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association with hermits and ascetics in course of his wancL. 

 ings through jungles, composed in 1160-1749 by a Christian 

 named Dominic Gregory Yutist (Jesuit) known as Dakhani Beg, 

 son of John Yutist. The author belonged to Aleppo, but 

 came to India and settled at Shahjahanabad, and subsequently 

 at Udaipur under the service of liana Jagat Singh to whom 

 he dedicated this work. 



A list of the drugs and medical ingredients with their 



equivalents in Portuguese is given at the beginning of the 

 copy. 



4. A splendid old copy of the Quran beautifully illumi- 

 nated at the beginning, once in the possession of the celebrab-d 

 Abdur Rahim Khan Khanan, the tirst prime minister of the 

 Emperor Akbar. A note explaining the way of taking omen 

 from the Koran is written in the handwriting of the Khan 

 Khanan on the last folio of the MS. Another note at the 

 beginning is in the handwriting of Muhammad Salih, the well- 

 known author of the Amal-i-Salih, and a distinguished historian 

 of Shah Jahan's time. 



5. A very old copy (apparently written in the fourteenth 

 century) of the ninth volume of the well-known history, by 

 'Izzuddin Abul Husain ash-Shaibani known as Ibn-i-Athir, 

 who died in 630 A.H. 



6. A rare and unique collection of the ten valuable 

 treatises (all autographs) by the following ten eminent 'Ularaas 

 of the 10th century A.H.. who composed these works at the 

 request of the distinguished Wazir 'Ali ShirNawa'i (dated A.H. 

 906) for the Qazi of Samarkand, who requested the Wazir 

 to send him specimens of their learning, particularly of 

 the subjects in which each of them was supposed to be a 

 master. The collection consists of Arabic treatises with a 

 Turkish poetical version of the Chihil Hadis of Jami (died 

 898 A.H.) by the Wazir himself. 



(a) A treatise in Arabic on theology, by Saifnddin 



Ahmad Taftazani. 



(b) A treatise in Arabic on the Science of tradition, by 



Amir Jamaluddin AtauIlah-al-Husaini, died 026 



A.H. 



(c) A treatise in Arabic on the excellence of learning 



and learned men, by 'Abdul 'Aziz bin Muhammad 

 bin 'Abdul 'Aziz al-Abhari. 



(d) A treatise in Arabic on the various readings of the 



Quran, by Hafiz Nasiruddin Qari. 



(e) A treatise inArabic on Logie, Theology and Science, 



by Kamaluddin Shirwani, died 905 A.H. 

 {f) A treatise in Arabic on Logic, by Amir 'Ataullah 



Mashhadi, died 913 A.H. 

 (g) A treatise in Arabic on Theology, by 'Osman. 



