DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 23 



The most important acquisitions are : 



Batta MSS. — A Batta Calendar of comparative dates for a 

 number of years from 1720 a.d. onwards ; together with a large 

 number of epistles extracted from the original binding of the 

 calendar. Presented hy Miss E. G. Wren. 



Persian MSS. — 1. Ta'rikh i Sighari, an account of Khokand 

 and its rulers during the first half of the 18th century. Copied 

 a.H. 1161 (a.d. 1748). 8°. Presented hy Sir Henry H. Boworth, 

 K.C.I.E. 



2. Part (about half) of Kazvini's 'Aja'ib ul-makhliikat, with 

 some good Indian drawings in colour. 18th cent. 8°. Presented 

 by Sir Henry H. Boworth, K. CLE. 



3. A large collection of the poems, with some prose works, of 

 Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Durrani, called Tarzi, a modern 

 Afghan writer. Copied, a.h. 1305 (a.d. 1887). 8"'. 



L. D. Barnett. 



