24 . ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The MSS. are as follows :— 



Arabic ------ 298 



Chinese _--.--- 3 



Hindustani _ _ _ - _ 1 



Kurdish - _ _ _ - 1 



Pali ------ 2 



Persian - - - - - - 96 



Persian and Turkish - - _ 1 



Sanskrit - _ _ _ _ 2 



Shan ------ 1 



Sinhalese _ - _ - - 1 



Turkish - - - _ _ 1 



Total - _ - - 407 



The Stein Collection, comprising a portion of the MSS. brought 

 home by Sir M. Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E., from his second expedition 

 to Chinese Turkestan, consists of about 6,000 Chinese rolls and 

 documents and a considerable number of documents and literary 

 fragments in Prakrit, Sanskrit, and local languages. 

 The most important acquisitions are : — 



Arabic MSS. — (1) A MS. on vellum, containing an apparently 

 unknown Arabic version of the Acts of the Apostles, v. 2. to end, 

 and of the Catholic Epistles. 9-lOth century. 12° . 



(2) Mujmil al-iughah, a lexicon by Ahmad b.al-Faris al-Kazwini. 

 10th century (possibly older). Fol. 



(3) Jana al-jannatain, a lexicon by Fakhr al-Din Abu al-Ma'ali 

 Muh.b.al-Mas'ud al-Kassam. Copied A. H. 593 (A.D. 1197). 8^. 

 No other copy seems to be on record. 



(4) Dlwan or poems of Ahmad b.Muh.Abu Bakr Nasih al-Din 

 Arrajani, Ahmad b.Muh.b.Fadil b.'Abd al-Khalik al-Katib, and 

 al-Khalil Muh.b.Zaid al-Khaziz. 12-13th century.' 8°. Contents 

 are partly unknown. 



(5) Akrabadin or pharmacopoeia of Baghdad, by Abu al-Hasan 

 Hibat Allah b.Sa'id. Copied a.h. 625 (a.d. 1228). 8°.' No 

 other complete copy appears on record. 



(6) Kuwa al-adwiyah, another pharmaco])oeia by the same 

 author. Copied a.h. 654 (a.d. 1256). 8°. No other copy seems 

 to be known. 



(7) Shara'i' al-islam, a standard manual of Shi'ah jurisprudence 

 by Ja'far b.Muh.al-Hilli, in the author's handwriting, with mar- 

 ginal notes by another writer. Copied a.h. 662 (a.d. 1264). 

 Extremely valuable. 



(8) A cyclopaedia of physics, ethics, and metaphysics, styled in 

 the last section Bayan al-haldc, and wanting the end of pt. 1 and 

 beginning of pt. 2. 13th century. Fol. Otherwise unknown. 



(9) Al-Mukhtar, the dlwan or poems of Kadi al-Sa'id Abu 

 al-Kasim Hibat Allah b.Kadi al-Rashid Abu al-Fadl Ja'far ibn 

 Sana al-Mulk. 13th century. 8°. Very rare. 



