateil Mullá Sa,cl al-Din Mas,ialb. 'Umar, commonly known as í' AL-Taftázáni " (cl. e.s. 7gl or 792,e . o . 1 3 8 8 o r 1 3 8 9 ) .
Tr. e\-Jl d, ,, eoa.I I I . 3 ' rJ1 f . , , , t2}a.
( t) À!r-(1 . . r27b.(2) ' lgr)\ ,
" \$)l ,*-- , , 1Qta.
Jlegins:
.r'l L^'t s,!-Jl e."=UJ 11.-r- -r--5 ,^\ I j.r^.q
èt -r^, eJ d,.r* .,:Jl ^lJi Jf r""Jl uJl Jr,t";Other works of the author have been describecl in almost ali the
principal collections.
4P..
6,-s-tl {p1 j
a*,rltrl;lAnwár al.Rabií fi Anwà,, al-Baili,.
Fois. 423 ; 9in. by 5f in.; 24 l ines, each 3] in. long; neatlrs'ritten in emall Naskh; bound. in gilt-stamped leather ; sliqirtlvs"i led; copiecl at the clesire of Kháfi Lbán. the JVazïr.. in the . l i rh
:)
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I e à l ' 0 t f h e r r i : n " f - \ r 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' ' r ' ' '
a t - I f l , i l , t l , t i , - \ l i l r r l r , i r ' i - \ : r ' ' t
I ' 1 r t - i r , . t t . l . 1 i - r r l '
B : r ' l l ' i s s , , l . - : r t . l ' i . ' i r , '
bt qinning in t i l , ]-r :rr: | :
( . r . r , . l i l i ) .
l l tg i r - :
a -I c , r ' r ' t h r ' r , ' , , f i , . ' ' t '
L c l t l e n C i i t . . ; i l r J I I i r
\ . r . 1 1 1 : l ' r . n . 1 7 0 1 ) , a L M u s t a q a r r
\ 1 , : : : . I I - l r i 1 K a s h Ï .
l l r i lL of 'Al i Sarlr al-I) in
- r i : , i rr l-TlLr,rrni (see Suláfat
rr l , , u t '1, ' i t in India in
r . , r : , ' , 11 . , . , i , - r ' i t , t i , , l o f the n ine o ther
: . r < : r , : . i r . : , ' s t , t : r i s } r l s b e c n g i v e n a t t h e
\ [ . rL , ' . . : r : , i . ^ t ; , r r tn i l s - \ I -S i i r Í c l , in e"g ' 1130
"'r .*l\ -rJr LïJr,*sl\_ - " - : r - i : - : , ' : - i r _ . .
l i \ 1 . . \ I ' . - ; l r , * . . 1 r ! r ) : I i h c t l . L i l . ' . , i r , p . 2 0 9 ;
, , i . - : . . , : - : . . i t . 1 ' ' l - 1 I r ' l ' r '
\ I l . l ' | ] ' . ' l ' l i \ - .
43.
.jr!=- -\;J -ïl-;!
Sasrd'at Di'bal Khuzá'i'
Iols. 6; 11tin. by t l l , in.; 16 l ines in t louble columns' each 3;- in'
long; fair Nasl ih; paper covers; injurecl; not datecl; probabll-
colie(l in thc eleventh century of the Hijrah'
Tlt t : qrt.r t l ,r l , , r \ 'hichoonsists of 133 l ines in prtr ise of tht ' l lc 'scetrt lants
r,{ t}re I ' r 'o1, lr , ' t . s 'rr . copiecl Ïrom the }r istory o{ Al-Taberi ' I t is staterl
thrrt A' l , i r i i -SrLlt t I Tltr t 'arvi \ \ ' i rs the lerson' prohrlr lr ' the author of
th r 1as ; r / ' r i ' . l l , i l r ' ' 1 r i i ' t r i t i -11 i t t ' r ' \1 -T t r l ' l r l ' i ' t . t J ' r ' 1 l ' ) '
l l r ' 7 s / " ' l l ' :
, : " I : 1
A A.t.t .
* t ' . - . J ; ; i
Sharh LámiYat al ' 'Ajant'
Fo l s .370 ; 9 i r n . 1 ,5 r : 1 i n . I J r l i n r : s . t ' r t ' l L -1 i n l ong l w r i t t en i u
goocl Naslih in .ul|riL lr] lr, i : i l lunrinuttd frolrt i.piece I colourecl l i l lr 's
g ' i ; \ < ' '
. {R . \ l tT ( ' ] l . \ \ r 'S ( RIP ' t s .
lound the pages; sl ightly injurccl bv insects; plain leather binding;bears an 'arV-t lzduh; clatecl e..n. 979 (1.1. 1ó71).
This is an elrrborate commentarv by Saláh al-Dïn Khalil b. Àibakal-Srifadï upon the Lauiyat al-,-\jrun of íhe celebratecl poet AbhIsmlr'il. al-Husain b. rÀli b. Mubammad b. ,Abd al-samacl ai-fsfahánirul-)fat lanl, commonly knorvn as ,íAl- ' lughr'á' i
" (cl . a.u. 5l ó, .r .n. 1 121).'l'lrc verses of the lámiyat are wr.itten in lerl ink.
'fhe commentary begins :
! ' , , '' - '1 -,I*I l JoU ,- , i t i ., l .+J U' g. 1rc 1,,,.1,.sjJ1 a!,r^-)l
For other copies see B.lI.À. Cat., p. 286a; Supplt., 1054-10J5;E.cruial, 322-323; I loscn, 289; $ecl. Lib., iv, p. 288 ; etc. Thes,rlk has been printetl in two voluues, Caii 'o, e.u, 1290 (e.o. lBTB),r r r r r l again, À.8. 130i ( . r .o . 1BB7).
45.
*",, uí lí*;'í' ;i;; --,r,Fols . 28 ; 7 tÁ . by 5 in . ; 12 l in r :s , each 2 in . long ; fa i r Naskh;
strrnrpecl leather binrl ing ; dated t.s. 972 (e.n. 156a).
Tbis qostd,ah, written in prai-"c of tlrl Prolihet llul.rammacl afteriL'-' battle fought at Badr, consi,rts of lTti couplets, The Pcrsiantrrrnslrrtion untler cach linc, inscribeil il rcrl ink, is also in verse anclrhr-rnes with the Arabic verse. The author of the Àrabic original wasVLrhammad b. Sa'rt l al Busir i (d. e.n. 694, 690, or 697, e. l . 1294,l J : t 6 , o r l 2 ! t7 ) .
'I'he gostdah begins :
.r'À^e!,..1- u77t-<^-l e^7 én pl- -ci.r ,tl.=. f i; o-tThe anonymous metric l'ersian translatiol, rvhich was wlittcr in
r - u . r r 7 ( t , n . 1 , 1 8 2 ) , b c g i n s :
: l ;
gI- *;j ;;16r,\*^.o *.,T_rj f, )\ \-, .:
.* .í51 \.' e,-kt".\ .*:t
r]r;\ J, *rl*( ' í . I l lor , l i l ' ln11nn, i . 1-r . 2. t7 ; c tc.
r l I ) l ] \ I L l , l E ( ' ( ) L L I . l ( ' f l ( ) \ .
46.
- - - ' * ' - , ' t - t.-.:'Diwàn al-Mutauabbi.
Fols. -101 I 9; in. i ,r ' 6. in.: rr l . . ' i iLrrn \a' l ib; printed' at Calcutta,
a . E . 1 2 6 1 ( . r . r . 1 r 1 ; J
A conrplete r-", l l l l t ion nf t :p nrptni in alphabetical ori ler oÍ t l re
celebrate, l - \ l , i r r i l . -Tesvrh -{}rrrr,r ' i h. I lusain aL-ffutanabbi (d. e"u' 354'
e . r . 9 6 , r ) .
Tlre frr-.t ga-<i,/Ltli bt lin. :
t l j , .Ë' r- i iá:í g^-.--, j ' ' * ; j l
- .-Jl ' - i J,L- ' t j l cJ^\
Io r f ISS. se t l l . l l . \ . Cr t . , p . 17Só. an t l Supp l t . , 1038-1039; Io th
( I .O. Cat . ' . E07 : e tc . F r ' r D i t te r ic i ' s ed i t ion w i th A l - I \ ' áh id i ' s
commentar\- see StrPPlement.
47.
--.,J\ .,, l \ t- ' l :^i ..,1 - '- 'L > / 9 " v / "
Diwán Shihàb al-Din al-M[sá.
