
1922.] The Sources of Jami’s Nafahat. 3 
tion of the narrative from other sources. Very typical is the 
case of the account of Yafi‘l (cf. p. 682). 
it is a great pity that so important a work as the Nafahat 
* remains without a proper critical edition, although its MSS. 
are very common and there are even very old copies of it 
reference. In addition it is now extremely scarce, more than 
60 years having passed since its publication, scarcer indeed 
_— good MSS. of the Nafahkat, and only few libraries possess 
it. 
I. Tabagat of ‘Abdu’l-lah Ansari. As was mentioned 
above, Jami explicitly states in his preface (pp. 1-2) that his 
original intention was to re-edit in a modernized form this 
early treatise. As he remarks, there was great need for the 
book had suffered 
les, who does not 
fter the Shaykh’s 
s lectures,* which 
! See my article « Tabaqat of Ansari in the old Language of Herat,’ 
the first part of which has coun in the January number of the J ourna] 
of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1923, pp. 1-34. The second part appeared 
in the July issue, pp. 337-382 ; 
2 He often refers to Ansari as to his rawi, ef. fol. 46v, llov, I24v, 
130, 147y. There are also many allusions to his conversation with the 
Shaykh, cf. fol. 33v, Ie 25 Sof 21% oron f. 86v. et (ex), 
rw geile Mass ete. r <a 
3 Of ¢ é ; 2 a. : “ aa Es Yoo It ee. 
ol. L14v. | gilive iJ o,f tow ake oi yee A ¢ e 
* That an assembly, obviously of disciples, was addressed, one may 
