eccexx Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
Bodl. Lib. Cat. No. 1445-II. Written in Shikastah. Undated 
but an old copy. 
Beg. —_ . e ra pee yh seT 
(R. S. Lib.) 
239. 
iste alll ac domlycs alee) rea clot oA) Ow 
The popular hundred sayings of Luqman (Alsop) with 
the abovementioned religious tract of ‘Abd-Allah Ansari, 
bound in one volume. This valuable MS. dated a.n. 945 = 
1550), one of the most accomplished Nasta‘liq writers. Like 
the preceding copy this MS. bears the autographs of the 
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work Shahanshah Namah preserved in the O. P. Lib. Cat. (Bank 
pore). (See Vol. III, p. 1, No. 265). 
Jahan! Ara, the eldest child of Shahjahan, was the most 
accomplished lady of Shahjahan’s harem. She is the authoress 
of the famous Persian work “ Manas al-Arwak,” a notice of me 
celebrated saint Khwajah Mu‘in® al-Din Chishtt, (d. 4.4. 
= A.D. 1235}, composed in a.H. 1049 = A.D. 1639. Rae 
The MS. bears two notes by Shahjahan, one by Jahan Ara 
and one by Jahangir. 
(1) Note by Shahjahan (a.u. 1037-1069 = .D. 1627-1655) 
In this note the emperor says that the MS. was received for 
his library in Akbarabad in Rabi‘ I, 4.4. 1039 = A.D. 1629 :— 
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Ere 1d She cod! why tle pis s a ee cue he pe He 
By pm - ob alts obejl out Hla CUS dts slips! Silat yo 92 
- (s3lB HEL St up AESY Silke ep bye HE Ooms eH IE 
Immediately after the emperor’s signature is the endors® 
ment é3 9) 152 35, which suggests the price of the MS. to 
one thousand rupees. 
(2) Another Note by Shahjahan 
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In this note the aanesi says that he gave this ‘ bo? 
eee 
oh a 
: igus Ara died a.x. 1092 = a.p. 1681. (See Ma’athir- 
p. 213, and ‘Amal-2-Salih (Bib. Ind.), p. 80. a 966 
? For Khwajah Mu‘in al-Din, Seats Khazinat al-Asfiy4, PP- agit 
