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(rendering; it equal in this respect tj a Futa-wa) 

 expressed with suitable brevity of language*." 



The Kiw%oo di.:hivik has been already nT^ntioned, 

 as coinposed by Ha'fiz oo dken, author of the Kafec 

 and JVape. It is a short general treatise of law, used 



* The "Nihayah" was composed by I-L>33ra oo'deen Hiisen Ih- 

 nl Alee, said to have been a 'Upil of Boor'inn oo deen, author of 

 the " Hidayah " iTie latter havings from some unknown cause, 

 omitted the law of inheritance, it has been added by the co'^iinaen- 

 tator. out this part of the " Nihayah" does not appear to have 

 obtained equal celebrity with the '• Fura, evZ-;-sirajee-yah" men- 

 tioned in a f Tmer note. The "Kusb*" oo' Zunoon" notices two 

 commentaries of the title of " Inayah ;" the first of which was 

 commenced by Abool Abas Ahmud, a Kazee in Egypt, who died 

 A. H. /jO; and was completed in the succeeding century of the 

 Hijrah by Kazee Saeed oo deen, of Dubur. The second, which is 

 that refei red to as extant in India, was composed by Shykli Akmul 

 oo' deen Mnhummud, who died A. H.786; Imam 00' deen Ameer 

 Katib Bin-i Ameer Omur, who had previously written another c:)m- 

 mentary entitled " Ghayutooi biyan" after employing himself for 

 twenty-seven years at Cairo, and other places, to render his second 

 work more com;>lete, finished the " Kifayah," at Daraai^cus, in the 

 747th year of the Hijrah. The '* Futh ool Kude.^r" is stated to 

 have been commenced by its author Kumal o. >' deen Mohummud 

 of Seewas, commonly called Ibn-i-Honiam, in the 2pth year of the 

 Hijrah j and to have occupied a considerable part of the remaining 

 period of his life, wiiich was terminated in 861. Other commen- 

 tarie- upon the " Hidayah" are mentioned in the " Kushf 00' Zu- 

 aoon ;" but as they arc not procurable in India, it will be su^Iicicnt 

 to notice the '• Fnwaeed, " by Huroeed 00 deen Alec, of B ikhara, 

 wbj died \. H. (jo7 ; and is sup[^!Osed by some '.0 havr- b en the 

 first commentator J bat his tracts being extremely brief, h ;.s beea 

 superseded by the subsequent comments : the '• Miarai 00 dirayut," 

 by Kuwam 00' deen Mohummud, also of i^okhara, who died A H. 

 747; and whose commentary is quoted in the " Aalumgeeree:" 

 and the " Odah" by Kumal oo'deen Islohummud, also quoted; 

 thougJi it is described as rutnei" an abstract, t'r.an acorrmen'5 b - 

 ing a methodical collection of the law crises contained in tne'* H'- 

 dayah," without the aroumcn'.b stated in proof of them. The " \i- 

 hayab ool Kifuyah," byTajoo' Shureeyiu Omufj is al.so men- o cd 

 in the " Ivushf 00' Zunoon" as a cpmaientavy on the *' H dav.;a ;" 

 but the A't/zt^ c;o/i^r<?za/,- in describing an im e'fect cop^'of -t, be- 

 longing :o the Nizamut Adalut, terms it a " Hasheesh, " or na rgi- 

 nal note book. An inconijlete copy of the " flifayah" is aho amuu^ 

 the law books of that court. 



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