3d ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



(34) Khulasat al-ta'iikh, chronologically arranged lives of 

 famous kings and scholars, by 'AH ibn 'Umar al-Kashshash. 

 xviiith century. 4". Presented by G. Clauson, Esq. 



(35) 'Unwan al-majd fi ta'rikh al-najd, a history of Nejd 

 from the xiith to the xiiith century of the Hijra, by 'Uthman 

 ibn 'Abd Allah al-Hanbali, Copied a.h. 1270 (a.d. 1853). 4". 



(30) A collection comprising 16 Wahhabi tracts and three 

 other MSS. xviii-xixth century. Presented by Colonel S. R. 

 Miles. 



Arabic and Persian MS. — (1) A MS. containing a glossary 

 of mystic religious terms ; Zubdat al-haka'ik, a doctrinal work by 

 Muh. 'Aziz al-Nasafi, in Persian; Al-Fikh al-akbar and Al- 

 Wasiyah, tracts on the principles of Islam, by Abu Hanifah, in 

 Arabic : glosses on works of Ibn al-'Arabi, in Arabic and 

 Persian ; and Ghayat al-imkan, a theological tra.ct by Al- 

 Ghazzali, in Arabic and Persian. The last work copied a.h. 

 978 (A.D. 1570). 8". 



Chinese MSS. — (1) A collection of more than 300 pieces of 

 bone, of various sizes, inscribed with very archaic Chinese 

 characters recording the divination afforded by the cracks 

 appearing on bones seared with a hot iron. Probably of about 

 the earlier half or middle of the Chou Dynasty (B.C. 1122-249). 



(2) Nan hua chen ching nei ch'i p'ien, chapters 1-7 of 

 Chuang Tzu's treatise on Taoist mysticism, written on a roll 

 of Sung silk measuring 794 by 15.5 cm., and dated in the 

 Hslian-ho period (a.d. 1119-1125). 



Kashmiri MS. — (1) A volume of poems on Hindu religion 

 and philosophy, in Persian script, xixth century. 4". Presented 

 by Br. A. K. Coomaraswamy. 



Persian MSS.—(1) The Masnavi i Ma'navi of Jalal ul-Din 

 EQrai. A finely written copy, with beautifully illuminated 

 'umudns, and some full-page illustrations and small miniatures. 

 Dated in the colophon a.h. G95 (a.d. 1295). 8°. Presented 

 through the National Art- Collections Fund by Henry Van 

 den Bergh, Esq. 



(2) Tajnisat i Fattahi, a treatise explaining the differences 

 of reading due to differences of diacritic punctuation, by Fattahi. 

 Copied a.h. 972 (a.d. 1564). 8^ Rare. 



(3) Tuhfat ul-murshidin and Al-Mu'tamad fi al-mu'takad, 

 treatises on Islam by Imam Shihab ul-Din Fazl Ullah Tur- 

 pushti. xvi-xviith century. 8°. Apparently very rare. 



(4) Rescripts of Sultan Husain Baikarii, compiled by 'Abd 

 Ullah ibn Muh. al-Marvarid. xvii-xviiith century. 4". 



(5) Kanz ul-salikin, a Sufic tract by 'Abd Ullah al-Ansari. 

 Copied a.h. 1120 (a.d. 1708). 12". Rare. 



(6) Divan of Khalid. xviii-xixth century. 8°. 



Persian and TurMsh MS-. — (1) Miftiih ul-ghaib and other 

 Hurufi works, xviiith century. 12". 



Turkish MSS. — (1) Mihr u mushtarl, a masnavi romance by 

 Muniri ibn Muhammad. Conied, in the author's own hand- 



