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2. Laws of the Jewish Society for visiting the sick in 

 Mantua. Mantua, 1731. 4°. 



3. Seder ha-'arakha, or Order of Communal Taxation of 

 the Congregation at Mantua. Mantua, 1747. 4°. 



Panjahi MS. — 1. The Das Granth, a Sikh scripture by- 

 Guru Govind Singh. Written about 1800. A fine copy, 

 with illuminations. 



Persian MSB. — 1. A version of the Takwim. al-sihhah, a 

 treatise on hygiene by Mukhtar b. al-Hasan ibn Butlan 

 (died A.H. 444). A.D. 1123 (a.h. 517). This Persian trans- 

 lation is quite unknown. It is moreover one of the oldest 

 Persian MSS. in existence. Only one MS. bearing an earlier 

 date is known in Europe. 



2. A topography of Fars, composed about A.H. 450 by a 

 native of Balkh; apparently the Fars-namah of Ibn al- 

 Balkhi. XlVth cent. Unique ; known hitherto only by 

 name. 



3. The Ruba'iyat, or Quatrains, of 'Umar Khaiyam, 

 alphabetically arranged, with a preface : XVth cent. Fol- 

 lowed by the Divan, or poetical^works, of Asaf I : a.d. 1569. 



4. DTvan, or poetical works, of NasTml Baghdad!, a poet of 

 the mystical sect styled HurufTs. A.D. 1567. 



5. Tazkirat al-shu'ara. Memoirs of poets, by Daulat- 

 Shah (composed A.H. 892). A.D. 1572 (a.h. 980). 



6. Adam-namah. A sacred book of the Hurufi sect. 

 A.D. 1579. A very rare and important work. 



7. A history of Shah 'Abbas I. of Persia, from his birth to 

 the 25th year of his reign (a.h. 1020). By his Chief 

 Astronomer, Jalal al-DTn Muh. Munajjim Yazdl. XVIIth 

 cent. The only other MSS. of this valuable chronicle known 

 in Europe are two imperfect copies in the British Museum. 



8. TafsTr i bahr i mauvaj. A commentary on the Koran 

 (i-vi). By Shihab Shams 'Umar DaulatabadT. XVIIth 

 cent. MSS. of this work are extremely rare ; no copy is 

 known in European libraries. The present volume seems to 

 contain as much of the text as has survived. 



9. Firman or patent of Shah Husain Safavi (a.h. 1105-35), 

 conferring the title I'timad al-Daulah and the office of Grand 

 Vizier of Persia upon Shah-Kuli Khan, son of Shaikh All 

 Khan. Dated a.h, 1119 (a.d* 1707). Profusely illuminated 

 in gold and colours. 



10. A book of the Hurufi sect, by Fazl Allah Tabriz!, 

 A.D. 1742. One of the scriptures of this sect. 



11. Javidan i kablr. A Huriifl scripture, by Fazl Allah 

 Tabriz!. XVIIIth-XIXth cent. 



