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List of Abhreviations. 
A. = ‘Abd al- 
A.S.B. = Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
Ar. = Arabic 
Br. Mus. Suppl. = = British Museum Supplemen 
Brock = Brocklemann’s Geschichte der pee Littera- 
tur. 
Bodl. Lib. Cat. = Bodleian Library Catalogue. 
B = Bin, Ibn (son of). 
Berl. = Berlin Arabischen Handschriften, Ahlwardt. 
Cairo Lib. = oy A Library 
d. ¢. = Died c 
Distr. Gaz. = Pieces Gazetteer I. 
Fihrist = Kitab al-Fihrist ey Md. Ishaq B. Abi Ya‘qib al- 
Nadim (d. a.n. 233 = a.p. 
she Ind. Coll. = copa e India Collection : 
h. = Haji Khalfa’s Lexicon Bibliographicum et Ency- 
‘elopedionn:, 
Ind. Off. Lib. Cat. = India Office Library Catalog we 
Imp. Lib. = Imperial Library (Buhar Collection), ‘Calou 
J.R.A.S. = Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 
Khizanah = Khizanah-i- ~“Amirah of Azad Bilgrami. 
Lith. = Lithographed. 
Md. = Muhammad. : 
M. = Mawlavi. 
Mu‘jam = Mu‘jam al-Buldan by Yaqut 
O.B.D. = Oriental Biographical Dictionary, Beale’s. 
Jee pas = a fame Public Library (Bankipore). 
Pers. = Persian 
RS. Li tbe Rampore ‘Ro ee 
Sh. ‘U. =Shams al-Ulam 
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