36 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The MSS. are :— 



Arabic _ - - - ^ - 50 



Armenian - - - - - 2 



Carshunic ------ 5 



Chinese ------ 1 



A collection of Coptic MS. Docu- 

 ments (some complete, some frag- 

 mentary) ----- 279 



Gujarati ------ 1 



Hebrew ------ 2 



Hindi ------ 5 



Hindustani ----- 5 



Japanese ------ 2 



Marathi 1 



Nepali ------ 1 



Pali 1 



Persian 10 



Sindhi ------ 2 



Tamil 1 



Turkish 2 



Miscellaneous ----- 1 



371 



The most important acquisitions are : — 



Arabic MSS. — 1. Masa'il al-jinayat fi al-khilaf bain al- 

 Imamain, discussions upon points of criminal law disputed 

 between the Imams al-Shafi'i and Abu Hanlfah ; by Kamal 

 al-Din al-Simnanl (died ah. 44^4). a.h. 611 (A.D. 1214). No 

 other MS. known. 



2. The latter part of a Glossary of the Koran, explained 

 in Persian and arranged in the order of the Surahs, a.h. 655 

 (A.D. 1257). 



3. Book iii, Fann 14-22, of the Kanun, or system of 

 medicine, of Ibn STna (died A.H. 428). A.H. 664 (a.d. 1265). 



4. Ma'alim al-tanzil, a commentary on the Koran, by 

 Husain b. MasTid al-Farra al-BaghawT (died A.H. 516). 4 vols. 

 Xlllth and XlVth cent. 



5. Nihayat al-Tjaz, a treatise on Rhetoric, by Fakhr al-TJin 

 al-RazT (died A.H. 606). A.H. 710 (A.D. 1310). 



6. Matlab al-wusul, a collection of traditions bearing upon 

 Muhammadan ethics and religious observances, by Husain b. 

 al-Mubarak b. al-Thikah al-Mausili (died A.H. 742). a.h. 733 

 (a.d. 1333). Transcribed from the author's autograph. No 

 other MS. known. 



