ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS. CXXxix 



Copyist :— Sa'd-Allah Khan (d. a.h. 1066 = a.d. 1655), who 

 was the most able and upright minister of the emperor Shah- 

 jahan. The following lines on the first fol. are in the hand- 

 writing of Shahjahan (a.h. 1037-1068= a.d. 1627-1657). 



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(Rampore State Lib.) 



Ornate Prose and Poetry. 



151. 



A short autobiography of Fadl-i-Haqq B. Fadl-iJmam, a 

 well-known learned Mawlana of Khayrabad, who died while in 

 transportation at Rangoon in 1278 a.h. In the course of his 

 narrative the author records important events of the Mutiny of 

 1857 a.d. and mentions the troubles and pains which he 

 suffered during the time of his expatriation. For author's life 

 and his works see Hada'iq aUHanaflyah of Faqir Md., p. 480. 



Written in Ta'llq by Hasan Muhaddith, the father of the 

 owner of the Lib., with useful explanatory notes. The MS. 

 contains two Qasldahs at the end. 



(M. Md. Muhaddith Lib., Rampore.) 



152. 



A very interesting copy of the poetical works of the cele- 

 brated Indian scholar-poet Ghulam 'All Azad of Bilgram 

 (d. a.h. 120 = a.d. 1785), containing seven Dfwans. Penned by 

 himself. The author commenced the work in 1179 a.h. and 

 finished in 1194 a.h. The following note at the end of the 



work is an autograph :— i g*/ty\ ^^^ c***-^ 1 *rf j^ u 



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Two Dlwans were published in Hyderabad some years ago 

 They are full of misprints. 



Written in minute Ta'llq Shikastah Amiz. 



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(Nawvvab Nur al-Hasan Lib., Lucknow.) 



