1 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEU.M, 



The MSS. are :— 



Arabic - - - - ^ - 12 



Chinese ------ 3 



Hebrew ------ Q. 



Japanese ------ 1 



Lolo ------- 1 



Mandaitic _ . - _ - 2 



Oriya ------ 1 



Pali - 1 



Persian ------ 1 



Sinhalese, &c. (Nevill Collection, 



about.) - - - - - 1,000 



Tibetan ------ 1 



1,029 



The most important acquisitions are : — 



Arabic 3ISS. — 1 (a) Al-Mukhtasar fi furii' al-Maliklyah^ 

 a treatise on Malik! law by Ibn Abi Zaid al-Kairuwani (died 

 A.H. 886) : a detached volume, containing the law relating- to 

 riding animals, houses, and lands; Xllth cent. (6) Fawa'id 

 al-daris al-mushrifat 'ala 'uyun almajalis, a treatise on 

 MalikT law by Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah Ibn Khiyarah (died 

 A.H. 551), vol. xvii. ; A.H. 535 (a.d. 1141. Read through 

 before the author in A.H. 537). Vellum. 8°. No MS. of any 

 part of either work has hitherto been known. 



2. Jami' al-bayan 'an ta'wil ay al-furkan, an extensive com- 

 mentary on the Koran, by the historian Abu Ja'far al-TabarT 

 (died A.H. 310). Vol. iii. (upon Surah ii. 54-97). Xllth cent. 

 Vellum. 8°. Only one other MS. of a part of this work is 

 known to exist in Europe. 



3. Al-Mudauwanah fi furu' al-MalikTyah, a treatise on 

 MalikT law redacted by Sahnun b. Sa'Td al-Tanukhi (died 

 A.H. 240). Books 20, 37, 40, and 50. Xllth cent. Vellum. 

 4°. No other MS. is known which contains three of these 

 books. 



4. Kamil al-sina'ah, a systematic treatise on medicine by 

 'Allb. al-'Abbas al-Majusi (died A.H. 384). A H. 548 (a.d. 1153 : 

 written in Egypt by a Moorish scribe). Fol. 



5. Al-Wafi bi'1-wafayat, a biographical dictionary by Salah 

 al-Din al-Safadi (died A.H. 764). Vol. xii., containing the latter 

 part of the section comprising the lives of persons named 

 'All. XVth cent. 8°. The greater part of the contents of 

 this volume has hitherto not been known to exist. 