Fols. 132; 7à in. by 5 in.; 17 l ines, in t louble columns; headings
in rec l ; goodNas\b ; da tedÀ.8 . 1139 (e .o . 1726) ; eopy is t , Ibn 'Abc l
al-'Wáhid Muhammacl.
The introcluction to the Di$'án is by the author's son, lfa'tirc1, who
collectecl ancl arrangecl it, and gives the clate of his father's death,
r .u . 1087 ( r . r . 1676) , aget l 62 ; the D iwán is comple te in t le ta i l , an i l
i s d i r ided in to th r te par ts : - -
. - ' l J ^ : \
. l r I. -) ,.|' t
r ) )
. j ; : . . c\ j lr vI 'he introdul t io l r L, g in. :
. o\.r,i^]\ F è..'{,' rr: ,.-í.Á< .,.ii-'
"^lr. ,:írt;
The Diwán begins :
ditjr i -^!l ":.=.: n,.!
! *t1'2, "r) JJ.:; ,iji.Jl li.o
ÀRÀBIC M.{NUSCRIPTS.
48.
,--Ít 9l..rl ,-\-*" ér".J\ i;ll-
Suláfat al-'Asr fï Mahásin A'yán al-,Asr.
Fols. 279; 10i in. by 5i- in.; 29 l ines, in clouble columns; good
Naskh; bound. in strong leather; dated r.s. 1082 (e.r. i67l).
A collection of verses. The author is 'Ali Sadr al-Din al-Maclani
b. Ahmad Nizàm al-Din al-ïusaini al-T.Iasanï, who accompanied hisfather to llaidarábàd. Ile was imprisonecl by Sultàn ÀbU al-Fasan,
but was favoured by the Emperor 'Àlamgir. He died at Sbirá2,
e..n. 1l l7 (e.n. 1705). His f irst gasidah is decl icated to 'Àbtl-al lah
lluhammad Qutb-Sheh.The work is divided into f.ve sections. one of which is clevoteil to
the poets who flourished in the eleventh century e.x. in each of theioliowing sets of countries:
i. Mecca ancl Medina.
ii. Syria anil Egypt.
iii. Yemen.
iv. Persia, Babylonia, and Asia lfinur.y. Morocco, etc.
Br.eins:
f t - U,ltt cLUi- ;clro\;r g\ "r"\r
See Brockelmann, i i , p. a2l; Ahlwardt (Berlin Cat.), 7418; etc.
XIII. ELEGANT PROSE.
49.
..5qr.ll c-Y\-\À.
Maqánát al-Badi'i.
Fo ls .76 ; 8 f in . by 5 f in . ; 1 l l i nes , each 3S in . Iong; wr i t ten in
clear f{asta'lÍq; injuretl by insects close to binding; bound in plain
leather; not ciated, probably copied in the eleventh eentury e.n.
A collection of forty maqdmahs (cliscoulses) and thlee: arlriitional
D.rrelettes, r:ompilecl by Badi ' al-Zamán b, ai-ïusain. bet ' .el knowu
il
38
as .A . l -H r rn t r t r l i r r i . r i , j i - : . , . , l t i . , ' , , . , 1 l , l , ' ' l : t l t , r l t t t Áb f l a l -Hasan
b . l ' l t ' i s r r l -Z , r r j r r t r . l ' r : : : : . l r 1 . , ' : ' l - ' ' t l L i ' r u t ho Ï t r ave l l ed t o
( i r - r l g r r t r i n r . t t . : l : r t ' r . : , 1 r r r ) . : : ' : - : ' \ : ' l , . 1 ' i r ' ' and f i t r 411 Ï se t t l e i l
in ( ih, tzni . H, : n r t - , l : " 1 : l i ' , l - : ' ' : i ' i r : : ' . l l l ] ' t to \ r r i te p leasantr ies,
t o s ' h i r h t L r ' - \ i , l , r - l : , K : - , ^ l : l . ' , , 1 - i t , r ' ' r ' l r r t l beg tn t o t ake
a l i k i ng . H r , 1 : i : r I H r " i i : . r . t l ; ; ' . ' ' r . r r ' 101 )7 ) , l Í hen he was
r i t r l r ' l 0 1 ' . . 1 i 1 . , f r r { ' .
I i l t l r t p r - t ' - t 11 i * ' t , t i i . . ' : , . : - - i : . , r s t ' l ' " 1 ) l l l l t l ( ' l ' t l l e n l t t nc o f
t lsá b. Hi :hÍrn l ra i Lt( 'u l . lL i i t r $ i :1. - . " i . r^ l t lL" r t ' l r ' r ' l t t tLc-s narr l t tet l
in tlrc iitoq11 r,itt/,t.
Begins :
a\À.c ,.r-.r , .*; ' ':.Jl-
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w i t h a c o m m e n t l l ' r a t ] i t i l i i t i l - r ' i t . l ; l 1 l . r ' l ' 1 l : ' ! , '
5 0 .l l 1 r -
u r i ; S ' r 9 w r . > r
Maqàmát al-Hariri.
tr 'ols. 125 ; 12] in. bv 8 iu. ; 17 l int 's, t :r tr ' ] t ' . r in ' long; r ' r i t ten in
splenrlitl Na,*!È, wi.th hcadings in recl inli, on thin paper; numerous
notes ir small and clcar Nasta,lr t i ; sl ightlv soi lcd ancl patchecl;
1'lrrin lertlrer liinrling; not tlatecl ; bears 'an 'trz-didttltr artl a seal
c , ï l r rL | r 'u l -Drn - - \hnac1 T i1 r r - rn , l .E . 1188 ( - r .n . 177{ ) .
I1r,. . t , 1,t . , , t l ic r r-el p,, .ptr lur stol ies of Alt ir JIul. [LnrtDu,l l t l -Qásim
b. ' . \1 l r1 - l I ' r l l l l ,1 . r .n . . r1 í i , r .1 , . I1 l l \ . r ' , ' l l r r wr t . t l t t t l r r r : t famous
pt ' , r . t , - r t ' t i l , . t ' , i ] , i - t i r r , , ' . ' l
l i ' ' s " l l l i ' ' l i r i ' 1 ' ' 1 i lL t " ' - r0 )naqdndhs
( r l i . . , , t L t ' . . . . : ' t , i i ' r \ r t t . - ' : ' ' l . i , , 1 ' t l I i ' r ' i r i l r : l t j ' t - : : - \ I - l t i s á l a h
a I - S i n i l s u l t . i , i . l l j ; : . I - \ ' I l : t " - ' : , ' i : : l l i r r r L i l t " l ' 1 2 4 ) ' A s
t h e l a u t s r ' 1 i i t r ' , . I i : - , - : ' ' i l j r ' - i í \ ' r 1 l \ ' \ r l 1 i l r t L e Í o r m c t ,
r v h i c h ' r r a s c , , u l ' , . . ( , i l t r t . t t i ' ï i . l ' . i i l r : i . ( " t l i r r i l t ' i l l t ' l t ' t t e l t l ( s ) t
r r h i l e t he l e t t t ' r - -
' ; r ' L : . , . 1 . t i i : r \ t l l - \ \ ' ( ' r ' 1 ( r l t l r c l a t t e r '
- j ' ?a-r t l l I l l" \ - r g , v A j , l r , ' ) \ - d l
l-
i
ARABIC IIÀNUSCIIII'TS. ji9
Tor other copics see Khed. Lib., iv, p. 829; leyclen Cat.,425;I l . lLA. Cat . Suppl t . , 1006-1011 ; Loth ( I .0 . Cat . ) , 8 l8-822 I Browne'(lanb. Cat,), 1088-1090; etc. The olclest IISS. in Eulope are thel'.scurial copy, dateal À.rÍ. 582 (1.o. 11BG), anrl Strassburg, 5, clated.r.n. 5tl4 (e,.n. 1188). tr.ol eclition," anrl glossary sce Supplemcnt.
51.
, . . r .= l \ r : . \ ^G.
Maqámát al-HarirÍ.
l ' o ls . 27{ ; 12 in . by B i in . ; Nas l ih ; p r in ted a t Cr r lcu t ta , , r .n . 1225r . n . i 8 0 9 ) .
This is vol. i of the same work as above, comprising the firstïhi,-Ly maqdnta,hs, collated with cight Arabian manuscript copies anclr ,rlrectecl for the press by trIaularvis Allah-cliui and Jtrn ,Àli.
52.
