14 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A new recension of the memoirs of Hnmayun, by Ilahdad Faizi. 



The authentic memoirs of Jahanglr, with a continuation by Muhammed Had! 



Ikbal Namah ; the very scarce first and second volumes, treating of the reigns of 

 Babar, Hnmayun, and Akbar. 



Takmilah i Akbar Namah, a history of the latter part of Akbar's reign, by 'Inayat 

 UUah. 



Savanih i AkbarT, a critical history of Akbar, by Amir Haidar BalgramT, a very rare 

 work. 



Ahsan ut-TavarIkh, an extensive work on general history, written under Jahanglr, by 

 Hasan Khaki. 



'Ibrat Namah, a detailed account of the successors of AurangzTb, down to Muhammad 

 Shah, by Muhammad Kasim. 



A full history of Muhammad Shah, from his birth to a.h. 1160, by Muhammad 

 Bakhsh. 



A detailed history of Shah 'Alam, brought down to a.h. 1204, by Ghulam 'All 

 Khan. 



Another account of the same reign, ending with a.h. 1196, by Mana Lai. 



Chach Namah, a legendary history of the Conquest of Sind by the Arabs. 



Beglar Namah and Tarkhan Namah, histories of the Arghun and Tarkhan dynasties in 

 Sind. 



Tuhfat ul-Kiram, a detailed history of Sind, by 'Ah Shir. 



Chronicle of Gujrat, from the origin of its dynasty to the time of Mahmud Shah, 

 A.H. 863. 



History of Gujrat, from A.H. 932 to the Conquest of Akbar, by Shah Abu Turab. 



History of Nasir Shah, King of Malvah, A.H. 894-906. 



History of Panjab from the earliest times to the English Conquest, by Ghulam Muhyi 

 ud-Din. 



Another work on the same subject, by Ganesh Das. 



Raj DarshanT, a history of the Bajahs of Jamoo, by the same. 



History of Panjab, from the death of RanjTt Singh to the proclamation of Dullp Singh, 

 by Muhammad NakT, of Peshawur. 



History of the DuranT dynasty in Afghanistan, from its origin to a.h. 1213, by Imam 

 ud-DTn. 



History of the tribes and clans of Afghanistan under the DuranT dynasty, by Sayyid 

 Mahmud. 



Autobiography of Shah Shuja', King of Afghanistan. 



Ausaf ul-Asaf, a history of the Oude dynasty from its origin to a.h. 1198, by Imam 

 'AH. 



Sultan ut-Tavarikh, a detailed history of the Oude dynasty from its origin to A.H. 

 1256, by Katan Singh. 



A work on the same subject, brought down to a.h. 1263, by Sayyid Kamal ud-DTn. 



Maasir ul-Kiram, biographies of Indian celebrities, by Ghulam 'All BalgramT. 



Tabakat i ShahjahanT, lives of the celebrated men who flourished from the time of 

 TTmur to the reign of Shahjahan, by Muhammad Sadik; 



Sharaf Namah, an early Persian Dictionary, by IbrahTm Kivam ; 15th century. 



Kanun Mas'udT, an astronomical work by the famous al-BTruni, a fine Arabic MS., 

 dated a.h. 570. 



Among the Oriental MSS. acquired, independently of the Elliot Collection, the 

 following are worthy of notice : 



Specimens of Japanese calligraphy, and inscriptions on ancient Japanese swords. Pre- 

 sented with some other MSS. by Mr. Ninagawa Noritane, of Tokio, Japan. 



A history of Go-ishi-zo-toumo, Mikado, a.d. 1017-1036. Japanese, 3 vols. Presented 

 by Mr. Hanawa, Japan. 



Futuhat Makkiyyah, a standard work on Sufism, by Ibn al-Arabi. Complete in one 

 volume, dated ZabTd, 1594. 



Kitab al- MaghazT, history of the warlike expeditions of Muhammad, by al-Wakidi. 

 This copy of that rare and valuable work, dated a.h. 564, contains as much again as 

 the printed text. 



Kitab al-AghanT, notices on early Arab poets. Four detached volumes, written 

 for the library of the Fatimide Khalifal-Zafir (a.h. 544-549). 



Sankesar, or lives of Saints, and Gebra Hemamat, two fine Ethiopic MSS. of the 17th 

 and 18th centuries. Presented by Sir George Elliot, m.p. 



An Arabic work on the tenets of the Ibathia sect. Presented by Dr. John Kirk, 

 Her Britannic Majesty's General Consul in. Zanzibar. 



The number of Oriental MSS. delivered to readers during the year was 2,582, viz., 504 

 in the Reading Room, and 2,078 in the MS. Department. 



The number of readers who applied for Oriental MSS. was 423. 



Ch. liieu. 



