DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. ^7 



The MSS. are :— 



Arabic - 



Armenian 



Burmese 



Chinese - 



Coptic - 



Hebrew - 



Korean - 



Laos 



Manchu 



Nubian - 



Persian - 



Pushtu - 



Sanskrit 



Prakrit-Sanskrit 



Shan 



6 

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 2 

 3 



19 

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(in 112 parts). 



70 



The most important acquisitions are : — 



Arabic MSS. — 1. The Dlwans of four ancient Arabic 

 poets, namely : — Tufail ibn *Auf, 'Amir ibn al-Tufai], 'Abid 

 ibn al-'Abras, and al-Tirimmah ibn Hakim, each Diwan 

 being accompanied by explanatory scholia. Dated a.h. 430 

 (a.d. 1039); written in Moorish character. The Dlwans of 

 these four poets have not hitherto been known to exist, 

 although scattered poems from each of them had been 

 found. 4°. 



2. TafsTr al-Masa'il wa'1-Ajwibah, a collection of theolo- 

 gical responsa, by Abu Sa'Td 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Muhammad 

 al-Naisaburi al-Wa'iz. Dated a.h. 719 (A.D. 1319). No other 

 copy of this work has so far been made known. 12°. 



Burmese IIS. — An Album of panoramic pictures of scenes 

 at the court of the Burmese Kings, XlXth century. Fol, 



Chinese MSS. — 1. Personal Records of the Emperor T'ai 

 Tsung Wen, founder of the present Manchu-Tartar dynasty. 

 Vols. 1 and 2 (out of 4), covering the period between 1592 

 and 1636. In yellow silk case. Fol. 



2. Edicts of the Emperor Yung Cheng (1723-1735), 

 arranged according to subjects. Vols. 31-33 ; in red silk 

 case. Fol. 



3. Official biographies of eminent public servants of the 

 present dynasty. Vol. 25 (written after 1864). Fol. 



