DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 39 



Hebrew and Italian MS. — 1. Matteh Dan, by llaham David 

 Nieto, in an Italian version, xviiith century. 8". No other 

 copy of this version is known. 



Hindustani and Persian 3IS.— 1. A Masnavi poem by 

 Hasan 'AH Dihlavi. Early xixtli century. 8". Rare. Pre- 

 sented by R. U. Steele, Esq. 



Karshuni MSS. — 1. Seven MSS. on Christian doctrine and 

 Bible exegesis, xviii-xixth centuries. Presented by the widow 

 of the late Colonel S. B. Miles. 



Karshuni and Syriac MS. — 1. A liturgy of the Syrian 

 Christians, xviiith century. 12". Presented by the widow 

 of the late Colonel S. B. Miles. 



Persian MSS. — 1. Al-Madkhal, a tract on the conjunctions 

 of the planets, by Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi ; probably abridged 

 from his Kiranat. Copied a.h. 685 (a-D. 1286). 12°. Exceed- 

 ingly rare. 



2. Mi'yar ul-sidk, a work on Sufic mysticism, by Najm 

 ul-Din Razi (Diiyahj. Copied a.h. 772 (a.d. 1371). 12". 



3. A MS. containing three works on prosody, viz. : (i) an 

 anonymous tract ; (ii) Kivami's Kasidah, with notes ; 

 (iii) Nuzhat ul-absar, by Fazl Uilah b. Muh. Shirazi. Copied 

 A.H. 864 (A.D. 1460). 8". 



4. 'Avarif ul-ma'iirif, a treatise on Sufism, by Shihiib ul-Din 

 al-Suhravardi, in a Persian translation by Isma'il b. 'Abd 

 ul-Mu'min b. Abi Mansur al-Isfahani. Elegantly written ; 

 copied A.H. 897 (a.d. 1492). 4". No other copy of this version 

 seems to be on record. 



5. Discourses by Shaikh 'Aziz ul-Din al-Nasafi on theology 

 and Sufism. Copied 4.H. 990 (A.D. 1582). 8^ 



6. Gulshan i insha, a treatise on epistolary style, originally 

 written in Turkish for Bayazid II. by Mahmud b. Adham, 

 and thence done into Persian by Hashimi. xvith century. 

 12°. Rare. 



7. A collection of poems by a poet styling himself Jamali, 

 who is perhaps to be identified with Hamid b. Fazl Ullah, 

 commonly called Darvish Jamrdi (died A.H. 942). xvith 

 century. 12°. Apparently not recorded elsewhere. 



8. Risalah fi kalimat ul-tauhid, a Sufic tract by Jami. 

 xviith century. 12". 



9. A MS. containing the following works of Jami: — 

 (i) Nakd ul-nusus, a commentary on Ibn ul-'Arabl's Fusus 

 ul-hikm; (ii) Isbat i vahdat ul-vujiid, a work on the unity of 

 <jrod ; (iii) the Lava'ih; (iv) a commentary on two KasTdahs of 

 Ibn ul-Fariz ; (v) a commentary on 'Iraki's Lama'at. Copied 

 A.H. 1014 (a!d. 1605). Fol. 



10. Collected poems of FighanI and Humayun. xviith 

 century. 12". 



