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Persian MSS. — 1. Hallaj-namah, a mystical poem by 

 i^arld al-DTn 'Attar (died A.H. 627) upon the absorption of 

 the soul in the divine essence, a.h. 861 (a.d. 1457). 8°. 



2. Zikr al-sair, a history of Benares from the rise of Raja 

 Mansaram tO the accession of Raja MahTpat Narayan, 

 a.d. 1737-1781, by Ghulam Husain Khan b. Himmat Khan. 

 XVIIIth cent. 8°. 



3. Zubdat al-kawa'if, a history of the Nawabs of Oude to 

 A.H. 1287, A.D. 1870, by Jaigopal, called Sakib. a.d. 1870 ; 

 autograph. 8°. 



4. Halat i Jang i Malakah wa-Sithanah, a metrical account 

 of an insurrection in the districts of Malakah and Sithanah 

 in the North-West Provinces after the Great Mutiny. 

 XVIIth cent. 8°. 



5. Divan, or poetical works of Mir Kamar al-DTn Minnat 

 (died A.H. 1208, A.D. 1794). Containing 12 miniatures, in- 

 •cluding portraits of Muhammad, the Nawab A.saf al-Daulah of 

 Oude, Warren Hastings, Richard Johnson, the Nawab Nizam 

 ^AIT Khan of the Dekkhan, &c. XVIIIth cent. 8°. 



6. Khutbahs and correspondence of the Wahhabi religious 

 leader Saiyid Ahmad of Bareli. XlXth cent. 4°. 



7. Makhzan i Ahmadi, a religious treatise by Saiyid Ahmad 

 of Bareli. XlXth cent. 8°. 



Syriac MSS. — 1. A volume containing (a) prognostics 

 for the year, based on the appearance of the moon, &c., (6) 

 Pesse da-Shelihe, a work on divination from lots. A.D. 1814. 



12°. 



2. Magic prayers, with illustrations. A.D. 1818. 12°. 



Tibetan MSS. — 1. Prajna-paramita-sanchaya-gatha, reli- 

 gious-philosophic verses of the Northern Buddhist school, 

 forming part of the Kanjur or scriptural Canon of Tibet. 

 XVIIIth cent. (?). Obi. 4°. 



2. Thar-pa chhen-poi phyogs-su rgyas-pa 'gyod-tshangs- 

 kyis sdig sbyangs-te sangs-rgyas-su grub-par rnam-par 

 bkod-pa mdo, a sutra of the Kanjur. With 6 miniatures. 

 Obi. Fol. 



3. A commentary on the Jtrii-chapter of the Katantra, a 

 standard Sanskrit grammar. Obi. Fol. 



Turkish MSS. — 1. Annals of the Turkish Empire, 

 A.H. 1000-1070, by Na'Traa Efendl (died A.H. 1128). XVIIIth 

 cent. 4°. 



2. Annals of the Ottoman Empire, A.H. 1182-1188, by 

 Anvarl EfendT (died A.H. 1209). a.h. 1214 (a.d. 1800). 4\ 



