40 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



5. Muthir al-gharam, a history of the ancient prophets 

 believed to be buried in al-KhalTl (Hebron), by Ishak b. Ibrahim 

 al-Tadmurl (died A.H. 833;. Copied a.h. 871 (a.d. 1467). 



6. Al-Kitab fi al-^ain, a catechetical treatise on the eye, by 

 Hunain b. Ishak. Copied A.H. 891 (A.D. 1486). No other copy 

 is known in Europe. 



7. Al-Kifayat wa'l-'ilam, a history of Yaman down to A.H. 

 803, by 'AH b. al-Hasan al-KhazrajT (died a.h. 812), forming 

 pt. 4 of a general chronicle of dynasties. Copied a.h. 1004 

 (a.d. 1596). Very rare. 



8. Jawahir al-suluk, a history of the Muhammadan rulers 

 of Egypt down to the reign of al-Malik al-Zahir Kansuh (a.h. 

 904-5), with a brief history of Muhammad and the Caliphs. 

 XVIth century. No other copy appears to be known. 



9. Mithak wall al-zama.n, the Druse formulary of admission, 

 with an extensive commentary. XVIth century. 



10. A commentary, in the Hebrew character, upon the 

 Haftaroth or lections from the Prophetical books of the Bible, 

 containing quotations from Sa'adyah Gaon and Tanhum 

 YerushalmT. XVIIIth century. 



Arabic and Turkish MS. — 1, Al-Manzumat fi al-khilafij'-at, 

 an Arabic metrical treatise on the differences between the four 

 orthodox schools of jurisprudence, by 'Umar b. Muhammad 

 al-Nasafi (died a.d. 537), with a Turkish translation and com- 

 mentary by Ibrahim b. Mustafa b. 'All, completed in A.H. 732. 

 XlVth century. 



Chinese MSS. — 1. Two "volumes of the Yung lo ta tien, the 

 great Imperial encyclopaedia prepared at Nanking in a.d. 1408, 

 but never printed. In 1567 two manuscript copies of it were 

 made. One of these perished together with the original in 

 1644 ; of the remaining copy, to which the present volumes 

 belong, only a few parts survive. 



2. Ch'in ting huang yii hsi yii t'u chih, a description of the 

 regions of Central Asia to the west of China, with 33 maps, 

 issued by Imperial command. Very rare. 



Chinese Printed Books. — 1. Ta ming i t'ung chih, a complete 

 gazetteer of the Chinese Empire under the Ming dynasty, prepared 

 under Imperial orders by a committee headed by Li Hsien, and 

 with a preface by the Emperor T'ien Shun. Forty vols. 1461. 

 Extremely rare, and of the greatest importance. 



2. Hsii tzii chih t'ung chien kang mu, a supplement, by 

 Shang Lu and others, to Chu Hsi's compendium of Ssa-ma 

 Kuang's " Mirror of History," extending from 960 to 1368 A.D., 

 with a preface by the Emperor Ch'eng Hua. 14 vols. 1476. A 

 rare work, very finely printed. 



3. Yii ting li tai chi shih nien piao, a chronological history 

 of China in tabular form from 2357 B.C. to 1368 A.D., compiled 

 under Imperial orders by a commission headed by Wang 

 Chih-shu. 100 chuan, in 10 quarto vols., on fine white paper. 



