eexxxiv Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
36. 
LoybaiN| al | das teled ably 
A very valuable copy of the well-known religious tract of 
the celebrated saint ‘Abd—Allah al-Ansari al-Haravi! (d. 48 
81 = a.p. 1088), consisting of pious invocations to God and 
exhortations to Siifis, and is due to the penmanship of the famous 
calligrapher Sultan ‘Ali al-Mashhadi.? It is dated a.n. 921, 
and is remarkably noteworthy for the exquisite workmanship 
in its illuminations and decorations. It has acquired an addi- 
tional value by virtue of the notes written in it by the Mughal 
Emperors Jahangir (A.4. 1014-1037 = a.p. 1605-1628), Shah 
Jahan (a.H. 1037-1069 = a.p. 1628-1659) and the celebrated 
Abd al-Rahim Khankhanan.® : 
(1) On the fly-leaf at the beginning, Jahangir, in his follow- 
ing note, says that he received this valuable MS. as a present 
from the Khankhanan in a.u. 1023 = a.D. ae. 
WEIS (sting 3) Gle ulble dle bs CoyLeiyy ali) one aat,S ale) 
= (53 BBL p51 Cyt aha sym - cyst | opp die Jy! Coolee FF ee 
For another autograph note of Jahangir see O.P. Lib. Cat., 
Vol. I, No. 151. es 
_ (2) The above note is followed by that of Shah Jahan, > 
which the Emperor says that the MS. was received im his 
library on the very day of his accession to the throne, Vi2- the 
6 
28th day of Jumada II, a.n. 1037 = a.p. 1627 :— 
Gtr oe! wre Ble pasty, ee eo - eter! way alll ont 
UAIa cmslve ngle jy) WS corms fopy die asililh calee s¢% 
17 ’ Vol. I, 
1 For ‘Abd-Allah’ al-Ansfri’s life and his works see B 31780, 
TOCK. 
p. 433, Br. Mus. Pers. Cat., p 349, Ind. Off. Lib. Cat. Nos. 17 
Iktifa@ al-Qunii*, p. 63 aces ‘ 
2 ‘Ali 
tery in the art of penmanship, is acknowledg' ‘ 
brought the Nasta‘lig handwriting to saetedtics He died aren 
in A.H. A.D. 1496 and according to the ¢ and 
anachronistic, as the Resalah under notice was written in 4.H. — ae 
. ers. Cat. p. 573%, Columbia University Cat. of 
MSS., Vol. I, 0, Tazkirat al-Salatin (MS. cop ohar Coll.), ¥ 
fol. 125. Hurt, Les Colligraphes et les minituristes de UV Orient m 
Pp. 221-323, Martin, Meisterwerke Muhammedanischer Kunst, 1, Pi ae 
, 31, Munich, i912, B.D., p. 391, and Pers. Notes No. 101, 
te No 0. 239, foot-note No. 2, and J. . 18 
p. 12, for the life and other transcriptions of the calligrapher. bak 
hankhanin also had a magnificent library hm 
: ). Hi, 
Rahimi (MS. copy of the A%S.B. Lib.), fol. 480, O.P. Lib. Cat VO 
is life Mo’athiry 
