-dQS REMARKS UPON THE 



coniments, are now known to be in India ^ except an 

 imperfect copy of the commencement of Ka'zee Khan, 

 on the Ja?ndi-szi sheer, which was obtained from the 

 library of the Niiwab of Oui^h ; and is in the possession 

 of the Nka/mif Adahit. Nor is there a treatise on the 

 Mosuhiian lav/, written during the four first centuries 

 of the Hijrah, at present, in the possession of any per- 

 son, from whom enquiry could be made upon the sub- 

 ject at Calcutta *. 



The oldest work on jurisprudence in the possession 

 of the law ofhcers of the JSizdnmt Adcilut, and other 

 learned Mosultnan lawyers, in Calcutta^ is the Mokhtu- 

 sar ool Kudooree, a compendium, or general law-tract, 

 composed by Ima'm Abool Hose'n Ahmud, oi Ku- 

 door, a quarter of Bughddd, who died A. H. 428. It is 

 often referred to in the Hiddyah, and described in the 

 Kiislif 00 Zinwon as a book of authority in general use, 

 and held in the highest estimation. It is said to con- 

 tain twelve thousand cases ; and has been illustrated in 



* It does not appear that any work on jurisprudence was pub- 

 lislied dorinij the first century of the Hijrah : or that any was writ- 

 ten on the dcclrincs of Aboo Huneefah, durinj^ the second tcntury, 

 except the tiealises. which have been noticed, of his two disciples 

 Aboo Yoosul, and Imam Mohuniniud. In the third and fourth 

 centuries, besides commentaries on the works of the hitter, {which 

 as fun»!aincnta\ authorities, are denominated Osool or Original) the 

 fi)l!owing law-tracts are stated to have been composed j and are 

 briefly described in t.he " Kushf oo' Zuuofm." An " Adub ool Ka- 

 zee" aiid "Nuwudir," by Mohummud bin-i-Sumaah, who died A. 

 H.233. Another treatise, of the former title, by Ab;o Ilazim Abd 

 ool Humeed, who died in"2y2. Several irea.iscs of tire latter titk-, 

 by Ibn-i-lV ostum, Ijisha.n, and others.' Albo books of both titles, 

 and a compendium of the law, entitled " Mokhtusur-i Tahavee," 

 by boo Jafur Ahmud of Tai.a in Egypt who died A. H. 371 ; 

 and who seems to be the author erroneously cited by the name of 

 Aboo Faka. in Mr". Ha,jii;ton's Prrl. Dis. p. 38, Another compen- 

 dium, entiicd "• Mokhlu8ur-i Kurkhec," by Aboo'l Hosen Abdooi- 

 lah of Kurkh (a waid in t!ie city of Bughdad) wJio died A. H. 340. 

 A.-d a " Nuwadir," with two otiier books, entitled " Ouzaon" 

 and *• Nuwazii", by Aboo'l Lys Nusur, of Sumurkund. 



