DEPARTMENT OF OEIENTAL PRINTED BOOKR AND MSS. 37 



The MSS. are : 



Arabic - - - - - - ]25 



Armenian - - - - - - 2 



Coptic - - - - - - 24 



Hebrew ------ 52 



Hindi - - - - - - 1 



Pali - - - - - - - 11 



Persian - - - - - ~ 16 



Syriac ______ i 



Turkish ------ 3 



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The most important acquisitions are : — 



Arabic MSS.—l. Kitab al bada'i fi tartlb al-shara'i' : a 

 digest of Muhammadan Law. A portion of an extremely 

 rare w'ork. Vols. 7, 8 ; XlVth cent. 



2. Taushih al-tashTh : a gloss by Taj al-Din al-Subkl upon 

 a treatise on Muhammadan Law. Very rare ; 1368. 



3. A volume containing a collection of Poems, with a 

 commentary; and a treatise on traditions connected with 

 the Prophet ; a.d. 1374. 



4. The Sihah : The Arabic Lexicon of JauharT. 4 vols. A 

 made-up copy! Vol. 1., XVth cent. ; Vols. 2, 3, A.D. 1221 ; 

 Vol. 4, A.D. 1340. 



5. Al-Shifa bi-ta'rif hukiik al-Mustafa : A treatise on the 

 attributes and prerogatives of Muhammad. Vol. II. ; A.D. 

 1339. 



6. Three treatises on the uses of different astronomical 

 instruments ; Xlllth cent. 



7. Anls al-munkati'Tn : a selection of 300 traditions, illus- 

 trated by anecdotes and verses ; A.D. 1496. 



8. Kitab Alif-ba : an anthology; A.D. 1611. A rare MS. 



9. A commentary on the compendium of Muhammadan 

 Law entitled al-Hawi al-Saghlr; A.D. 1317, A fine and 

 early MS. of the work. 



10. Al-Masa'il al-badrlyah : A collection of Legal Decisions ; 

 A.D, 1471. A rare work. 



■ 11. The 55th section of the Ta'rikh al-Islam : Muhammadan 

 Annals ; about A.D. 1400. 



12. Jami' al-musnadat 'ala madhab Abi Hanifah : A collec- 

 tion of Muhammadan traditions ; A.D. 1536. The 1st vol. of 

 an extremely rare work. 



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