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a fine hand, A,H. 787 (a.d. 1385). Followed by Al-Tirmidi's 

 Kitab al-shama'il, traditions of Muhammad, copied A.H. 791 

 (A.D. 1388). Fol. Apparently only one other complete copy of 

 the Kitab al-wafa exists in Europe. 



(21) Vol. VI. of the Ta'rikh Baghdad of Al-Khatib, a series 

 of biographies of the scholars of Bagdad, etc. More than half 

 the book is written in a handwriting of about 1300 A.D., the 

 rest in a hand of the xviith century. 4". Extremely rare and 

 important. 



(22) Al-La'ali wa'1-durar, notices and anecdotes of famous 

 men, by Al-Tha'alibl. xiv-xvth century. 4". Very rare. 



(23) Tatimmat al-ibanah, a supplement by Abu Sa'd 'Abd 

 al-Kahman ibn Ma'mun al-Mutawalli to Al-Ibanah, a treatise on 

 Shafi'i law by Al-Furan!. Vol. IV. xiv-xvth century. 8". 

 Extremely rare. 



(24) Tarajim Ibn Taimlyah, notices of Ibn Taimiyah by 

 contemporaries, compiled by Muh. ibn Abi Bakr 'Abd Allah ibn 

 Muh. (Ibn Nasir al-Din) ; followed by a tract in defence of Ibn 

 Taimiyah's orthodoxy. Copied A.H. 880 (a.D. 1475). 12^ 

 Apparently unknown. 



(25) DTwan of Al-Radi. xvth century. 8". 



(26) Nahj al-hakk and Minhaj al-karamah, works on Shiah 

 theology, by Al-Hilli. xvth century. S*'. 



(27) Faid al-ghaffar, a commentary by Mub- ibn 'Abd Allah 

 al-Timirtashi on a treatise on Hanafi law by Tahir ibn al-Hasan. 

 Transcribed in A.H. 995 (a.D. 1586) from the author's autograph, 

 which was completed A.H. 982 (a.d. 1574). 8". No other copy 

 seems to be on record. 



(28) Mirkat al-mubtadi'in, a commentary, ascribed to Hamid 

 al-Din Hamid ibn Aiyub al-Kurashi, upon the 'Ukudal jawahir, 

 a treatise on Hanafi law attributed to Sadid al-Din Muh. ibn 

 Abi Bakr al-Bukhari (Imam Zadah). xvith century. Followed 

 by Al-Tamhid fi bayan al-tauhid, a work on the principles of 

 Islam, by Abu Shukur al-Salimi ; copied A.H. 1001 (a.d. 1592). 

 Fol. Of the first work no other copy is recorded. 



(29) Vol. IV. of Al-Muhit al-Burhani, a treatise on Hanafi 

 law, by Burhan al-DIn ibn Mahmud al-Bukhari. xvith century. 

 4". Rare. 



(30) A MS. containing tracts on Sufism and lives of famous 

 Sufis, xvi-xviiith century. 12". 



(31) Kitab al-milal wa'1-duwal, a treatise on astronomy by 

 Abu Ma'shar, followed by cognate tracts, xviith century. 12*^. 



(32) Fihrist asma musannifi al-shl'ah, alphabetically 

 arranged notices of Shiah writers, by Al-Jalil Abu al-Husain 

 Ahmad ibn 'All al-Najashi al-Asadi. xviith century. 8°. Only 

 one other copy is known to exist. 



(33) Kunh al-murad, a commentary by Al-Suyuti on Ka'b 

 ibn Zuhair's poem Banat Su'ad. Copied a.h. 1149 (a.d. 

 1736). 8". 



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