298 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XTX, 1923.] 
motives, or traces of ancient beliefs as to the magical power of 
kings (cf. the anecdotes "ea the connection of rain with 
the king, given on f. sq.; or on ea a Rice of the 
health of flock on the vars will, f. 180v 
Some stories containing animal ie (cf. ff. 80v, 90, 
97, LOlv, 194v, 21lv) may be interesting for folkloristic studies. 
Only a few anecdotes touch on Sufic matters (ff. 82v 
I71v), referring to some aio early Sufis. They contain 
pags of special interest, however 
anguage of the beok 4 is appreciably modernised in 
the leon transcript (which is of Indian origin and dates 
from the XIle A.H./XVIIIe. A.D.) Traces of its more 
archaic diction are ahoaeil such as, for instance, the frequent 
use of jy! ‘ (62, of the so-called conditional (5, and other 
occasional obsolete forms. 
Many poetical quotations, both in Arabic and Persian, 
are scattered throu ghout the book. The majority of them 
apparently belong to the author himself. Only very rarely 
does he quote other poets, such as ‘Unsuri (p. 252v), and 
‘Asjadi (f. 68v).! 
n the whole this old work does not present, as far as I 
have been able to ascertain, anything very remarkable, but 
there is no doubt that it well deserves careful study, which 
may yield some interesting information. 
Tth na 1924, Calcutta. 


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