40 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



(2) The Common Prayers of the Samaritan Liturgy. 

 Copied A.H. 1083 (a.d. 1672). Fol. 



(3) The Samaritan Liturgy for the Day of Atonement, 

 xixth century. 4". 



(4) The Samaritan Liturgy of Commemoration for the 

 Prophet Moses, xix-xxth century. FoL 



Hehreiv and Arabic MSB. — A collection of 20 fragments, 

 including portions of Maimonides' Dalalat al-hfi'irin, Sa'adyah's 

 translation of Exodus, liturgies, Talmud, and rabbinical 

 literature. 



(2) A Samaritan Chronicle, xixth-xxth century. Fol. 



Persian MSS.-(l) Divan of Khakani. Copied A.H. 664! 

 (a.d. 1265) ; with an illuminated colophon at the end of 

 Part i. stating that the book was incorporated in the library 

 of Yahya b. Hamid Khvilrazmi in A.H. 594. Fol. This 

 appears to be the oldest and most complete MS. of the Divan 

 on record. 



(2) A MS. containing 5 astronomical tracts by Nasir 

 ul-Din Tusi, Mubfirak Ghauzl, Al-Amir, etc. Copied A.H. 728 

 (a.d. 1327). 12". Some of these tracts are extremely rare. 



(3) A MS. containing: — (1) Lama'at, a work on mystic 

 love, in verse and prose, by Fakhr ul-Din 'Iraki; (2) two 

 copies of an allegorical dialogue between Beauty, Grief, and 

 Love, styled on the flyleaf Kissah i YOsuf ; (3) Kitab ul-anabat, 

 a manual of the mystic religious life, by Abu 'Ali al-Hasan 

 b. Muh. al-Dakkak ; (4) Tuhfat ul-muluk, stories and maxims of 

 sages; (5) the Zafar-namah of Buzurgmihr. Copied A.H. 761 

 (A.D. 1359). 4". Only one other copy of No. 4 is otherwise 

 known. 



(4) Tbrat ul-nazirin, a general history from the earliest times 

 to the reign of Shah-rukh, son of Timur, A.H. 807, by 

 Muh. b. Mahmud Fakhr ul-Din al-Fusanji, called Masihi ; com- 

 posed in A.H. 838. xvth century. 4". No other copy appears 

 on record. 



(5) Mihr va-vafa, an allegory in verse and prose ; adapted 

 from an original poem of Mir 'Ali ShirNava'i at the instance of 

 Sultan Husain Abu ul-Ghazi Baikara. Copied A.H. 9^9 (a.d. 

 1590). 4°. No other copy is on record. 



(6) Divan of Naziri Kuhistani. xvith century. Only one 

 other copy of this Divan appears to be known, although some 

 of the poems in it are quoted elsewhere. ^-s--- 



(7) Bayan ul-vaki', a Huriifi treatise. Copied A.H. 1059 

 (a.d. 1649). 8°. No other copy is on record. 



(8) Anbiya-namah, a poetical account of all the prophets. 

 Caliphs, Imams, etc., from Adam to the Mahdi, by Ibrfihim 

 Jabarti. xviith century. 4". This appears to be the only 

 copy known. 



(9) Kitab man la yahdaruhu al-fakih, a translation of a 

 treatise on Shiah jurisprudence by Ibn Babavaih al-Kummi. 

 xviith century. 4". 



