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present vevsion is that which was executed by order of 

 Nadir Shah about a.h. 1740. XVIIlth cent. 



6. Anvar i Suhaili, the Persian version of the Fables of 

 Bidpa'T, by Husain KashifT. Illustrated with miniatures of 

 Indian workmanship. Written in Ahmadabad. a.h. 1009 

 (A.D. 1600). 



7. TafrTh al-imarah, an historical description of the public 

 buildings of the city of Agra, by Lala STlchand. Composed 

 for Mr. J. S. Lushington, acting collector and magistrate of 

 Agra, A.D. 1825-26. With 13 coloured drawings. XlXth 

 cent. 



Turkish 31 S8. — 1. Masha'ir _ al-shu'ara, a biographical 

 dictionary of Turkish poets, by 'Ashik Chelebl (died A.H. 979). 

 A.H. 977 (A.D. 1569). 



2. Tuhfat al-umara, a treatise on politics by Mahmud b. 

 Isma'il al-JTzT, originally composed in Arabic in A.H. 843 for 

 the Mamluk Sultan Abu Sa'Td Jakmak. Translated into 

 Turkish by 'Abd al-Salam b. Shukr Allah al-AmasT. XVIIth 

 cent. 



^ 3. Kisas al-anbiya, histories of prophets and legendary 

 kings, by Hasan b. Nasir al-Balkhi. A very rare work 

 written in archaic Turkish. XVII-XVIIIth cent. 



4. The last volume of the Ottoman Chronicle of Nalma 

 (died A.H. 1128), extending from the accession of Sultan 

 Muhammad iv., in a.h. 1058, to a.h. 1070. XVIII-XIXth 

 cent. 



Robert K. Douglas. 



