ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS. CX1X 



IX. 



Philology 



90. 



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£ 



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A very old, valuable and well-known copy of a lexico- 

 graphical work, by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub B. Ishaq B. al-Sikklt, 

 who was one of the most eminent 'Arab lexicographers and 

 was put to death by al-Mutawakkil, a.h. 243 = a.d. 857. For 

 notices of his life see Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's Translation IV, 

 293, Fihrist, p. 72, Kamil, Vol. VII, p. 59, and H. Kh., Vol. I, 

 p. 328. The words are arranged under the various normal forms 

 of the language, and exemplified by quotations from ancient 

 poets. For other copies consult Brock., Vol. I, p. 117. 



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Written in Naskh. Dated 599 a.h. 



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(Nizam liib. , Hyderabad.) 



91. 



A very valuable and complete copy of the well-known lexi- 



cod by the celebrated lexicographer 



B. al-Ha. B. Durayd. who died a.h. 321 = a.d. 934. 

 Vol. II, p. 629, and Fihrist, p. 61. 



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ammad 

 Kh., 



For other copies consult Brock.. Vol. I, pp- 11 M 12. 



1X7 *i.i. • _1 i. ~~.A M ^»f MoofoOTn Oa.fr «H 1078. 



Writt 



Copyist : — Md. Sharif al-Tatiu. 



(Nizam Lib., Hyderabad.) 



92 



The well-known and valuable abridgment of Jawharl's 

 famous Arabic Dictionary, the Sihah, by Abu'l Fadl Muham- 

 mad B. *Umar B. Khalid, commonly known as Jamal al- 



Qurashl (d. a.h. 681=a.d. 1282), with the Persian equivalents 

 added to the Arabic words. Consult Brock., Vol. I, p. 296. 



It was completed on the 16th of Safar a.h. 681 = a.d. 1282. 

 It is probably an autograph copy. Written in good neat *as- 

 ta'llq. Dated 681 a.h. 



