38 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



13. Kitab ghana wa-mana : a manual of Medicine ; A.D-.. 

 1528. A very fine copy. 



14. Al-Kawakib al-darari : a commentary on a collection 

 of Muhammadan traditions ; A.D. 1457. 



15. 'Unwan al-sharaf : a treatise on Muhammadan Law; 

 A.D. 1453. 



16. TakwTm al-Sihhat : a treatise on hygiene in tabular 

 form ; A.D. 1225. 



17. Kitab al-isti'ab : a treatise on the construction of the 

 Astrolabe ; XlVth cent, 



18. A treatise on Astrology, attributed to Hermes ; A.D, 

 1462. 



19. Kitab al-taraif : a Shiah polemic against the doctrines 

 of the Sunnis ; A.D. 1655. A rare work. 



20. A Prayer 13ook, finely written on thin pieces of a 

 coniferous wood, possibly yew ; XVIIth cent. 



21. A collection of Apophthegms by the Caliph 'AIT, 

 profusely illuminated in gold and colours ; XVIth cent. 



22. A treatise on the seven readings of the Koran ; Vol. 1 ; 

 Xlllth— XIYth cent. A rare work. 



23. A rare and important religious work by the Bab; 

 XlXth cent. 



24. A treatise on Metaphysics ; XVth cent. A fine copy. 



25. A repertory of epistolary phraseology : Xlllth — 

 XlVth cent. A very rare work. 



26. A treatise on Muhammadan Law ; A.D. 1432. 



27. Traditions relating to the partisans of Muhammad and 

 to his wars ; XVth cent. An extremely fine copy. 



28. The history of Subuktigln and Mahmud, Sultans of 

 Ghaznah ; Xllth cent. 



29. The Makamat, or Assemblies of Badi' al-Zaman al-^ 

 HamadanT. A series of Stories ; XVIth cent. 



30. Thirteen of the sacred writings of the Druzes ; XVIIth 

 cent. 



31. Al-Risrdah : a systematic treatise on Sufism ; A.D- 

 1386. 



32. The history of the conquest of Mesopotamia by the 

 Muslims, attributed to al-Wakidi ; XIII — XlVth cent. 



33. The life of Jalal al-DTn Mankburuni; Xlllth cent. 

 Only one MS. of this most important work has been known 

 hitherto. 



34. Zahr al-adab ; an anthological work ; A.D. 1250. 



35. A medical treatise ; A.D. 1270. A very fine copy. 



36. The forty traditions of al-Nawawi ; XlVth cent. 



