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7. A commentary on the 3rd Book of the Kanun of Ibn 

 STna, by 'All b. Abi al-Hazm al-Kurashi (died A..H. 687). 

 A.H. 770 (a.d. 1369). Transcribed from the author's auto- 

 graph. 



8. Hadi al-kulub, a treatise against the fear of death, by 

 Muhammad b. al-Mailak (died A.H. 797). A.H. 891) (a.d. 

 1489). 



9. Rabr al-abrar, lives of saintly and illustrious person- 

 ages, by al-Zamakhshari (died A.H. 538). XVth cent, (before 

 A.D. 1491). 



10. Masalik al-ahbab, a metrical compendium of Arabic 

 grammar, by Muhammad al-AndalusT, surnamed al-Ra'i (died 

 A.H. 853). XVtli cent. No other MS. known. 



11. Nuzhat al-nufus, an anthology of pieces for the most 

 part of a satirical nature, by 'All b. Sudun (died A.H. 878). 

 XVth cent. 



12. Kitab al-ashbah wa'1-naza'ir. "The Book of Similari- 

 ties and Resemblances," a grammatical treatise by Jalal 

 al-Dln al-SuyutT (died a.h. 911). XV—XVIth cent. 



13. Shihab al-akhbar, a collection of proverbs, apoph- 

 thegms, and precepts, collected from the traditional sayings 

 of Muhammad, by Muhammad b. Salamah al-Kuda'i (died 

 A.H. 4.54). A.H. 911 (A.D. 1506). 



14. Al-Amad al-aksa, a treatise upon Muhammadan ethics 

 by Abu Zaid 'Abd Allah b. 'Umar al-DabusI (died a.h. 430). 

 A.H. 979 (A.D. 1571). Only one other MS. known. 



15.— (i) Kitab Bakr wa-Taghlib, the Wars of Bakr and 

 Taghlib, an Arab folk-epic ; (ii) Kitab harb Bani Shaiban ma' 

 Kisra Anushirwan, the War of the Banu Shaiban with 

 Anushirwan, King of Persia, a similar work to the preceding ; 

 (iii) al-Fadil ii funun al-balaghah wa'l-bara'ah, a collection of 

 eloquent and witty utterances in prose and verse, compiled 

 about A.H. 300 ; and (iv) Wasaya al-muluk, the Testaments of 

 the kings of the house of Kahtan, a collection of Arab tradi- 

 tions in prose and verse. A.H. 1217 (a.d. 1802). Of Nos. i-iii 

 of the above works no other MSS. are at present known to 

 exist. 



[16-22, Arabic MSS. from Oman.'] 



16. A history of Oman down to about A.H. 1154, without 

 author's name. a.h. 1308 (a.d. 1891). 



17. Al-Sahifat al-'adnanlyah, historical notices of the 

 Adnanite Arabs down to the extinction of the Caliphate, by 

 Humaid b. Muhammad b. Ruzaik. Completed in a.h. 1258. 

 XlXth cent. 



18. Al Ka^Idat al-kudsiyat al-nuranTyah, an historical 

 poem on the Adnanite Arabs, without author's name. With 

 a commentary by Humaid b. Muh. b. Ruzaik, completed in 

 A.H. 1268. Volume 2. XlXth cent. 



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