BEPARTMEXT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 39 



0. Futrih al-Bahnasa, legends bearing on the early history 

 of Bahnasa, a city in the Faiyum, and on the Muhammadan 

 conquest of Egypt. XVth cent. 8°. 



7. A collection of 32 tracts in Arabic and Persian, chiefly 

 on scientific subjects ; notable as including a Persian tract on 

 existence by 'Umar Khaiyam. XVth cent. 8°. 



8. Al-Fara'id wa'1-kala'id, a collection of aphorisms and 

 proverbs by Muhammad ibn al-Husain al-AhwazT, an author 

 of the earlier part of the 4th century of the Hijra. A.H. 1177 

 <A.D. 1763). 8°. 



Chinese MSS. — 1. P'u-erh foo t'u shwo. Water-colour 

 drawings illustrating the social life of the aboriginal tribes in 

 tlie prefecture of P'u-erh foo. With descriptive text and a 

 map. XlXth cent, (early). Fol. 



2. A letter from Prince Kung to General K'o, i.e., Sir 

 Plope Grant, stating that he is sending back 25 prisoners, and 

 promising compensation. October 19, 1860. 



Hebrew MSS. — 1. The Prophets and Hagiographa. With 

 the Masorah Magna and Parva. Written in a Spanish hand, 

 on vellum, about the XlVth century. 4°. 



2. The commentary of Solomon Yishaki (Rashi) on the 

 Psalmr,, Proverbs, Job, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah,and Chronicles, 

 with the commentary on Job xl.-xlii. by Jacob Nazir. Probably 

 written in France in the XlVth century. 8^ 



3. Three Cabbalistic tracts, viz., Sefer ha-Malbush, Ma'aseh 

 Eereshith, and Sefer Yedrah, with commentary. XVth cent. 

 Vellum. 12°. 



4. Services for the New Year and Day of Atonement, 

 according to the rite of Tlemsan. XVIIth-XVIIIth cent. 8°. 



5. Festival Services, according to the rite of Algiers. 

 XVITth-XVIIth cent. 4°. 



Lolo MS. — 1. A Lolo book, on paper. 



Mandaitic MSS. — 1. Trasa di Taj a di Shishlam Rabba, a 

 ritual work. A.H. 1289 (a.d.'1872). 



2. Prayers against enchantments. A.H. 1296 (a.d. 1878). 



Persian MSS. — 1. A detached volume of an early Persian 

 commentary on the Koran, containing sections xvi.-xviii. = 

 Surah xviii. 75 -xxv. 22. The Koranic text is written in 

 large ornamental Cufic characters, the commentary in archaic 

 Persian Naskhi. Xlllth-XIVth cent. Fol. No other MS. 

 of this commentary appears to be known. 



2. The collected poems of " BTdil " (Mirza 'Abd al-Kadir). 

 XVIIIth-XIXth cent. 8^ 



