Sie Shaan att i tees dinee pene eye ae 
1906. ] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, xiii 
(3) al Maiser. Sars Hasan ‘Ali A.H, No copy in 
ie al Bazdavi 590. Europe. 
d. 400-1009. 
(4) Diwan-ul-Hadirah Qotba b. Ads A.H. For other 
al Hadira. 629 copies see 
Bk. p. 26. 
(5) Diwan-ul-Fityan Abi Muhammad = 4.H, No copy in 
Fityan b. ‘Ali 623 Europe. 
b. pile Din al 
Asadf an Nahvi. 
d 560, 1164. 
(6) Al Mustau‘ab Abu ‘Abd-Ulah A.H. No copy in 
Mubammad b. 695, Europe. 
‘Ab 
Samiri al Hanbali. 
Il, PURCHASE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
The total number of MSS. purchased in the year 1905 was 
657. They have been procured from different parts of India such 
as Delhi, Bombay, Hyderabad, and specially from Lucknow. In 
addition to this we were fortunate ante. to purchase two Col- 
lections of MSS., which had been brought to us this year by 
two Arab travellers. These Collections contain some very rare 
re ra 
Persian Collect does not contain more than 105 books: The 
following vlasaified list will show the number of books under each 
bject 
Commentaries on the Quran a we 
Tradition Ae bua ci OR 
Law ca ite baa 75 
Zaidi Law 20 
Sufism 75 
Ethics 61 
edicine 31 
terature te at eu cc oe 
History and Biography _... es re 
Science mt on eae a ae 
Rhetoric sa ree aa ie ae 
- Dictionary sess a. 
Principles of J urisprudence... ans a oe 
Science of Controversy oe =~ ie 
Law of Inheritance sas aks i. 80 
Miscellaneous ... ee ae a 
Grammar a 338 
657 
1 B.K. I, 106. 