*1.;=1t c;l^\i- qri
$harh Maqàmàt al-Hariri,
Fo ls . 71 ; 10 in . by 6 , r in . ; 17 l ines , c . rch i i l - in . long ; Nas ta ' l iq ;
plLrin leathcr bincling ; not rlated I tlarscritrccl rt Lnclno*..
An anonyurous cornurentary upon thc llaqirnht oÏ Al-Haliri, see
For Bahà'i ancl his works see Elliot, Hist. o{ India; Beale, Orient.I3iog. Dict., pp. 64-6ó; I lïgel (Yienna Cat.), i, p. 409 ; Loth
( I .O. Cat . ) , 83a; Ethé (LO. Cat . ) , 1517 and 2251.
oo .
,ÉJt ;l;Nafbat al-Yaman.
I 'p. 603; 12i in. by 9 in.; Naskh; pl inted at Calcutta, e..n. 1226
( , r . o . 1 8 i 1 ) .
Àn Arabic misccllany of compositions in plose antl reLse, selected
or original, by Al]mad b. Ilullanmacl al-Ansár'i al-Yamani al-
Shirwáni, who compilecl it in Calcutta at the desire of Matthew M.
Lumsden, and cl ied. there, e.u. 1227 (r, .1. 1812).
Beeins:
sijl a-Ll.r^Jl
56.
.;\*(J1 a.i* L* .+LJl .-+J I
AI.'Ajab al.'Ujáb Fimá Yufirl al-Kuttáb.
Pp. .101 ; 9 -L in . by 6 ] in . ; Naskh; p r in ted a t Ca lc r i t ta . r ,n . 112 ' . ,
r . r , . 1 u 1 3 ) .
42 B, \ l L l I l . l ( { , L1 .1 .1 ( l I r . ) \ .
A complete introd.uction to tho ur.t ,,i lt,tte r-n riting, being acol lect ion of lettcrs upon vi l l i íns : l l l i , . , . . . . , ,- , , :rrpi lecl by the sameShtrikh Al inad b. Muhammacl l-r . ,- \ l i 1,. I l r , :rhim al-Ansári al-Yamani al-Shirrváui, the author r-it the s,,r.li ,l..rlibccl above.
Begins :- l t - l , ' r . ï r ! r
í ' - t-.*.. ,,t
), Ít .í. la À:-Ja-sl
xI \'. 'f .\ L L:.
o t .
ar.^LJl *..-l .,t:-: '
Majnun Lailá al- 'Àniriyyah.
t r 'o ls . 50 ; 9 | in . by o: l in . : I l l in , . . . , i i iL ; i ' i1 . 1 , ,ng I c lcarNasta' i iq ; the verses |1111s 1',rr i ' , i . i i ,1 i , , l : 1, . ,LLn,l iu 1, l tr in leather ;sl ightly damagecl by inser:ts i rrr,r i r l i r l r-r1.
À love storr. Tho helo is thc ct lr t l rr t t . , l Orri- b. \ Iu'à,1, bctterknown as Ibn al- l fulawrluh rr l l l , t i l " r , l - ' - l r ,Li l i l l rh thc heloine.l lainin was the nrnrc siven ttr ()uis l f tcl i rc harl ILr l lcn in lovel-ith Lailir. He livrrrl in thc timc of thc Iihtlifah ]Iishtrm of theUrntvráh dynasty about, thc ïear À.H. 10,3 (r.o. 721).
The storv is in prose, probably l-ritten by TIabib b. Rabboh; therurrrcr'oLlr r-erses tlith rrhich thc composition is intcr-qpolscrl area t : r ' i l , rL t l r l t , , t l re f la juLrn h imsc l f , (C f . Broche lmann, i , l . {S . )
I i r * in . :I
i ' - r . ! ,
I : , , r ' t l r i l ' t r ' - i r , r i
t l t ,- .cr ibrt i in 1i, . . I ' . ;
i)r, i,ít, i"r: é=t, a.-i., .l-:r ;-:.\ ,3i, , 1 ' . 1 . , i , i v r - t , , ) \ . , t " I - , , ; l i - r L ) I u j n u n , t t
I ' p . 888 i 9 l in
r . a . l 2 2 U - 1 2 i l i i . r . r , .
ó 8 ó 9 .
É- _r
$.^ s-
AIf lai lah-u Lai lah,
hs È in. I \a.kb : prir i t td at Calcutta,
l b 1 - 1 - i b l À : i \ r ( r \ ( , r , i .
ÀRÀBIC ]IÁNUSCRIPTS.
The "Arabian Nights" in the original Arabic; the two rolumc-"
contain the stories of 200 nights. 'Ihe rvork has been erlitecl bv
S_iraikh Ahmad. b. tr{uhammad al-Shirrvánï al-Yamanr (see Nos. 55-56).
See Eáj. Khal., i i , 93; Bodl. Cat., i, 2;i-1 ; i i , r ir lS; Stewart'sDescriptive Cat., 134; Loth (I.O. Cat.),994-9gti; I3,rdl. Persiar Cat.,1635 ; e t c .
62.
,.,1--Jl ;L-v ) -
Haydt al-Ilaiawàn.
Fo ls . 357; 1 l i in . by 6 f in . ; 33 l ines , cach-1 | iu . long ; wr i t ten in
small clcar Naskh ; headings in red ink; gilt-stauped binding ; much
tlamaged ; clatccl e.s. 805 (e.n. la02).
A famot,q zoological dictionarr-, but it is something mole. The
rrolii contails chapters on the history of the Àrab ruleLs, on leligion
and llLrv, aurrotations on the Qurán, and dissertations on scicnce, poetry,
di, t iorr. t tc. The arLthol l 'n-* KarnáI al-Din Muhannerl b. f l isá
t r . ' 1s , - r 1 , . ' ^ \1 i e1- I l i ru í r ' i (11 . . r . r r . ó01\ . l .D . 1 { Í )6 ) . r rho comf i led i t in
e . u . i 7 ; l . r . n . 1 ; l i l
A t t h e i , i ' g i l r r i r : ; r i , i l , l i : : l ' : 1 , : , r ' I ; t ; r r 1 , , , ' l i - i n y , r ' , , . , ' a n , 1 1 9 7 i n
l e r s e h a s L c t t r i i , i ' i , l . r l - r , i l i l : i ; . , i . - ' , : ' - i i r ' : I I , , r u r t L i c h t h e
author gathcretl ur , t ' . r ' : r l t r Li- rr r '<.
The r l i c t ioua l r hc : iu . r r l :h : r ^ . . : : . : ' r : I r i l i . r i ' i t l i i h t b re .
Beg ins i . ' - . . , * . ' i t - ; i * . - r l t a - :J . r^J l\ - V )
See Há j . K }a } . , - 1663 : B . \ Í . - t . C r r : . . i . 1 ,p . : 1ó -216 , 460 , 635 ,and 691 ; lo th ,L0. t a t . , 1 t ) ( l j - i0r l+ ; F l i ig t i . \ - ienna Cat . ) , i i ,n . ! 50 so .
.{RÀRIC MÀNIISCRII'TS. + )
63.
L-Jt ,*tUQám[s al-Muhit.
Fols. 741 ; 12! in. by 6i in.; 27 l ines' each 4| in' long I clear
Nashb; illuminatecl frontispiece ; gold and coloured lines round the
pages, bouncl in gilt-stampecl leather; bears several seals of the
owners; transcl ibei l in tr{ecca, e.s. 1030 (e,n. 1620).
The MS. is in good preservation and complete. À very famous
dictionary of the Àrabic language, b-r $!rail'h al-Islám Majd al-I)in
Abn Táhir Mut,ammacl b. Ya'qub al-TÍruzàbádi (d. e'n. 817'
e.r. 1414), who extractecl material for it chiefly from his earlier
rvork entitlecl as Àl-'Ubáb wa-al-Mulrkam, which was in 65 vols.
Begins, ) \ - ' \JJ l ; [ - - a-rJu^! \
See B.M.A. Cat , , i , pp.229, +oe, o ib, 692; i i , pp. 588-590; Loth(I.0. Cat.), 100ó-1014; etc. It has been printed in two volumes,
Calcut ta, r . r . 1233 (e.o. 1817).
64., - 1 ,.h--s:"l \21nb
QámÍs al-Muhit,
Fo ls . 6ó8; 13 t in . by 7 j in . ; 29 l ines , each '1 ] in . long ; wr i t ten in
goocl Naskh, with heacl ings in red; boun,1 iu gi l t-stamped leatht:r;
bears several 'ar4-dzd,ahs, the olclest is clatet l e.r. 1091 (e.1, 1680).
