86 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



4. Al-Bisharah wa'1-nidarah. A treatise on oneiromancy, 

 by Abu Sa'd al-Wa'iz ('Abd al-Malik b. Muhammad ; died 

 A.H. 407.) Xllltli cent. Only one other MS. appears to be 

 known. 



5. Al-Zubdat fi al-tibb. A treatise on the causes, symptoms, 

 and treatment of diseases; by Al-Saiyid Isma'Tl b. al-Husain 

 al-Jurjani. Xlllth cent. Hitherto quite unknown. 



6. Eaudat al-talibin. A compendium of Shafi'i law, by 

 Yaljya b. Sharaf al-Nawawi (died A.H, 676). A detached 

 volume. Xlllth cent. 



7. Part of a commentary on the Kanun of Ibn Sina, com- 

 posed about A.H. 610 ; and part of another commentary on 

 the same work. Xlllth cent. 



8. A commentary by Ahmad b. Muh. al-Baghdadi, called 

 Al-Akta' (died A.H, 474), upon the Mukhtasar, a manual of 

 Hanafi law by Ahmad b. Muh. al-Kuduri, Vols, 2 and 3 (the 

 last). Xllltli cent. The only other MSS, known are a 

 complete copy at Cairo and a copy of Vol. 3, in Paris, 



9. Al-Iclah. A commentary, probably by ' Isa b. Da'ud al- 

 MantikT(died A.H, 705), upon Al-Miijiz fi al-mantik, a manual 

 of logic by Muhammad b. Namawar. XIII — XlVth cent. 

 Believed to be unique. 



10. An Arabic version of the Prophetic Books of the Old 

 Testament. Xlllth— XlVth cent, 



11. Fusiis al-hikam. Aphorisms of the Patriarchs and 

 Prophets, collected by Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi (died A.H. 

 638), XlVth cent,, previous to a.d. 1308. Collated with a 

 MS, that had been corrected by the author's autograph and 

 had been read over to him several times. 



12. Tahdib al-asma wa'l lughat. By Yahya b, Sharaf al- 

 Nawawi. Vol. V., containing the latter part of a dictionary 

 of theological and legal terms, a.d. 1345, This work is 

 very rare. Only one MS, of this part has hitherto been 

 known. 



13. Kitab al-kawa'id. A treatise on Shiah theology, by 

 Maitham b. 'Ali al-Balbiranl (died A.H. 679). a.d. 1389 (A.H. 

 791). Apparently no other MS. is known. 



14. The Aphorisms and Prognostics of Hippocrates, with 

 the commentary of Ibn al-Nafls. XlVth cent. A very rare 

 work. 



15. Ins al-munkati'in, A collection of 300 Traditions, with 

 anecdotes and poetical extracts. Compiled by Mu'afa b. T 

 Isma'Tl (died A.H, 630). XlVth cent. 



16. Nuzhat al-malik wa'1-mamluk. A contemporary 

 chronicle of Egypt from the accession of the Sultan Al-]Sasir 



