20O BOOKS ON FAL CONR Y. 



i.e., A.D. 158 1. See Erskine, Hist. India under Bdber, vol. i. 

 p. 385 ; and Blochmann, Ain i Akbari, p. 420. 



The author states that he was nearly sixty years old at the 

 time of writing, and that, having from his youth upwards accom- 

 panied illustrious Sovereigns in the chase, he had acquired con- 

 siderable experience. He dedicates the work to Akbar, whose 

 skill and prowess in the hunting field he praises at great length. 



The treatise is divided into sixty-one chapters or sections 

 {bdbs), a full table of which is given in the preface. 



Contents: Preface, fol. 2b; Precepts of the Law relating to 

 the Chase, fol. 9 b; Qualifications of a Perfect Sportsman {Mir 

 SMkdr\ fol. 12 b; Capture and Rearing of Hawks, fol. 13 a; 

 How to Select Hawks and other kinds of Hunting Birds, fol. 

 20 a ; Signs of Health and Disease, fol. 24 a ; Directions 

 Relating to Hunting in General, and to the Diet and Training of 

 the different kinds of Hunting Birds, fol. 26 b; Diseases of 

 Hawks and their Treatment, fol. 68 b; Snares and Decoys, fol. 

 87 b; Selection and Training of Cheetahs {yuz), fol. loi. 



346. Baz namah, or Book of the Hawk, tran- 

 scribed a.h. 1 1 60, 2>., A.D. 1747. 



A treatise on the qualities and rearing of Hawks, and their 

 use in the sport of Falconry. An 8vo MS. Persian, in an Indian 

 handwriting ; in the possession of Mr. Quaritch. 



The transcriber was Muhammed Mustafa Kusiiri, who wrote 

 it at the request of Muhammed Khanhiv. The authorship is 

 not disclosed; but the work is spoken of as a compendium 

 {mukhtasar) compiled a.h. 970 (about a.d. 1562). 



The work is divided into 7 2 sections or bdbs, each section 

 having several chapters. 



Thus it is not the same as the '* Baz-namah " of Khan Khas 

 Mahalli, who wrote for Akbar about the same time as the 

 composition of the above compendium. His Baz-namah is very 

 similar in contents, but is quite differently arranged in 61 

 sections. 



347. Baz Namah i Nasiri, a.h. 1258. 



The Book of the Hawk of Nasir, a.d. 1842. 



For a knowledge of this work the present writer is indebted 