Another goocl copy of the preced.ing work I unfortunately it has
a few folios missing at the end.. It begins like above.
XVI. CONTROY]iRSY.
66.
s*+-!'iJ\-;Risàlat Bá-Saifain,
Fols. 141 ; 8* in. by 5] in' ; 15 l ines, each 4 in. long ; good
Nasta'lïq ; paper covers ; t lated e.u. 1229 (e.n. 1813).
+ l ) l , i . \ t L L I I t ( 0 L t . l t ( l ' 1 0 N .
A trert ise on lr . l i l ion. .- irntr. ,r , l . Í ]r i , i \r Í ,r ,r [ 'hr ist ians ancl tr fusl ims,
hv Jawrrirt l Sl lrr-rt J: ih-Srri f , i t t . r i I l , t i , t , I i t to the \Yazïr ' As'at l. [ ' a s h i l . s u n o f S L r l i r l l r i t r I ) r ' ] r r . í i , , r ' , 1 1 , 1 , t ] i , : l r l r r i l .
Án in , l t , x to the wot 'k i s g i r - r 'n r r t t l i , . 1 , : i : . r r r : r t , A t the end thereís a q ts l i , th cons is t ing o f 83 1 i r r r . . ( i ,n i j , , i . 1 in ex to l l ing the v i r tues
of Abi 'Alxl al-Razzáq '-{ lrr l r l - [ .) i r , l i l rrr I i i r t 1,r ' r iscs of the beauties
o{ Ba.{rrllrd.
I3egins :
it -*5, *lrlr-' srf .-J' -.,,,.r:\l\ .rf*r.)J
66.
é-r*-Jl d-ill "\^-\
Asmà' AIIáh al-Husnà.
Fols . 4 ; 6 j i r r . by l j in . ; 6 l ines in th rec cohr l i rn . , ea t ' l r J i l , long ;
not clatecl.
These ale the 99 namcs of God in Arabic, wlitten in bold l{askh,
with their mealing in Persian in Nasta'lïq, in rerl ink.
PItRSIAN I IANIISCRII '1r . 1 :
B. PERSIAN MANUSCRÏPTS.
I. TTIBOLOGY.
67.
g,,SjL" -l-sJ\
Injil-i Muqadilas.
Tols. 108; 12- , ' in , by 8 in. ; 17 l incs, each 4* in. long; wr i t ten inclear Nasta'liq on thick paper with headings in retl ink ; bearssignature of the Hon. A. Seton ; probably copied in the twelfthce'ntury e.u.
The Persian velsion of thc Nerv Tcstamelt.Begins :
el\ - +'Other translations are clescribeil elsewherc, antl for etlitions st.c
Supplement.
68.t t - -
! t . . , ! ' t
\,r,-,ur.>. u-., 1
À'ina.i Haqnumà'.
Io ls . 127; l l i i n . by 9 in . ; 29 l ines , each 6 l in . long ; .wr . i t t cn in
\rr.ta'liq-shikastah-ámïz ; bouncl in plain leathcr ; copyist, Jagan-
-\Lrth; bears signaiure of J. \Y, Urrluhart.
Á work on the tloctrincs and ethics of the Christian rcligi,rn.
tliffelr:lces betwcen its tenets antl those of Islám, containing critl,rr':r,:
to lil'oye its superiority over other religions. . It was *'r'itt,,n rrL,l
completed in e,.n. 1018 (e^n. 1609) and r ledicatet l to t lr i ' F.n1 , r ' , ,r '
J,rhi ingir, by Geronimo, or, as somc writc i t , Hielonlrrr, \rLvirt ,
rr r i :r t i r-o of Nalart 'e, antl a Jcsrr i t , t 'ho cnrne' ï t 'orn Goir. rvl .r .r ' r . ]r i ,u-as
4,S
attached to the Cathol ic missi, ,n f t 'orn r.n. f i7l t i l l his death at the
same p l r rce in r . l . 1617. I I t w , rs t l i r í r t r i l r , r r o f severa l o ther works ,
e.g., a l i fe. ol Chri-t . e t t ' rn: lut iun int 'r Per,. ian of the Psalms,
a historr of St. Ptter, a ( iuir l . . to King.. I- ives of t l te Àpostles, etc.( )n t 'be f l v le , r l i s founr l t l r t ' f , , l l , r r r i t t : : t , . , i r in Eng i ish : -
" I 'he Gospt' l of ( icrolr irno lari t ' l : -
" The )Í,rgul Eurpcr,rr ' - \kbnr, rrh,r rrrL. 1lrt , l to no rel igion, wrote
to the I i ing o{ Portugl l in 18iJ . ' . ' r i - l i inx l i im f,rr a translat ion of
the Scriptures into ArLibic or PcrsirLn, rtn 1 ut i l te satue t ime one who
was capable of explaining to hiur t l te ( 'hr i . t i rrn lcl igion. One
Geronimo Xayier, a Jesuit, .1{ 11l11fi ,rn nf t} , , . i rul, lus St. Irancis
Xavier, was appointed for this put'pose, har-ins lerrlnt:tl, as he says,
the Persian language in eight .vears. conlpostd tlris t,,rok, antl presented
it to the Great Mogul in Apri l , 1862 (?)."
ProbrLbly this account is more applopliitt' to the life of Christ,
which the authot had written and cleclicateLi to Àkbar in the 47th rear
of his leign, ,s,.H. 1011 (.r.n. 1602) ; eyen thtn tLt t lates coulcl never
be reconciletl.
The present work, vhich is in the form of a rlialogte between the
author as exponent of the Chri-stian rlogmas anrl a flakim (philosop]rer')
or Mullá (Mulrammaclan priest), consists of five áaás or chapters with
numelous subdirisions (see inclex on Íols. 4b-5a)t
3áb I. 1&i- C.rr ,\"^;T 6tr:=1 cr\iilr.'in f i .ve/apls (sections): fols.5a, 8b, l la,14á, and. 18ó.
Bàh I t . J i r4T *<d lJ i r t ,Or* * t *1 .J ay í - , - '
in e iglrt . l i r .r l ,s : fols. 20b. 21(1, 29b, 34b, 38a, 1|b, 4)a. and 48a.
Bá l I I I . , r g> ' .g - - - : c . - -^ * .11 . , - 'i n n ine . l cs l . : f r '1 . , ) l t , i l r t . ; i h , 6 ( t1 , . É- í ' r , i tn r l 680 ( the
lL r l , r i r - . - f r , , : r ; f r i t i i . . t ' r ' . t . th . r in ,1 t i l i r th . / l t s ; . u te absent ) ,
Ráb I \ - . . , - - \ r -sJ t , r g , - . , * i 3 - - - ' . - ' r - J_ . i : - , - \
i n r i g l i t . / i t . . / r : l ^ . . ï 3 r , i t j l ' , \ 1 i , b + r . : 8 a . 9 3 a , 9 6 a ,
and {r i }r .
Báb v. ,j#' ,1-: j -I .-----" j-. .:, -:,.-ij . -' -' .:'lr-ib' g\drói n e igh t . /a " "1 r : i c , i s . 102b, 107a, 110a. 112b, l l sb , l l6b ,
Cf. Rieu (B.lf.P. Cat.), i, p. 4 ; etc. A reply to the work waswlitfou a l itt le after in r.n. 10i11 (.r.n. 1622) by Ahurad. b. Zainal-'Àbii l iu al- í ' l lawr.
69 .
?^Àl jv'
rl:*''J
Dabistàn-i Mazàhib.
F o l s . 2 3 9 ; 1 0 | i n . b y 7 i i n . ;in Nasta'J.ïq--qhihastah; headings
bouud in gi l t-stamped leathcr.;
. r . r r . 1 8 0 0 ) .
PI'RSIÀN }IÀNUSORIPTS.
15 l ines, each 4gin. long; rvl i t te.rr
in ret l ; i l luruinated frontispiece;
cop ied by Díná-Rám, e . .n . 1215
An exposition of the religious creeils and philosophical svstems oltLc Ea.qt, The author.'s name tloes not appear', but the rvor.k is
J'rubablyclue to Mubirt l-Sháh, irho complcted i t sholt lr aftcr..r .u. l06,jr . r . 1 6 5 3 ) .
