1906. ] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. xly 
as is one of the earliest Shi‘ah writers, No copy of 
s book exists in Europe, 
(7) Ithaf-ne Zaman by Muhammad b. ‘Ali b. Fazl at-Tabari 
ash-Shafa‘i, It contains a chronological history of the 
ae Sharifs of Mecca from the time of the 
t down to A.H. 1141, 
(8) Tadkratul -Fuqaha by Hasan b-Yusuf b-Ali b- al-Mutah- 
al-Hilli, d. 726-1326, dealing with Shi‘ah Juris- 
sed pa on an extensive ‘scale in three big volumes. 
his rare work is not found in any European 
Librar 
(9) The ‘commentary on the well-known Tafsir al-Kashshaf 
by Mahmid b-Mas‘id ash Shirazi, d. 710-1310. Al- 
though two copies of the work exist, one in Paris and 
rae a in Aya Sofia in Stambul, it is very rare in 
(10) The aed translation of the famous Arabic work 
Khulisat-ul-Wafé by Samhidi, d. 911-1505, entitled 
es arr _ It contains a general history and 
inah, 
1150 50) and partly of the Magoavi of his father Jalél- 
ad-Din Rt ami (d. 672-12 73). L6-da in _ two separate 
parts. This . is in the han of 
author’s grandson ‘Usman b-‘Abd- ul-Léh b.-Walad, 
copied in 718 aH, 1318 a.p., only six years after the 
eath of the author. 
(12) A valuable copy of Nafabit- ul-Uns by Jami d. 898-1492, 
bearing the seals of the Emperors of Delhi and the hand- 
wcilnag and signature of Bairam Khan. Copied in 4.4. 
, only four years after the death of the author. 
(13) Maslik wa Mamialik by Abul Hasan Sa‘id b-‘Ali al- 
urjani, d. ing Som A Persian treatise on geography, 
a sa 920 
Til. TRANSCRIPTS OF RARE MSS. 
The last item of me in my programme was to get 
rare MSS. copied for the Socie 
rocured in all ten sitet AP among which may be men- 
 Shageade 
‘tioned the following rare works on Medical Science by Galen. 
(1) Set Dafn, in which the author forbids the burial 
a dead body within 24 hours after death, 
(2) Mands te A‘da, on the respective utilities of the limbs 
of th y- 
(3) Kitab Tel igen a book on diagnosis, written at the request 
of a Greek philosopher Ugligan (literally the blue-eyed). 
(4) Kitab-ul- |-Agdiyah wal At‘imah, on nutrition and food. 
