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22. Niswat al-'abidat, lives of famous Moslem women, by 

 Taki al-Din Abu Bakr b. Muh. al-Hisni. xvth century. 12^ 

 Rare. 



23. Al-Mu'jizat wa'1-khasa'is, an account of the earlier 

 propaganda of Muhammad, his miracles, and his characteristics, 

 by Al-Suyuti. xvith century. Fol. 



24. Risalah fi ithbat al-wajib, a Sufic tract by JamT. xviith 

 century. 12°. 



25. Kaukab al-raudah, a description of the island Al-Raud 

 in Cairo, by Al-Suyuti, with a coloured plan of Cairo. Copied 

 A.H. 1009 (A.D. 1600)." 4^ 



26. Collected poems of Muh. b. 'Umar al-Kudsi al-'Alami 

 (died A.H. 1038). Copied A.H. 1029 (a.d.4619). * 8". No other 

 equally extensive collection of this poet's works is on record. 



27. Tabakat al-'ulama al-hanafiyah, lives of Hanafi jurists, 

 by Kamal Pasha-zadah Ahmad. Copied a.m. 1035 (A.D. 1625). 

 8". 



28. Glosses by Muh. b. Husain Fakhr al-Din al Husaini on 

 Al-Maibudi's commentary on Al-Abhari's Hidayat al-hikmah. 

 Copied A.H. 1058 (a.d. 1648). 8". No other copy appears to be 

 on record. 



29. Diwan or poems of Abu Bakr b. Hijjah al-Hamawi. 

 Followed by part of the Diwan of Ibrahim b. 'All Jamal al-Din 

 al-Mu'ammar. The former copied A.H. 1062 (a.d. 1651;. 8". 

 Neither of these works appears to be on record. 



30. Nur al-thakalain, a Shi'ah commentary on the Koran, 

 by 'Abdal-'Ali b. Jum'ah 'Arusi Huwaizi al-Shlrazi. Vols. i-iv. 

 Fol. Rare. 



31. Asrar al-talibin, a tract on the religious life, attributed 

 on the first page and flyleaf of this copy to Amir Khusrau 

 Dihlawi. xviith century. 8". Very rare. 



32. Majma' al-muhimmat al-diniyah, a Hanafi work on the 

 fundamentals of Islam, by Mulla Husain b. Iskandar. xvii- 

 xviiith century. 8°. Extremely rare. 



33. Al-Nawakid li-bunyan al-Rawafid, a polemical work 

 •against the Rafidis by Ashraf Mu'in al-Din Mirza Makhduiii 

 al-Shirazi. xviiith century. 8". 



34. Ithar al-hakk, a treatise on Zaidi dogmatic theology, 

 by Muh. b. Ibrahim Ibn al-Wazir. Copied A.H. 1100 (a.d. 1688) 

 4". 



35. Kasidah poems of 'Izz al-Din 'Abd al-Hamid b. Abi al- 

 Hadid, with a commentary. Copied A.H. ,1112 (a.d. 1700). 8^ 

 No other copy appears to be on record. 



36. Asrar al-anwar, a theological tract, by Al-Ghazzali. 

 xviiith century. 8. Very rare. 



37. Nahj al-hakk, a polemic against the Sunni tenets, by 

 Ibn Mutahhar al-Hilli. xviiith century. S°. Rare. 



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