Conrprising f i f tecn section-" rvi th nlurr{, t .or ls srrbsectirrn-s, i t gir-esa fLrir insight into the bcl iofs of thc. Pir lsl- . . I l ini l i r , . , I ludrlhists, Jews,Cirr i ,sf iaas, I{usl ims, Murvahhids (unitarians), Phi losophers, Stf is
.theosoplr ists), and several others.
13egins :
j:*ri a.r.l, r\.lrs- !l\-r 9j -rU el:*lJ J\À!1 .$,rr-;j aLi -r1t ' f . Rieu íB.M.P. Cat.) , i , p. 141 sq.; Bodt. Cat. , 791 ; per. tsch
.Brr l in Cat.) , pp. 27 1-212; Ethé (I .O. Cat.) . 2542-2ó47; Arrrnol
, f lun ic i r Cat . ) , p . 126; I3 rowno (Camb. Cat . ) , 120- i22 ; e tc . l r 1 r r -tr.rn completely translated into llngii-sh for the Oricntal Tlltnslritr,,rrFun,l b]- D. Shea ancl A. ' l ' rovar' , Paris, ,r . .n. l8- lB. The l 'or ' l i lxr ; i , . ,rb t ' n p r rb l i shed a t Ca lcu t ta , s .u . l22 l (e . .n . 1809) ;
' fehenn, r r r l J , t r l
. r . r , . l E l { , \ ; B o m b a y ' , , . r . . u . i 2 6 4 - 1 2 7 7 a n t l 1 2 7 0 ( . r . r , . 1 \ j ; - \ i i t )
e r i 1 l t j 2 ' .
50
?0 .
*"'-1,';' ', 'J ;:'-')l:'Alànàt i-Nujr im al-Furqàn.
1'1r. 31 ;3 ; 1{) I in. bs 7I iu. ; \rst. t l i ,1 ; printerl at Calcutta,
. r . r r . l l l 6 ( r . r . 1 8 1 i ) .
This rrork on tho J-,, . :J. or the col ' l ' . . - , t r t l rns nntl recit ing of thc
Qrrr i in, wrs originrl l r comlri l t ,r l in the ; l l t l i strn of the reign of' l l r r rng ï r (e .n . 1093, . r , .n . 16S2) hv I l ,n \ I r i l r r ru rnr r '1 Sr l i i l f lus ta fá .
First t l tere is (pp. 1-20) a clescri lr t i , ,n í , i t l r , . \ \ 'ofr ls of the various
Shrahs r-rf the Qurán, grouped in 30 stt',iurr.. tlrt.n the rorris follow
I r , l s . í j lS ; l í i ] i n . bv l 0 ] i n . I l 5 - ( i l i nes , cnch 61 i n . l ong ; w r i t t eni t r f i t t t ' \ r . t r i i i I . l , i l i i r t L l r - h1 r t z : s , , 111 l l i r f t r i i t ( j y t , r ' r ' n , ' u t 1 l - v r i t t en ;
he l l l i t t l - i n r " ' l : t i r t ' i ' r ' ' r ; : l - t , i , , s t r t l : r , : r r l n l r r t . t i u . c . snpe rb l y
i l l u m i l r L t , . l s i ' i L g , , . L : i , , l l r , i i n t l . i . l i l , r . : t r , r ' . l l r i , l r i s g i l t , l i n e r l
r o u n r l t l r , . r n r r ' l : l : - : , i , : l . r . l r . i l . l 7 . t . ; , . 1 r l 1 ; : . r - \ ' r . n v o l s . b o u n d
in one,
An excc l l r ' r i t , , t , r i r : : I r : , - , r ' . : i l , , f t i r , , f i r l no l l s wo rk on
gene ra l h i s t o l t - t , r ' l I i r K ] s ' r : t , 1 . , n t r r i r , i n l : r . \ ' ( l r t - o l umes : I , on
f o l . 1 á ; I I , f , i l . 1 t t ; l / , : I l l . i , l . l i ; ; ; r ; I \ - . 1 , r 1 . ; i l r ) ó ; \ , f o l . 4 0 2 b ;
Y I , f o l 4 8 6 à ; \ T I . f i , l . { l r } ; r .
Ior t let r i ls of th is l ' , , r , l i sr .e r rnot l rL,r ropr d( 'scr ibL 'c l e lsewhere.
P.I]RSI.IN }IÀNUSCRIPÏS.
72.
,,1-ll o!1r\^i1 jr-Jl .-^r:>
Habib al Siyar fi Akhbàr Afràil al-Bashar.
Io1s. 325 ; 14j in. by 9| in. ; 21 l ines, cach 6i ' in. long; writ ten in
clcar Nasta'lïtl, with heailings in i'cil ; bounil in plain leather ; probabiy
copicd about the bcginning of the thilt,:onth century r.n. I bears
. ignature of C. Gladwin.
This MS. comprises the flr'st lwo juz' or part of the thilil volume
of the well-known gencra). histoly, whioh was originally written,
r.u. 927-930 (1.r. 1521-1J2-+), bJ the -.ame glantlson of }[ i r I{hwàncl(sce No. 7l), Qlrivas al-Din, called Khl-lrncl--{ntr', who hail completecl
the Rauzat al Safe' (see abole). The prcsent rvork was unclertaken
bv the author at the clesire o{ his patron, Sa.v;'id Ghiyás al-Din
fluhanmad b. Y[suf al-Husaint, who was a favourite on account of
his learning rvith Sultán Tlusuin ancl his suocessors, and was appointecl
{ilst a teacher in the College at Heriit, and subsequently rose to tLc
judgeship of Ilclát antl I{hurlrsàn under S-háh Ismá'rl Safawi, but s'a,s
melci lessly t leprivci l of l i fe in e.u. 927 (r.r. 1521) by t)re ( iorerr irr ' .
The l irst 1'uz' oI the prcscnt volume, fols. i-1113, contir ins Listorv
of the Khàns of ' furkestirn, an accorLnt of Chingiz l i l , t in and his
d.-.1'tntllnts in Persia and Turktstiin.
The seconii .1'nz', Íols. 193&-enr1, compriscs a histolv of the royal
dlnr-qties contemporary with Chingrz Khàn antl successors.
l l re third rolumc begins :
é 1\"r1, À.rri ,l,r- o:-l(,ro J f;t er ólr= .5\:J.r ,--,. .,t,Hrrbib al-Siyar has been printed. at Teherán, tn. 1271 (r.n. 1854),
en,l l i thographed at Bombay, e.n. 1273 (r.n, 18ó6), see this ecl i t i r .rrr
dr.. , r ' ibet l in the Supplemcnt. Cf. I for ley (I f .A.S. Cat.), pp. a2-;{ i .
rh' .r ' t 'contents ale ful ly t lcscl ibr:d; Rieu (B.U.P. Cat.), i , p. 98 s,1.;
&ri l . Cat., 70-82; Ethó ( i .O. Cat.), 79-100; Flt igel (Yienna ( ' i i t . ' .
i L l . 70 I Àumer ( l lun ich Cat . ) , p . 75 sc1 . ; Brorvne (Camb. ( ' l t . ' .
l 0 an i l 121-127, anc l H is t . o f In r l ia , i v , pp . 15{ -158: Q,L : , t l tu r i r ' . , .
i l
rn r l t les Savants , , t ,n . 1843, p . 386 sq . ; e tc ,
,2 I J . \ I J , I , I I . ( ' ( I J , J . J i ( ' T I ( )N .
i H I S T í ) l i f ( ) l ' l t l I l - l i .
73./ - r ; J
Zafar-námah.
