38 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



edition, or it may be a few weeks afterwards, they must have 

 intended to publish separate portions, of which this forms 

 one. 



Pali MSS. — 1. Vinaya-sara, a rare work giving a compen- 

 dium of the rules of Buddhist ecclesiastical discipline. In 

 Burmese character, with explanations in Burmese (a.d. 1834). 



2. A rare MS. in the Sinhalese character, containing a 

 commentary on a work, Palimuttaka-vinaya-vinicchaya- 

 sangaha, previously acquired. This commentary was com- 

 posed at the request of Parakrama Bahu I., King of Ceylon^ 

 about 1190. 



3. Abhisambodhi-alankara, a short Pali poem on the life of 

 Buddha, with a Sinhalese commentary. Rare in the East 

 and unique in Europe. 



Pali Books. — The magnificent edition of the Pali Tipitaka,. 

 or Canonical books of the Buddhists, in 39 volumes, printed 

 at Bangkok, 1894, by orders of H.M. the King of Siam, and 

 presented by him. The Siamese character, which has never 

 been previously employed for Pali texts, even in Siam itself, 

 is used in this case. Each volume contains a clear and 

 detailed scheme of transliteration for the use of European 

 readers. 



Persian MSS. — 1. Ta'rikh ul-Khairat, a work on general 

 history, compiled in A.H, 831. 15th century. 4*^. 



2. The second volume of the Ta'rikh i Alfl, an extensive 

 Muslim chronicle compiled for the Emperor Akbar, compris- 

 ing the years A.M. 511-801. 18th century. Fol. 



3. Sharaf-Namah, a history of the Kurds, by Sharaf Khart 

 BitlTsi. A.H. 1251 (a.d. 1835). Fol. 



4. Haft IklTm, a collection of biographical notices geo- 

 graphically arranged, by Amln Alimad Razi. 17th century. 

 Fol. 



5. The Shahnamah of Firdausi, with miniatures. ICth 

 century. Fol. 



6. The DTvan of Salman. A.H. 795 (A.D. 1393). 



7. The DTvan of Mirak Nakkash. A.H. 1095 (a.d. 1644). 

 Fol. 



8. A collection of contemporary native portraits of illus- 

 trious personages in Persia, amongst them several of the 

 late Shah. 19th century. Fol. 



Persian Book. — Gulshan i Bekhar, a Tazkirah, or biography 

 of Persian and Hindustani poets, by Sheftah. Litho- 

 graphed at Delhi in 1843 (an extremely rare edition). 



Sanskrit Books. — 1. Catalogue of the Sanskrit MSS. in. 

 the Raghunatha Temple Library [at Jammu] of H.H. the 

 Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, prepared for the Kashmir 



State 



