236 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [November, 1905. 
31. The Nafaisu-l-Maasir—By H. Beverivcr, I.C.S. (retired). 
Among the Elliot manuscripts in the British Museum there is 
a volume which contains, among other things, about a hund 
pages ee extract from the Nafa’isu-l-Maasir. It is numbered 
973 (1565-66). 
gives 979 as the date of the completion of the work, but that much 
Kami. He is described by Baday ini at 
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he gives the well-known one about Babar’s birth, and adds that it 
ami. On p. 26b he speaks of Babar’s religious poem, and corrobo- 
rates Sprenger’s statement that it was entitled “Dar Fiqh.” He 
probably one of several Maqdiim A‘zams, for the name was borne 
by more than one saint. At p. 33b we have the statement that 
7 Daa Se conversed in Herat with the writer’s father, here ca ed 
Amir Nasiru-d-din Yahya. At p. 37b mention is made of a Khwa- 
jah Qazi who was Humayun’s prime minister and who, unless he 
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