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The following is a descriptive list of the publications during 1891 : — 



A. Arabic and Persian Series. 



1. Maasur-ul-Uniaraor Memoirs of the nobles of the Mughal Court 

 of Delhi by a nobleman of that Court during the early part of the last 

 century. Biographical notices of the great officers of the great 

 Mughal from the time of Baber to the author's own time. Edited by 

 Maulavi Mirza Ashraf AH of the Calcutta Madrasah, Nos. 784, 791, 

 797 and 804. Vol, III, Fasc. VII, VIII, IX and X. 



2. Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi, a history of the reign of Firuz Shah 

 Tughluq of the Tughluq dynasty of Delhi by Shams-i-Siraj-Afif has 

 come to a close. One fasciculus only. No. 809, Fasc. VI. This is to be 

 distinguished from the work of Ziya-i-Barani. 



3. A Commentary byAbu-Zakariya Yahya At-Tibrizi on Ten An- 

 cient Arabic Poems. All of which belong to pre-Muhammudan times, 

 Edited from the MSS. of Cambridge, London and Leyden, by Charles 

 James Lyall Esq., C. S. No. 789, Fasc. I. 



4. The Ain-i-Akbari is a well-known work in Persian compiled 

 under the order of Emperor Akbar by his friend Abul Fazl, containing 

 the History, Geography and the System of Administration of the Em- 

 pire of Delhi. Translated from the Original Persian by Col. H. S. 

 Jarrett, Nos. 781, 786, 798, 805, and 811. Vol. II. Fasc. I, II, III, IV, and 

 V. These complete the second volume. The Editor has given an 

 alphabetical index of all the proper names to be found in this volume. 



P>. Sanskrit Series. 



1. Brihad Devata, a very ancient work attributed to S'aunaka 

 Acharyya. It is an index to the Rig- Veda giving the devata or deity 

 to every rik. Edited by the Late Raja Rajendralala Mitra. No. 

 794, Fasc. III. The Raja added the Arshanukramani and the Chhan- 

 donukramani to the work in the form of appendices. 



2. Chaturvarga Chintamani by Hemadri the oldest Smriti com- 

 pilation yet received; the Kamadhenu and others being known only by 

 name. It was compiled when Southern India bad not yet fallen into 

 the hands of the Muhammadans. Edited by Pandits Kamakhyanath 

 Tarkavagisha and JogeaVara Smritiratna, Nos. 790, 803, Vol. Ill, 

 Part II, Fasc. VIII and IX. 



3. Madana Parijata, a system of Hindu Law, edited by Pandit 

 Madhusudana Smritiratna was compiled in the fourteenth century at 

 K .i > 1 1 1 a near Delhi under the patronage of a local chief named Madana 

 Pala, No. 796, Fasc. IX. 



4. Nyaya Kusumdnjali Prakaranam by Udayanicharyya, edited 



