ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS. cx j 



VIII. 



Biography. 



65. 



A short biographical dictionary of the eminent gramma- 

 rians of the sixth century of the Hijrah in alphabetical order 



with specimens of their works. 



Author:— Abu '1 Ha. 

 banl al-Qiftl Jamal al-Di: 



B. Yusuf B. Ibrahim al-Shay- 

 a.h. 646 = a.d. 1248). Forade- 

 tailed account of the author, consult Mu'jam dLBvldan of 



—9 



Q 



From a note on a fly-leaf at the beginning it appears that 

 from fol. 2—95 have been written by the author himself. 

 Written in old Naskh. (C. 700 a.h.) For another copy see 



Brock., Vol. I, p. 325. 



Kh., Vol. I, p. 441, is 



Inba aURuwdt aid Abna 1 alNuhdt ( »l«.iil *lwf JU 



Be g: — ^' ur& \& Al-» **» *>j ^x, ^J| *^| ^ 



(Nizam Lib., Hyderabad.) 



66. 





An abridgment of the history entitled -J ***ijf oaifjJf 



E 



nud B. Q; 



Khallik 



Wathiq 



a.h. 232-a.d. 847), the ninth Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty. 



The work deals for the greater part with fictitious tales 

 and anecdotes. The work is not mentioned in Brock. 



Written in Naskh. Dated 1160 a.h. { 



Beg : — u*;Wj c%4-Jf^fcl* p&)] f^it^'t *U «u*Jf 



(Nizam Lib., Hyderabad.) 



67. 



A work on the merits and glories of the Imam Malik. 

 Author:— 'A. Rahman B. Abi Bakr. Jalal al-Din al- 

 8uyutl (d. a.h. 911 = a'.d. 1505). See H. Kh., Vol. II, p. 286. 

 Written in Naskh. Dated 1285 a.h. 



(Shams al-'Ulama' Qadi 'Ubayd-Allah Lib., .Madras.) 



