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accompanied by the Traditions Avhicli bear upon them. 

 Compiled by Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Hadi al-Mukaddasi (died 

 A.H. 744). Volume 2. a.h. 701 (a.d. 1302). No other MS. 

 known. 



6. Muntaha al-muna, a treatise on the 99 Names of God, 

 by 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar al-BaidawI (died A.n. 685\ A.H. 723 

 (a.d. 1323). No other MS. known. 



7. The Arabic version of the Aphorisms and Prognostics 

 of Hippocrates, accompanied by the commentary of Ibn 

 al-Nafis (died a.h. 687). a.h. 724 (a.d. 1324). 



8. — (1) Fawa'id al-mawa'id, a work on the etliics of eating, 

 by Yahya b. 'Abd al-'AzTm al-Jazzar (died a.h. 679); 

 (2) al-Wuslat ila al-habib, a treatise on the preparation of 

 perfumes, by Kamfd al-DTn Ibn al-'AdIm (died A.H. 660). 

 A.h. 734 (a.d. 1334). Of the above two works, No. 1 is quite 

 unique, whilst of No. 2 only one other MS. is known. 



9. Rauclat al-azhur, an anthology of verses, sayings, and 

 anecdotes, compiled by 'All b. Yahya al-KurtubT, who wrote 

 apparently in the first half of the Vlth centoiry of the Hegira. 

 A.H. 770 (a.d. 1368). Quite unique. 



10. Tafsir al-khams mi'at ayah min al-Kur'an, a com- 

 mentary upon 500 verses of the Koran involving commands 

 and prohibitions, by Mukatil b. Sulaiman al-Khurasani (died 

 A.H. 150). A.H. 792 (a.d." 1390). Quite unique. 



11. Lawami' 'anwar al-kulub, a treatise on mystic love, 

 copiously illustrated with anecdotes and poetical citations, 

 by Abu al-Ma'ali 'AzTzT b. 'AIT, called " Shandalah " (died 

 a.h. 494). XIV— XVth cent. Only one other MS. known. 



12. Raud al-riyahm, a collection of anecdotes of pious 

 persons, by 'Abd Allah b. As'ad al-Yafi'i (died a.h. 768). 

 XIV— XVth cent. 



13. Kitab al-'ibar, a chronology of Muhammadan history 

 by Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Dahabl (died A..H. 748). The 

 latter part, containing the annals for the years A.H. 106-695. 

 XVth cent. 



14. Pakhirat al-'ilam, a history of Egypt in verse, from the 

 Muhammadan conquest down to A.H. 1040, by Ahmad b. Sa'd 

 al-Din al-Ghamri al-'Uthmani. A.H. 1191 (A.D. 1776). 



15. Kitab khabar Barlam al- Shaikh wa'bn al-malik 

 Yuwasif, the Arabic version of the legend of Barlaam and 

 Joasaph, attributed to St. John of Damascus. With 21 

 miniatures. XVIIth century. 



Chinese MSS. — 1. Four volumes of the confidential con- 

 temporary record of the reign of the Emperor T'ung-chih 

 (A.D. 1862—1875), containing edicts concerning the choice of 

 his Empress and upon the political condition of the Empire. 



