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longitudes, for co-ordination of different eras, for determining 

 feasts and fasts, &c., with explanatory chapters. Composed 

 about A.H. 532 for Sultan Sanjar b. Malikshah (died A.H. 552). 

 A.H. 620 (A.D. 1223). ' 4". The only other MS. at present 

 known is the author's autograph in the Vatican. 



5. Sharh al-isharat, a commentary by Fakhr al-Din al- 

 RazI (died a.h. 606) upon the Kitab al-isharat wa'1-tanbihat, 

 a systematic treatise on speculative philosophy by Ibn STna. 

 A.H. 634 (A.D. 1236). 4°. 



6. Kitab ghana wa-mana, a manual of medicine b}' Abu 

 Mansur al-Hasan b. Nuh al-Kumri (flourished about A.H. 350, 

 A.D. 961). A.H. 678 (A.D. 1279); written by a Persian scribe 

 in the island of Uwal, near Bahrain. 8°. 



7. I'tab al-kuttab, biographical notices of state secretaries, 

 by Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah al-Kuda'T, called Ibn al-'Abbai' 

 (died A.H. 658). Xlll-XIVth cent. "12". 



8. Majma' al-bahrain, a treatise on Hanafi law by Ahmad 

 b. 'AIT ibn al-Sa'ati ^^died A.H. 696), with a commentary by 

 the author. Vol. 2. Xlll-XIVth cent. 4°. 



9. Al-Mukhtar min madlh al-mukhtar, a collection of 

 poems in praise of Muhammad by Yahya b. Yusuf al-Sarsarl 

 (died A.H. 656). Xlll-XIVth cent. 4°. 



10. An anonymous commentary upon al-Hawi fi al-fatawi, 

 a treatise on law by Najm al-DTn al-Kazwini (died a.h. 665). 

 Vol. 2-4. A.H. 745-749 (a.d. 1345-1349). 4°. 



11. Mughni al-labib, a treatise on Arabic syntax by 'Abd 

 Allah ibn Yilsuf ibn Hisham (died a.h. 761). A.H. 760 

 (a.d. 1359). Transcribed in Damascus, and collated with a 

 MS. copied from and collated with the author's original. 4°. 



12. Al-Muhakamat 'ala Sharh al-isharat, glosses and 

 criticisms by Kutb al-Din al-RazT (died A.H. 766) upon the 

 two commentaries on Ibn Sina's Kitab al-isharat, viz., those 

 of Fakhr al-DTn al-RazT and Nasir al-DTn al-TusT. a.h. 761 

 (A.D. 1360). 4". 



13. Al-Jami' li-ahkam al-kur'an, an extensive commentary 

 on the Koran, by Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Kurtubi (died 

 A.H. 671). Vol. 13 (Surah xxxvii. 147-xlvi. 33). " a.h. 762 

 (A.D. 1360). 4°. 



14. Sharh al-Sunnah, an extensive collection of Traditions, 

 by al-Husain b. Mas'ud al-Farra al-Baghawi (died a.h. 516). 

 Vol. 6. XlVth cent. 4°. No copy of this volume has 

 hitherto been recorded as extant. 



15. Al-Ta'rikh al-salihi, a compendium of Moslem history, 

 by Muhammad b. Salim ibn Wasil al-Hamawi (died A.H. 697). 

 Vol. 1, from the Creation to the death of Hasan, a.h. 41. 

 XlVth cent. 8°. 



