celx Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
89. 
on 
Lest pl 
Short biographical notices of 53 eminent savants and 
poets of wastye, whi, d, Coy, wlsub 9ST, aba, cy, O75, pH, S 
and els. Composed in a.n. 1245 = a.p. 1829 at the request of 
Md. Baqir-al Misavi al-Husayni in the reign of Fath Ali Shah 
Qachar ylolS sls clasts ( 1212-1250 = a.p. 1797-1831). The 
date of composition is expressed by the following chronogram 
at the end :— 
Sy tSytrey oygla aksle wyslem opt dy SUIT p42 0) Uy I aysive 
uthor :—Muhammad ‘Ali B. Md. Tabataba’i. Written 
in san Persian Ta‘liq. Dated a.w. 1247 = a.p. 1831. 
Scribe :—Md. ‘Ali Bazzaz Isfahani. 
Beg. :— ral = 1y Copter ytyS aS alels ele | foe eave 
(R. 8. Lib.). 
90. 
Sls! plier 
Lives of the great mystics and of some celebrated lover’ 
by Sultan Husayn B. Sultan Mansir Baiqra (d. 4.H.9 
1505). For details see Br. Mus. Pers. Cat., p. 3510. The 
is noteworthy for its fine and beautiful illuminations. 
contains 52 beautiful miniatures of the Persian style. a 
valuable copy once belonged to the library of the celebr me 
‘Abd al-Rahim Khankhanan in 4.1. 999 = a.p. 1590 as W 
ait od from the f following note on the fly-leaf at the begi- 
a ed 999 Biro pl ys} fmxsJ} sO $56 deem }9) pers - yl a 
ott JVe S ye, 1055} Wy9,F Coll ips Mle SIE Ls sta [get] 
be 
- 78 aldo yo om yULE WIS py deme Ile vps) wis! one 
Persia. This Imperial library has been preserved by the Mugh ee and : 
as their most precious possession (see Martin’s eT ‘Pa al-Din w98 : 
Painters of India, Persia and Turkey, Vol. 1., pp- 58, 77- Ss : 
librarian (savant) of Md. Shah’s library 
— Nadir Shah’s plunder seis i nd MSS. continued to 
by the royal family, in as much that a decent library was fo 
this seloetie Gholi Qadir, the Rohela Chief carried away 1921 
books and MSS. in the reign of Shah ‘Alam II (a.H. 1173- 4 Elli 
1806). (See ‘Tbrat. Namah, by Faqir Khayr al-Din Md., 6” 
History nd India, VIII, p. 249. 
