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Zunoon as being of the first authority for the opi- 

 nions of Aboo Hun^eepah and Aboo Yoosup *, as 

 well as of lAf a'm Mohumm ud. Various commentaries 

 are also stated to have been written upon them during 

 the early age of the Mohummudan era ; and several 

 are quoted in the Futd-wa-i Aalumgeeree^ compiled in 

 the reign of Au'rungzeb ■\» Bat neither the texts^ or 



Termazi. The apparent origin of this mistake has been pointed 

 out in a former note. He further remarks that the author of the 

 Jatna-'i-s lighter is uncertain. But indepmidentiy of numerous other 

 authorities^ Imam Mohummud is expressly cited in the Hlda^dih as 

 the author of both works, and of the Mubwot. (See Vol. I. of the 

 translation, p. 153.) Mr. Hamilton has been led into unothtr er- 

 ror, by supposing ihc ATuheflt, quoted in the Hldai/ak, to have been 

 writtert by Fukk-ool Islam Buzduvee ; whereas, of the two Alub- 

 soots citftd by the author of the Huiaj/a/:, one is the composition of 

 Imam Mohummud, above noticed ; and the other was coaiposed fay 

 Shums ool Aimmah SuauKHSEE, as observed in a preceding note. 



* Tiie only work known to have been composed by Aboo Yoosuf 

 is an Aduh ool Kazee -, and the reputation of this has been superceded 

 by the celebrity of Khusaf's tract of the same title, already menti- 

 oned. He is said, however, to have furnished his pupil. Imam Mo- 

 hummud, with notes famalte) for a considerable part of his compo- 

 sitions ; particularly for the Jama-i-sus;hur, 



t The pvincij)al commentators of the " Jama-i-sugheer" are 

 Shums ool Aimmah Surukhsee ; Aboo Eukr Ahmud Razee, commonly- 

 called Jussas, (the plasterer ;) Aboo Jafur Ahmud Tahavee 3 Fukr 

 ool Islam Alee Buzduvee ; Aboo Nusur Ahmud «ol Itabee of Bo- 

 khara; AbooU Lys Nnnrr, of Sumurkund ; Aboo Nusur Ahmud, 

 Isbeejabce; Husun bio-i-Munsoor, of Ouzjund, better known by 

 the appellation of Kazee Khan ; Taj-00' deen Abd (^.ol Ghufnr 

 Kurduree J Zuheer 00 deen Ahmud Tamurtashee ; andlvazeeMu- 

 saood, of Yuzd j and Aboo need Mootuhur, of the same city ; 

 whose commentary is quoted by the title of '' Tulizeeb," The se- 

 ven persons first mentioned have. also written comments on the " .la- 

 ma-i-kubeer;" besides Kazc3 Aboo Zyd AbdooUah, of Duboos ; 

 Boorhan 00' deenMahmood, author of the " Moheet-i-Boorhanee ;" 

 Boorhan 00' deen Alee, author of the " Hidayah ;" Shums ool Aim- 

 mah Mohummud, called Hulwaee (the confectioner ;) Ibn-i ubduk 

 Joorjaoec ; and Jvimal 00' deen Mahraud, of Bokhara, whose c>)m- 

 mon designation is iiuseeree (the mat-u>aker ;) and whose second 

 commentary is often t]uotsd by the name of '' Tukrecr." The 

 "Tukieer" and *' Doorur" are also known comments on the 

 work in question ; the former by Abool Al\bas Ahmud; the latter 

 byNasiroL)' deen Mohummud, of Damascus. 

 VojL.X. Kk 



