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in Mosul man colleges, as an elementary book of 

 iriStruction ; but superseded, as a book of reference for 

 lefial exposition,, by its cominentaries ; of which the 

 following are )extant in India. The Tuhieen ool hukayik, 

 by Bhkr oo' deen'Aboo Mohummud asman of Zyl, 

 V'ho died A, H. 743. His comment is valued by the 

 followers of Aboo Hunee^-ah, as containing a com- 

 plete refutation of the opposite doctrine of Shafiiee. 

 T^hc Buhr 00' ruy'iliy by the learned Zy'n ool Aabideen 

 Ibn-i Nujebm oi Egjpi, left incomplete, at his dea\.h, 

 A. H. 970 : and unequally finished by his brother 

 SiKAj 00' deen Omub, who also wrote a commentary 

 entitled the Nuhrifayiky but of inferior merit to that of 

 Zy'n ool Aa'bideen; which is held in the utmost 

 estimation : and is spoken of in the hishf 00 Ztinoon 

 as equalled only by the Futh ool Kiuleer ; Ibn-i Ho- 

 ma'm's commentary on the Hldayah. The Mulliwi 

 fayilc or, as more generally called ^vnee by Rudr 00' 

 DEEN Mohummud Ay'nee, oi Duburln Arabia. -This 

 commentary is also esteemed, as containing an ample 

 collection of law cases: and thou2;h surpassed, in this 

 respect, by the Ihthr-i rr.yik, it has the advantage of 

 having been broiit!^ht to a concltjsion by the author; 

 whose erudition obtained him the title of XJlamah^ \\\ 

 common with Zy'n ool Aa'bidben *. , 



* Another ctimmentsry on the " Kunz co dukayik," entitled 

 **Maadi!n," is known in India. But ihe nan e of the aiitliOi ha» 

 not been asccrtirnrd. The "Kez;ili" \-y Sh.ykh Yahya, and 

 " Uumz ool Hukayik." by Kazce Budr 00 deen Mai. meed, are alst/ 

 roiict.d, with the namt^ of some other cnnm entalors, in the 

 *'Jvusl)i'oo' Zunoon ;" but tlity are not crlcbrated, or qncted as 

 as authorities. The court of Kixamtit Adalut possess an incomiilete 

 ■copy 01" the " Buhioo' riiyik ;'■' en vhith tl>c Kazee ool Koo^at re- 

 inaiks (in his catiilogne) that "it comprises a coir.pilation ol cases, 

 general and jarticnhir ; with the usei'ul result of the author's re- 

 fceaiche? upon a variety cf le<^nl (^ue.s(iuns; and is received as au- 

 hentic by ibe foilowcrb of Abt>o iluneeikh in cvtry tityot" Islam. 