I "u l . . r l ; lJ ; 9 | in . l r r ' 6 in . ; 1 . i ] iu , 's . t ' : r ' r r l l in . Iong; wr i t ten in
exr:r ' l l ttrt srlraLl NLrstrr' l iq; fr 'ruii: ir it '" ' i l 'rrrr ' l :1""t 1 rrith gold'; goltl
l int 's louncl the plges; l tel t , l i l l : t in g ' l i r , tL 1 t l ink; bciuncl in ret l
rclr-et I probablv transcribt ' i l in t l i , ' nint lL " r-: rr ' \ ' i t l re Hij l ' t th ; nerv
tr}algins hrrve been pastei l ; br:t tr 's at l ins' ' r ' i l ' t i ' l r :Ll t lLt ' e]1'1 " That this
cop). was rca(l for a ferr r lnvs bt- SrLlt irrr - \ l i l l i : , rr ir i l , i l l i lz ir Sa{arvï.t t
An authentic history of thc gr ' , ' r t t ( '" l l , ' t r r"t ' l ' i rr t t- tr '
TaDrerlane)
f ro rn h is b i l th , , r . .u . 736 ( . r . .n . l i r l t i . t r r lL i - i r : l r . \ ' I I ' \ r )7 ( r ' r ' 1405\ ,
col lecteal from c,ff icial records, bv f luul lni : r ' , i r l - l ) i rr ' - \ l i YazclÍ
( i l . l .n. 858, e. l . 145-tr), rrho tr-r is rL' . :rr ' ' I i ' i t I l i r" r"rLlt of Sultán
.qháhru\! l l i rzá ancl ,subsr_.citrontlv of i . i - - , ,n, sr:.1:,n I1' t ' r i i r inr \ [ i rzà,
at whose desire the p|escnt worl i tr l t ' L" ' :rr i ' ;""1 rr i Sri l lz i i l ior lr rears
and r lei i icatecl to Sháhrukh i tr .r . .r . \ l \ ' r .D. I I i . l . Thc Zafar-
nàmah, or, as i t is often ctr1lc11. fJrrrrrr-n,t i trrL' l t ' is lvr i t ten in such
a style that it is consirlered a ve|y norlul c,f eLcgirnce in Persian plose
composition. Sharaf aI-Dïn, besidcs other rrorks, wrote the Sharh oI
(.ommcntaly on the Qasïclah Burrlah (see No. 45). Ile also wrote
( f . R i c L r I i . l l , l ' . ( ' r I . . i . l . 1 ; ; : i ' ' 1 : T : l i i : - ' 1 \ - i r t L n e C a t ' ) , i i ,
p . l r 9 : l f r . , r l i . \ . : I r , ' l r ' 1 r l ' L : I l " i i ( r t i i ' l ; l - l á 9 ; E t h ó
( I . { ) . t ' a : . . 1 ; ; l I ' i r , : i l ' ; 1 . : l \ : l i : - \ ' i : : . ' l } l r i r ' i ' i r C r i t ) ' p ' 8 6 ;
] I e h l e n 1 , , 1 , , - 1 . r . . - l l ( . : l ' . l : ' : l i : " r l r ' ' ( r r : r ' i " ( ' r l t \ ' l - 1 3 - 1 4 4 ;
a l s o s e c T l f j K r , . . i r . : ' . l - ' : - ' . : : ' ' i ' ' I i l ' ' ' t r t ' ( ' a t ' p ' 2 3 s c i ' ;
B l l io t , H is t . , r t i : , i : : . i i r . 1 . l i ' : ' , : ( ' i r ' r : : ' i ' i l ' ! l ) )k tn h igh ly o f
th is work in t i ie t ra t i ' , : . : , : i r ' i : - i ' " l t ' . - i r . ' r l ' 1 Fa l l o f the Roman
Ernpire." An Errgl ir iL r. t ' r . i" tr ,- ' i ih, ' rs, r ' i i is r ' r 'D. 1)arby' Lonclon,
l . l . 1723. l t wLrs co tx l , i t i t . r ' t r ' . ^u . l r r t tL . i i l t " l i l euch by Pet is de la
Croix, " I l istui le dc ' f i ruur'- l l t . ," I ' lLis, r . l . i722'
PT]RSIÀN }IANUSCJRIPTS.
74.
À-UJj.b
Zafar-námah,
Fo is . 483; 10 i - in . by 6 ] in . I 21 l i r ros , each 3 | in . long l o le r r
Nasta'Hq; heaclings in reil ; illuminated frontispiece; coloureil lincs
r.runtl the pages; bound in plain leather; much injured by insects;
bears au 'arg-didah ancl several seals I copied (in Tattah) in e..u. 1090
( r . n . 1 6 7 9 ) .
Another complete copy of the history of Timdr. It agrees with the
copy describecl above.
t o .
an\:rrr;
TimÍ.r-námah,
l 'ols. 220; 121 in. br l0 in.; 17 l ines, each 5 in. long; writ ten in
fair Nasta'iicl ; bounrl in plain leather; slightlv soiled by clamp; bears
s.r i l of Naubat- l iái ; copied. for Nawwáb trIajcl al-Daulah, e.u. 1191
. . r , r . 1 7 7 6 ) .
.{ Persian version ol t}re autobiographical institutes, po}iticai and
mil i tmy, of Trniur. I t is to be notet l that theso neuroirs are usually
nrruretl . tj'.r:i c>'\t1iL (Malfirzàt-i I'ilufirr), uncl l'eru first trans]ated
an,l presentecl to the Emperor Sháhjahirn about r.s. 1()47 (a.D. 1637)-
s<t preface-by Abn Tálib al-T,{usaini Ellurtisáni, lrom a copy in Turki
i:r thc library of the Páshà of Yemen.
l legins:
.3;0.r.4 Jli.'- Ul a^r_rí.-sLàrn"l d.J !jU<1. er! .r^-
el - !.f \Á=L .-sQ s\;.:" ;r)\Cf. for the memoirs generally, Elliot, Ifist. of India, iii, p. 389 sq..
ea.i iv. p. 559 sq. ; Erskine, Memoirs of Babar, pp. 2-3 ; llorler
(R. - \ .s . Cat . ) , pp . 95-96 ; 3od1. Cat . , 150-152; E thé ( I .O. C, , t . ,
196-!03 ; etc. The institutes were translated into English br- lIaj.il
Derr, antl published by J. White, Oxford, l.r. 1783, arrrl the. nenciils
ler: translatecl by IIajor Stervart and publishecl br- the oliental
i : \
í)+
Tlrr t ts l t t i , - ,n I - l t r l , l . l , ,n I r l .
I ' r ' r r , l ' r ' , , l i u t u l t ' ' t L , L l : l l r
- \ . D . I / ó I .
I ] . \ I I ,LI ! ] COI,LDCTIO-\* .
r . r r . I r :10 . Thr , ins t i tu tes were a lso
ti ,r I ' t r ' : i rr tr tert by Langlès, Paris,
( c ) I I I ' s I ' ( )RY o l ' i \ t r l - \ '
?6.
. c . . ' \ r - l . i ' .- ) '
Wáqi 'át- i Bábari.
t r 'o ls . 194; 11 ] in . by ? f in . ; 21 l in t s . t ' r i ' }L l l in . long ; wr i t ten
in cleat Nasta' l iq; bortncl in stanrpt ' t1 l t ' rr i lL.t ; 1'"f i ' ' '1 bv Easan 'AIi
b. Fath 'Alï 4hán of tr[erv, in t]Le pr'',r ir':,, ut liLtrrirsirn (Persia) ;
da tec l r .s . 1215 (e . r . 1798) .
A conrplete copy of the PelsirLn velsiul l " f t l t t ' f l .u. i l 'q of the
xmperor Bi ibar,tral-scribed underthr i lstnrtt i ,- ,u. t , Ï Sul lhu )Iul,anmatl
Nirzá, for the rcai l ing oÍ Pri l1ce 1] irz,r l l tLI. [rrrruir! l Sri l r iurtnshikuh.
A few lines hare been atldctl at tirr: L,cgiur-riug I'y rray of preÍacc,
which begiu :
e -- j . ( ' \ - l*. ,) ' \À:r . .- JL] l ( ,Ji i ) Gi. i ,- ,( !^l \
,-(JL àCl J\Jr/ ! - àu,l'\lj ,..,' cJLJr t1,:1)
I,rr tietails o{ this wolk see an oltler copy tiescribetl elsewhere.
ëryI t .
a:'.:;j, s,;.!
Tabaqát-i A-kbar-Sháhi
I t i l s . 7 ó l ; 1 r I i l t . i . , 1 : r ; . : l : ' - ; r l ' . ' , , , l . : ' . i n . l o n g i $ - l ' i t t e n i n
b e a u t i f u l \ r r s t r ' i i , r . l . ' : ^ s n I ' ; - ' ; r ' r r ' . i ' i i r ' r r l : g i l t t r l t l c o l o u r e d
l ines ronl t l l i t t ' 1 '111, ' : i . ' r , ; :1. , : - l . r , ' i : s^ l : i , t ' i i r ' juret i and repaired' 1
an old copJ.
