DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 35 



Of the MSS., of which a classified list is appended, 80 were 

 bought and 33 were presented. 



Arabic ------ 16 



Armenian ------ 1 



Bengali 12 



Burmese ------ 13 



Coptic - 6 



Hebrew ------ 14 



Hindi ------ 4, 



Japanese ------ 4 



Malayalam - - - . - - 1 



Manipuri ------ l 



Oriya --_--_ 1 



Pali - - - - . _ 5 



Pali-Burmese ----- 10 



Persian ------ 18 



Sanskrit - - - - - - 4 



Sanskrit-Siamese - - - _ 1 



Sanskrit-Sinhalese - - - - 1 



Shan 2 



Siamese - - - _ _ 1 



Sinhalese ------ 5 



Syriac ------ 1 



Drawings of Indian Mythology - 2 



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The most important acquisitions for the year are as 

 follows : — 



Arabic 3ISS. — 1. Two volumes of Sablh al-Bukhari, with 

 a Commentary by Sharih al-Sunnah, 16th century, 4°. 



2. Al-Muharrar al-WajTz, a commentary upon the Koran, 

 by 'Abd al-Hakk Ibn Atiyyah, who died A. H. 541, 15th 

 century. 4°. 



3- Nafh al-TTb, a history of the Arabs of Spain, by al- 

 Makkari.' A. H. 1135 (a.d. 1723). Large fol. 



4. The eighth volume of the IklTl of al-Hamdani, a classical 

 work on the history and geography of Arabia. 



5. Maimonides's Commentary on the Mishnah of " Seder 

 Nashim." Arabic in Hebrew character. Dated A.D. 1402. 



6. A commentary by Ibn al-Hajib upon his own work on 

 Arabic Syntax, entitled al-Kafiyah. A fine copy partly 

 vocalised. A. H. 717 (a.d. 1317). 8°. 



7. A letter in Arabic from General Gordon, addressed from 

 Khartum, to the Mudir of Dongola, Khartum, and Senaar, 

 asking for news as to the relieving force. With a translation. 

 Date illegible. 



0.97. c 2 Arabic 



