Persian Manuscripts. eclxv 
98. 
bye gall Cale eoldell alee 
NatTuRAL HIsTorRY. 
A rare and valuable cosmographical work, composed in 
the beginning of the latter half of the sixth century of the 
___ The date given by the scribe, 4-H. 125, is clearly an error: 
it should be a.w. 1025 ( = a.p. 1616); the zero has apparently 
been omitted. The beginning of this copy does not tally with 
the copy noticed by H. Kh. entitled ‘Aja’ib al-Makhlugat by 
Md. B. Mahmid B Ahmad al-Tiisi al-Salmant (d. a.B. 555 
=A4.D. 1160). See H. Kh., Vol. IV, p. 188. 
_ The MS. has 21 miniatures, written in fine Ta‘liq, by Md. 
Qasim, within gold and coloured ruled borders on gold-sprinkled 
Papers with an illuminated frontispiece. aoe 
_Mr. Beveridge has omitted to note this rare work in his 
notice of MSS. belonging to the Bohar Lib. See J.R.A.S. 
1910 p. 82. : 
Beg. :— ra ~ dai} 078 lias ay tyros af typ ddglod ye cyohee 
(Imperial Lib.). 
/ XI. 
99. 
soil! let sly DSS 
PoETRY. 
Me Selections from the poems of the most distinguished ané 
io poets of Persia, made by “ae 
: saa poetically called Sa’ib of Isfahan (d. 4-2. 1088 = 4° 
richh ee ruled, written in two columns. The ‘Unwan 18 
Md illuminated. Written in elegant Ta‘liq- Mainun 
tibe :—Zayn al-Din Bahbahani, better known a "7" 
(opie), dated a.n. 1099 = a.p 1687. 
(Nig&m Lib., Hyderabad.) 