A most celebl t r t t ' t l g( .Dr l r r l L ist ' r 'v c, l l l r t i i t r f lom the t ine of the
Mus1 im con rpes t ( ^ . t . i 6 ; , À .D . g i ; ' ) t o t he 38 th ) ' ea r o f
PI]RSIAN MANUSCRIPTS. l , - )
Ikbar' 's reign (e.u. 1002, r.o. 1593). The work, which is thc
carliest pertaining exclusively to India, is also known under the
titlcs of Tabaqát-i Akbari, Ta'nlill-i Nizami, ancl Ta'rikh-i Sultnn-i
Jizirmi. It rvas compilecl by Nizam al-Din Ahmail. b. Muhammatl
l lLrqïm al-Harawi (d. agcd 45 ycars, e.u. 1003, ,r . .r . 159{), xhom
-{kbar had appointecl Bakh;li of Gujarirt in the 19th year of his
rtign, anil subsecluently in the i37th -rear BakhÈÍ of the wholc
rrupire. The author clailrccl clcscent Íi'om the celebrated saint
Klrrrájah 'Abd-alláh al-Ansiili al-llarrrwi; anil his Íather, Kbwirjah
)[ur1im, in the ]atter part o{ Ilfrbtr's leign was raisetl to thc Dlt'àn-
slrip oï the Emperor's houseiroltl, and after Birbar's dcath, when
Uujar'át was conquerecl by Huná.vLrn, antl -\lirzá 'Àskali lvas etttrusted
s'ith the governnent of the province of Al.,madábácl, lfuqim was
rul,poirted 'Wazrr
to tLre ]Iilza. Tire KlLrvájah also held high military
(,, l l ruancl under Akbar.
In the pleface the author quotes 29 stanclarcl authorities (soe fol. 2á)
f ,r' his work. Most oï the histolies which followed have madc
c ,irious extracts from the Tabatlát, which is ilivitled ítto antuqaddimah
.irrtrorluction), níne {abuqut (books), alnd, a Lhatintaá (concJ.usion).
\Iuqaddimah, on fol. 3á : History of the Ghaznavides, from Nirsir'
a:- I) ir Sàbuktagin, who was raiscrl to the throue 'n
, \ . n. 3í i7
. r .1 .977) , to the death o f 4husrau- } fa1 ik , Su l tun o f lu l io re , iu
r . u . 5 8 3 ( 4 . . r . 1 1 8 7 ) .
I-, ibaqah I, on fol. 17ó : I l istory of the SLrltans of Dchli , from
lI . ' , ' i tz al-Din trIuhaumad Sim (ihÍr i , knorvn as Shiháb a1-Din, to
- {o i ' r1 , a .s . 574-1002 ( . r , . r . 1178-1ó93) . Th is book conpr ises no t iccs
of ( lrrrb al-Dïn Aibah, foL 20a; Táj al-Din Yaldirz, f .ol .21a; Nàsir
1-1t11 Qubáchah, fol. 22a; Bahí al-Din Tugh'"í I , Ío] ' 22b; I Ial ik
Khilji, prince o{ Lakhnauti, ancl his thKnnautrl, ano nls lnl'ce succcssofs,
.r i rr Jalal al-Din I(]r i l j r and successors, fol. 68á; Ghivás al.Dirr
i i t i rrry and successors, {o1. 94à; t tre Say,vicls, from Khizl l i l rrn.
. I i l r)á; the house of Àfghán kings, from Sahlnl Lidi, fol . 11.1,,.
th,.r leÏcrt at Pánïpat of lbr 'áhïm by l3ábal in e.n. 932 (r.rr. 1r! i ;r . ï01 . 173á; I {umáyhn, fo l . i87ó ; Sh i r -S} ráh S i r r an ,1 :u , ( ' r . ' i , r ' i ,
t i r t .rr t iual overthrow, LoL. 215a I a concise histolt oI th,. r ' , . i rr l r l
bir. {ul, 2i ló; the Àuils who f lourishetl in . \kj , : ,r ' ' - r ' t i : ru
5 6 1 ] . \ I LT , I L ] ( T IL I ,E t ,T ION.
fo l . 37- ló ; 'L - l tn tá ' : ru t1 l -LLzr i l i ' l i t ' ' r ' r r rv n r ' :n ) . fo l ' 3B2D; Mashát ikh
(ho lv pers , . . ,n . ) . to l . Ssda ; Hukaur i p i r r ' - ' i ' : i an= l . fo l ' 388á; S tu 'a rà '
( p o o t s . , f o 1 . 3 8 9 à .
Tabaqah l I , on fc , l . 3 l ró : l l i ' - r t r ' ' , I ' l r " : r t l t l rns o f the Deccan,
a . u . 7 { 8 - 1 0 0 2 ( r . o . 1 l l l 7 - l , l l ; } : t } r ' ' l j r l r i t r r r i r r l r s ' f o l ' 4 0 0 á ; t h c
Njz i rm a l - l lu lk ;s , fo l . ' l ; i ; J , r ; t l r " ' - i ' i . l l i . r r l ' . f , r l . ' 1 i l8a ; the Qutb
a l - ] Iu lk ï , * , fo t . ' lSgá (hcre ' a fc rv t t t l , t i ' s : t t , ' t r r i - . i t t3 . .
Tabaqah II I , fol . '140a: Hi- ' t ,r | t of t l t t l i -rLrl"nr of Gujarirt ' f lom
e.s. 793 (.r.n. 1;390) to i ts atrncxit t i ,ru tu t ir t ) logl1ul Empirt: ,
r . n . 9 8 0 ( . r . r . 1 5 7 2 ) .
Tabaqah l \r , foi . 519a: The king,lurD ,,1 I l ' rL:rt l :rn 1 T'tr thnauti , f lorn
Su l tán l 'akh l a l . -D in , .c . . r r . 7 ' t r1 ( r . r . 1 ; ) { r ) t , 1 r r ' l ' f i -1 i r .n . 1576) ,
when Dá'[r1 K]i l rn rvas sltr in by I i l i t ru-I i l r lurrr. , , rr ,rL[t trrkrr of a] ibar' 's
Íorces, antl his kingrlom annexed.
TaÏ.rar1ah Y, fol. ó2Ba : History of the Shrtr '11 I i ing' ' ' f Jrrunpi ir , frotn
$r rvá jah Ja i rán , e . .n .784 ( r . r . 138! ) , to t l r t ' ' l r ' r , - ' i t r ' f SLr l t Í t r Husa in
altel a reign of 19 years by Sikantlar ' ' l - , . IJ,t1,1ul. Str i tau of Dehli ,
, r . u . 8 B l ( e . o . 1 4 7 t i ) .' . Iabaqah ÏI , Íol . 529: Historv I ' r{ t l r t ' hirr lJ ' l rr ol l I i i lwah, from
À.8. 809 (r.o. 1406), comprising an account of i ts amalgamation with
Gujarzrt in .r.u, Í i37 (. ,r . .n. i5l i{)), to t l te snucnder of Báz-Baháciur
l r . S l rn já ' Kh : in , fo l . 595b, to Àkbar ' , . r .n . 977 ( . r .n . 1569) .
l- tbrrqah I-I I , fol .597a: The Sultí ,ns of Kashmir, f lom its conrluest
ir l SlrLlr- l l l r . trho a.ssumeil the t i t le of Shams al-Din, r, ' Í r . 717
( r . r r . I3 l { l ' to . r . .u . i ) i )5 ( . r . r . 1587) , when YhsuI b . ' - \ l i -Sh t rh sub-
n t i t t t , , I t , , I r t r - i r i ] r i L t t t o . \ l i ba r .
' I , , l , , t , t , , i r \ - l l l , t " l . f l ; l ; l l : T h e
1 . p . l r t ' , ' : . ' i : , . ' " l i ' - " l i : ' '
o Í I i i r 1 1 l r u i r \ \ - i , . i i i . - \ 1 , i r ' - J [ , , . :
l i i ng l o r r r o Í S i r d Í r ' , , n r r . r . 86
t l r r ] . , . \ r ; - 1 . , : , ' 1 l , o t n i g n
r . ' . . \ . 1 t . l ' r i \ . 1 ' . I ; , 1 ' ' . . 1 , w h e n
iLl i l . r - ; l l . : i :n s ' l ts annexed tol Í i l z t r . I i r r r i I ' , . : : ' : i , , : : ' , I t ' - \ , r
the } logirul l -r l l i r ' ' .
