APPENDIX. xxxvii 



li. Ibn Khaldun's History of the Berbers ; translated by the Rev. Professor Lee. 



This rare and valuable Arabic work contains an account of the origin, progress, and decline of the 

 Dynasties which governed the Northern Coast of Africa. 



Ij. The Tuhfat al Kebar of Kateb Chelebi al Marhoom : translated by James Mitchell, Esq. 



This Turkish History contains a detailed account of the maritime wars of the Turks in the 

 Mediterranean and Black Seas, and on the Danube, &c. from the foundation of their empire in Europe 

 to the commencement of 1640. 



16. The great Geographical Work of Idrisi ; translated by the Rev. G. C. Renouard, B.D. 



This Arabic work was written A.D. 1153, to Illustrate a large silver globe made for Roger, Kin" 

 of Sicily, iind is divided into the seven climates described by the Greek Geographers. 



1 7. Ibn Khalikan's Lives of Illustrious Men : translated by Dr. Rosen. 



This Is a Biographical dictionary, arranged alphabetically, of the most celebrated Arabian historians, 

 poets, warriors, &c., who lived in the seven first centuries of the era of Mahommed, A.D 700 to 

 A.D. 1400. 



18. Makrisi's Khitat, or History and Statistics of Egypt; translated by Abraham Salame, Esq. 



This Arabic work includes accounts of the conquest of Egypt by the Caliphs, A.D. 640; and of 

 the cities, rivers, ancient and modern Inhabitants of Eg}'pt, &c. 



19. Part of Mirkhond's Ruzet-al- Sulfa ; translated by David Shea, Esq. 



The part of this Persian work selected for publication is that which contains the History of Persia 

 from Kaiomurs to the death of .\lexander the Great. 



Class 3d. — Belles-Lettres. 



iO. Meher va Mushteri ; translated by Dr. Bernhard Dorn. 



This Is a popular Persian poem, which celebrates the friendship and adventures of Meher and 

 Mushteri, the sons of King Shapur and his grand Vizier. 



21. Ilatim Tae ; translated by Duncan Forbes, Esq., A.M. 



This is a popular Persian romance, wliich narrates the seven perilous adventures of Hatim, an Arab 

 chief. 



■i"3. Ferhad va Shirin ; translated by James Mitchell, Esq. 



This Persian poem contains the tale of Ferhad, a celebrated statuary, and Shirin, Princess of Persia. 

 It also includes several curious legends relating to Adam, Mahommed, &c. 



REGULATIONS 



ORIENTAL TRANSLATION COMMITTEE. 



1st. The Committee which is attached to the Royal Asiatic Society for the purpose 

 i>r selecting and superintending tiie translation and printing of Oriental works is to 

 be called the " Oriental Translation Committee." 



9d. The object of the Committee is to publish, free of expense to the authors, 

 translations of the wliole or parts of works in the Oriental languages, accompanied 



