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Muh. b. Kilaun (A.H. 693) to a.h. 717; preceded by a 

 summaiy of Egyptian history from earliest times. By Al- 

 Hasan b. 'Abd Allah al SafadT. XlVth cent. Hitherto only 

 two MSS. have been known, one of them being imperfect. 



17. A volume of a large collection of traditions bearing on 

 law, entitled Kitab al-istidkar. By Yiisuf b. 'Abd Allah ibn 

 ^Abd al-Barr (died A.H. 463). XlVth— XVth cent. The only 

 part of this work hitherto known is in the Khedivial Library 

 at Cairo. 



18. Hayat al-hayawan. A dictionary of zoology, by Kamal 

 al-DTn al-Damlrl (died A.H. 808). Early X7th cent. A very 

 fine MS. 



19. Tahafut al-falasifah. A polemic against the Greek 

 system of philosophy, by Khwaja-zadah Mustafa b. Yusuf al- 

 Buriisawi (died a.h. 893). a.d. 1525 (a.h. 932). 



20. Part of the commentary of Ibn Hajar al-Haithaml 

 {died A.H. 973) upon the Minhaj al-talibin, a manual of Shafi'I 

 law by Yahya b. Sharaf al-NawawT. a.d. 1564 (a.h. 971). 

 This MS. was written in the author's lifetime. The only 

 other MS. known hitherto is in the India Office Library. 



21. A Chronicle from the Creation to A.H. 583 ; by Shams 

 al-Din Muh. b. 'Ali ibn Junghul (died A.H. 951). Abridged 

 by Ahmad b. 'All ibn al-Mulla (died A.H. 1003). 4 Vols. 

 A.D. 1571 — 76 (a.h. 978—994). Apparently in the autograph 

 of Ibn al-Mulla. The MS. seems to be unique. A continua- 

 tion, extending over one or more volumes, appears to be 

 wanting. 



22. Al-Fa'ik fi al-lughah. A lexicon to the Traditions, by 

 Mahmiid b. 'Llmar al-Zamakhshari ; composed A.H. 516. XVIth 

 — XVIIth cent. A very important work ; only three MSS. 

 are at present known in European libraries. 



23. Four works on Zaidl theology :— (i.) a gloss on a 

 treatise by " Al-Shaikh Abu Eashid " ; (ii.) Kitab al-mu'ath- 

 thirat, by Al-Hasan b. Muh. al-Rassas ; (iii.) Misbah al- 

 ^ulmat, a commentary on the last, by 'All b. Muh. b. Ahmad 

 al-Bakri ; (iv.) Mirkat al-anzar, by Al-Kadi 'Abd Allah b. 

 Muh. al-Najri. A.D.' 1635. 



24. Al-Kifayah fi * ilm al-' irab. A commentary by Diya 

 itl-DTn al-Makki upon his teacher Al-ZamakhsharT's manual 

 of grammar called al-UnmQdaj. XVIIth — XVIIIth cent. 

 Only one other MS. is known. 



25. Scriptures of the BabT sect. 7 vols. XlXth ceiit. 

 Arabic Printed Book, — 1. The Horologion of the Greek 



Church, with other offices for the whole year. In Greek and 

 Arabic. Printed by Anthimos the Georgian, at the expense 

 of Constantine Prince of Wallachia, for Athanasius IV., 

 Patriarch of Antioch. Bucharest, a.d. 1702. 4°. 



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