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declared to be the established rule arid standard of 

 decision *. 



* Mr. Hamilton's translations of the "■ HI day ah" renders It 

 unnecessary to state the generiil contents of that work. Th« 

 " Kutawa-i-Aalumfret-ree," consists of 6l books (kltab) in the fol- 

 lowing order : — l,Taharut, puriticu.lion. 2, Sulat, prayer. 3, Zukat, 

 alms, i, Som, fasting. 5, Hujj, pilgrimage. 6, Xikah, naarnage. 

 7, Ruzaa, fosterage. S, Tulak, divorce. 9. Utak, manumission, 

 10, Ayfnan, vows. 11, Hoodood, fixed penalties. 12, Sarikah, 

 larceny. 13, Seyur, institutes or regulations concerQing in^dels, 

 ayiostatcs, aj^ostates, arid rebels. 14, Lukeet, foundlings. 15, 

 Look cah, troves. 16, Ibak, abeconding of slaves. 17, Alufkood, 

 missins; persons. 18, Shirkut, partnership. J(), Waukf, endow- 

 ment; or religious and charitable appropriation. 20, Bya, sale. 

 21, Surf, exchange of coin or bullion. 22, Kufalut, bail. 23, 

 Huwalut, transler of debts,- 24, Adub ool Kazee, the duty a 

 Kazee. 25, Shahadut, evidence. 26, Roojooa un Shahadut, re- 

 traction of evidence. 27, Vukalut, agency. 28, Dawa, claim. 2£|, 

 Ikrar, acknovvleudment. 30, Soilh, composition. 31, Mozarubut, 

 copartnership in stock and labour. 32. Wudee, ut, deposit. 33, 

 Adeeyut, Itnding wiihout return. 34, Hibah, gift. 35, Ijarah, 

 hire and farm. 3G, Mokutab, covenanted shvc. 3/, Wnla, con- 

 nection of emancipator and fi eedman ; or of patron and client. 38, 

 ikrab, compulsion. 39, Hujr, inhibition and disqualification. 

 40, Mazoon, licensed slave, and ward. 41, Ghusb, usurpation. 42, 

 Shoofah, rigbt of vicinity. 43, Kismut, partition. 44. Mozaraut, 

 compact of cultivation. 45, iMoa,amulut or Mosakat, compact of 

 gardening. 46, Zubayith, animals slain by Zubh, or incision of the 

 throat. 47, Oazhetyah, sacrifice. 48, Kurahiyut, abomination, 

 disapprobation, or censure. 4Q, Tuhurre, presumptive preference. 

 50, Ihya ool muwat, cultivation of waste land. 51, Shirb, right 

 to water. 53, Ushrihab, intoxicating liquors. 53, Syd, gam'*. 

 54, Rihn, pledge. 55, .linayat, oflences against the person. 5-6, 

 Wusnya, tc-itamentary bequests. 57, Mukazir o Sijillat, judicial 

 proceedings and decrees. 58, Shooroot, legal forms. 5g, Hiyu,l 

 legal devices. GO, Khoonsa, heraiaprodite. 61, Fura,eez, rules 

 of iniieritance. 



Of the s'xty-one books enumerated, fifty-five correspond with 

 similar titles in the Hidayah. Two other books in the latter work, 

 emitlt-d "■ Diyut," (the fine of blocd), and " Mu,aakil" (exaction of 

 the fine of bloud),are included in the " F.Aalum<:eeree," as chaplers 

 of the btok of Jinayat. The book of "Shirb," iu the •' i". 

 Aa'umgeeree,*' forms a section of the book entitled " Ihyaool mii- 

 wat" in the "Hidayah." The remaining five books of the " Futa-.v:! ■:- 

 Aalumgeeree," viz. thuae entitled *' Tuhurree," '' Mahaz r » 



