30 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



the cover as the Kitab al-fusul wa'1-ghayat of Abu al-'Ala 

 al-Ma'arrl. Copied A.H. 731 (a!d. 1330). 4". 



11. Ta'rikh Isfahan, a history of Ispahan and notices of the 

 most famous natives of that town, with poems in praise of it, 

 &c., by Mufaddal b. Sa'd al-Husain al-Mafarrukhi. Apparently 

 this work was composed in its original form in A.H. 421, and 

 was later expanded into the recension represented by this 

 MS. Colophon dated A.H. 732 (a.d. 1332). 12°. Extremely 

 rare. 



12. Al-Ishavat, Ibn Sina's manual of philosophy, with 

 commentary by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. Copied A.H. 738 

 (A.I). 1337). 4°. 



13. Sharh 'umdat al-'aka'id, a commentary on the 'Umdat 

 al-'aka'id of Al-Nasafi, treating of the Sunni tenets. Copied 

 A.H. 782 (a.d. 1380). 12°. No other copy of this work appears 

 to be on record. 



14. A MS. containing (i) a Ka^idah by Muh. b. MasTid, 

 addressed to a vizier on his recovery from illness ; (ii) the 

 poems of 'Urwah b. al-Hizam ; (iii) the poems of Al-Muthakkib, 

 with a commentary. xivth century. 8". Several of the 

 verses of the last two poets, who are ancient and important, do 

 not appear to be found in any other MS. 



15. Tahdib al-ahkam, a work on the traditional basis and 

 harmony of the authorities for Shi'ah jurisprudence, by Abu 

 Ja'far Muh. b. al-Hasan al-Tiisi (died A.H. 459). Part iii. xivth 

 century. 4°, Rare. 



16. Kitab bada'i' if ham al-albab, a Avork on abrogative and 

 abrogated verses of the Koran, by Abu Muh. Ibrahim b. 'Umar 

 al-Ja'bari. xiv-xvth century. 12°. No other copy seems to 

 be on record. 



17. A MS. containing (i) Kitab faisal al-tafrikah bain 

 al-islam wa'1-zandakah, a refutation of gnosticism, by 

 Al-Ghazzali ; (ii) 3 tracts, the second of which is ascribed to 

 Al-Ghazzali ; (iii) Bustan al-'arifln, a work on Sufism and 

 asceticism attributed to the same author. No. 2 copied 

 A.H. 870 (A.D. 1465). 12°. Rare. 



18. Vol. ii. of Durr al-anis, a life of Imam Shafi'I, by Yusuf 

 b. Hasan 'Abd al-Hadi. The author's autograph, written in 

 Damascus' and finished A.H. 888 (a.d. 1483). 12°. No other 

 copy of the work seems to be known. 



19. Ta'rikh al-Dimashk (Ta'rikh al-Sha'm), a history of 

 Damascus and Syria by Ibn 'Asakir. Two detached volumes, 

 copied respectively in the xvii-xviiith and the xvth centuries. 

 4°. No other copies are known to be preserved in Europe. 



20. Kitab al-iman wa'1-islam, a work on the fundamentals 

 of Islam by Ibn Taimiyah. xvth century. 4°. 



21. Nazm al-juman, biographies of Abu Hanifah and the 

 jurists of his school, by Ibrahim b. Muh. Ibn Dukmak. Vol. iii, 

 beginning with the life of Ibrahim b. Ahmad al-Mausili. 

 xvth century. 4°. Rare. 