Tabar l r ,h I \ . i 1 r ' i { l r ' } [ ' "
f i r s t r ' o n q r t " - t l , r ' i . ' ) 1 . ' . ' '
governorship of t l ;e -\r ' r . ' i . I I : ,r
t l i e t i m c o f s l r a i k h \ 1 . r i . ' . r r .
the k ingdom br the l [ , , - r ]L r r i ' i n
lr ' i :1.- : ' i t i r : c ' f l Íul tán, from its' : r . l , : l Í r i l r : , r rn . r , r t Qás im c lu r ing the
jr i i , \- l : l l t . i ' l r . i rn.r l t ' especial lv from
r l i r . r , . 1 l { ,1 . t ' r the anner ia t io t r o f
\ . n . i l : j l \ n . I J . . j J
PI]RSIÁN IIÀNUSCRIPTS. O I
$iát imah, on fol. '651ó: Short geographical sketch consist ing of
eleven lines and confiuecl merely to the area of the empire under
Akbar, ald the numbel of its cities aud villages; it breaks off
l lunich Cat.), p. 83; etc. Also see Blochnrann's version of the
-{ iu-i Akbari, i, pp. 420, ill.
?8.t . / l
Á4ula I
Akbar-nàmah.
Fols. 694; 11] in. by 7f in.; 23 l ines, each 4| in. long l wri t ten
Íair -\asta'lic1 by diffelent hands; bouucl in plain leather; repaited
lrnr places ; injured; an old copy.
The vell-known hi..tory of the Emperor Akbar the Great, by his
!rr,,ulite Prime trIinister ancl Secretary, Shai!\ Abu al-Iazl " 'Allámi "
L sneikh Nubárak Nagurï. The author was in his time the most
larn.tl and elegant writer in the East. Àbu al-tr'a7l was flrst broughttire nr-rtice of the Emperor in the 20th year of his reign, l.n. 982
o. 1574), by his equally celebrated. elcierbrother Iai4ï (see No. 30).
r.e.arly trventy-eight years Ab[ aI-TazI remainecl a favourite rrith
l ancl held his ofrces with sreat distinction. Ile was the auth,rr of
n. l rrorks: the À' in-i Ákbarï, the Maktfrbát, the ' Irál- i Dánish.
Ht was also a Sanskrit scholar, ani lunder his supelsision serr.ral
r.r , t i , rn,q wete made : the l{ahábhárata, the Rámásana, the Jog
Ai-c .
IN
at
r.- , i . i t . etc, (À11 these rvorks except the iast but c'ne are cle,. . ' r ' ibtcl
oó l i . \ I L L I I I ( - 0 L L L ( ' l I ' ) \ .
in this catalogut.) -{ l-ru al-Ir , tzl , rrht 'n he rrrs returning from the
Dcccru , r rh i tLc r L t ' h ' r1 1 r t , . rL : r 'n i i r s Curuman, , l c r - in -Ch ie f o f the
Inrpcr ia l T r r io l )s t , r l t i v r ' \ ' ( ' i l r i . \ \ ' i i . i i . . , . - lu t t t , l , thoughhe dc fen i led
hirr selÏ l ' i th glL.ut l i rL,rLu' ul) t , t i r ' l L- i . l , r- l ihjah Narsingh-Deo
Buntleltr , as is al l t .qc,1 at tht, in-t i : L' . i n , , t l ' r ' iu,:c Sal im (aftelwarcls
J a h l - r n g T t ' . n ' ; r t ' G w r l r ' , r ' . . r . t r . l , t l l 1 . 1 ' . l r ' , r l
The Akbar-ni irnah corr lpri .es Lr hi. t ,rr ( , i i \ l i i , : i l f lom his birth to
the beginning of the ,+7th \ ' (rr oI Lis r ' ' . i : rr . t , r l l r i rh is appenrled
an account of his antie-stor,r. 1t s 'r t . ( ,)r . ' . .r i rLi. i r l .rs n to rvithin
a Jear of the author's t l t :uth, anrl th,, rvL . \ \ ' , ' l l i \ \ ' rrs f lom t ime
to t i tnc modif ied with a view t,r sr.r lu{, , , :r .r , . , i ' i i , rr i l l i r l by Akbar
himself.
In other catalogues of I ISS. t lr is w',r ' l i l r r . b, 'cn conÍcniently
divided into three dif ierent ïolumrs. ,r i s lr i L l iL. - l iu- i - \kbLrl i fulurs
the last, but the ptesent copy is onr unit , ,r ' iu rr 'h,r lc, and t loes uot
contain thc last wolk.
Begins :
aí -t .(S EL-l-! L:-.1,. i , i . :^- '-a! l- .- ,- ' . . i È:: l j j l / ,- : . : l
31 - 'r!it r;-Li>
large extracts with an account of the work ale gir-en in Blliot,
Hist. of Incl ia, iv, pp. 1-102. Soe also l lol ley (I f .A.S. Cat.),
p . 108 sq . ; R ieu (B .M.P. Cat . ) , i , p . 2 -17 s r1 . ; t sod l . Cat . ,200-212;
Àuner ( l lunich Cat.), pp. 89-90 ; l l thé (I .O. Cat.), 235-2ti i i ;De SLLcr. ^\ot i t 'cset Estraits, x, p. 199 sq.; l fehren (Copenhagen L'at.),
p . 20 ; Rron 'ue (Or t rnb . Cut . ) , pp . 162-166; c tc . ' I ' i ro n -ork rvas
l i tho* r ' , i1 , l iu l r r t Lu t ' k lo* ' , r .u . 12 i l { ( . r .o . 1867) , au , l has been
pr-rbl is1rt, l in t i r t , ' i r \ ' , r l t tru!,s iu thc lJibl i ,r thccir Iu, l icrr. Crr l , 'LLtta Series
( ' te c - \u l , l , l .u t t t t
t Y .
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Dastu'r al- 'Áual- i-Akbari,
Iols. 106 ; 9| in. br t i in. : rsl i t ten in \a.tu' I i ,1-shikastah-ámiz;
bound in plain lcather' ; colr iur l l , r ' Khivál l- l l i ru ir r .u. 1230 (r.n. 1814).
PETTSIAN MANUSCRIPTS.
An account of the 22 silbuhs or provinces of the Indian Enpir.c,
tlt,il subclivi.sions and reyenuc in the timc of the l[oghul sovereigntr,c,rnrpiled by Tháhur-La'l Munshï, son of Chhatarlihnj-Dás of Surlilrn-
I,hr'. It is stated on fol. 101/ that the notices in regaril to thesulahs in the Deccan were taken anil enlargeil from the notes of
Itni l l raj Ishwar-Dàs. (Rieu in B.II .P. Cat., i , p. 404b, has Rái
IlLrij b. Ishri-Dás )The book contains no preface. Tablesof Arabic, Persian, anci Hindi
tlrrv-r, months, and years are appendcd at the beginning. ln the caseol l\:,e gaóafu of Hindtistàn only their subdivisions into sarl;drs, ele .,ale mentionecl :-Sháhjahánábád (Dehlr), fol. 4b ; Akbarabád (Agra),l,rl. 6a ; lahore, foL 7b; Kàbul, ft-rl. 8á ; Kasbrnir, fol. 9á; Multán,l t I .9b ; Ta t tah , fo i . l0ó ; Ahmar labád (Gu jar 'á t ) , fo l . t1a ; A jme le ,| ,1. 12a; Málwah, fol 13a I Olissa, fol. . 14a; I t ihár (Patna), foL. l4a ;I i , :ngal, fol. 15á; Oudh, fol, 16a; Al lahábád, fol. 16á.
Of the provinces of the Deccan brief historical accounts from the','r'igin oï Muhammadan clynasties to the time of Muhammad-Shah.rrc also given:-Kháncles, fol. 18n1 Berár, ïoI. 32a; Aurangábácl,I ' i . 50a; Bi jápur, foi. 69a; I laidaràbàrl, fol . 85a; Karnàtic, fol. 97à.
This is followed b,v a chronology of the Mogtrul Enperors (fo1. l08a)l:',ru Akbar to lluhammad-Shàh.
Ihe MS. has ber:n carelessly written, but the misttkes have beencL,rrr.cted in pencil. IoI. 1 shoulcl be includetl il J3crrgal.
Cf. Rieu ( loc. ci t .) .
80.
I t i r . l r - r
'ffi;;';;;"Fols . 162; 9 in . by 3S in . ; 1? l ines , each 4+ in . long ; wr i t ten in
Sista' l ïq-shikastrrh-ámrz; bouncl in staurped leather; copied at l i r ,r i r-jair iuLibád (Dehli) , in the 16th year of the Enpelor Shtrh. '- l l . rrrr ' .
tÈ tgn . r .E . 1189 (e .n . 177ó) .
.l. history of the life and reign of the Emperol Jahán{rÍr'.
I,,r' tletails see another copy desclibecl iu this 0atalt,gLru.
