l6 ACCOUNTS, &.C., OK THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Kitab al-Muhabbir, a collection of historical notices relating to the ancient Arabs, to 

 the times of Muhammad and the early Khalifs, etc., by Abu Sa'id B. al-Husain 

 al-Sukkari, who died a.h. 290 ; 14th century. 



Kitab al-Usul, an extensive work on Arabic grammar, by Ibn al-Sarraj, who died 

 A.H. 316 ; a carefully written copy, a.h. 651. A fine copy of al-Mufassal, the standard 

 grammatical work of al-Zamakhshari, dated a.h. 665. 



Two versified treatises on the various readings and the proper spelling of the Coran, by 

 Abul-Kasim B. Fierro, of Xativa, who died a.h. 590 ; with illustrated titles, A.H. 737. 



The conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selim, a contemporary account by Shaikh Ahmad 

 B. Zanbal, of al-Mahallah. 



The Makamat of Hariri, a fine copy written by a grandson of the author, A.H. 557, 

 i.e., forty years after Hariri's death, with marginal glosses by the same hand as the text. 



Another carefully written copy of the same Avork, witli copious marginal notes, dated 

 A.H. 654. 



The Idah, a commentary on the preceding work by al-Mutarri?;], dated Baghdad, 

 A.H. 670. 



Takwim al-Sihhah and Takwim al-Abdan, two medical works by Ibn Butlan, wlio died 

 A.H, 444, and Ibn Jazlah, who died a.h. 493 ; dated Baghdad, A.H. 527. 



(The above eight MSS. were selected, with some others, from a collection belonging to 

 A. Ghandour Bey, of Alexandria.) 



The earliest account of the Muslim conquest of Egypt, Africa, and Spain, by Ibn Abd 

 al-Hakam, ivho di^3d A.H. 257 ; a complete and well preserved copy written about a.h. 530. 



Zubdat al-Tawarikh, a history of the Seljucides from their origin to their extinction, 

 composed by Sadr al-DIu Abul-Hasan All al-HusaIni, about a.h. 620 ; 13th century. 



The third volume of al-Badayah wal-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir, containing a full and 

 circumstantial history of Muhammad, from the battle of Ohod to the end of the 9th year 

 of the Hijrah, A.H. 836. 



The Divan of Faraj Ullah, a Persian poet, native of Shustar, Avho lived in Shiraz and 

 in the Deccan In the first half of the 17th centuiy. 



An Album of Indian miniatures, consisting of portraits of Princes and Amirs, and of 

 fanciful s ibjccts ; with the seals of Aurangzib and of the Nawab of Oude, Asaf ud- 

 daulah. Large folio. 



(The above five MSS. belong to the Stowe Collection.) 



Manafi' al-Hayawan, a work treating of animals and their medicinal properties, by 

 Abu Sa'id Ibn Bakhlisliu', who died a.h. 450, with coloured drawings of animals ; 13th 

 century. 



Twenty MSS., written in the Gurmukhi character, collected in Amritsir by the Rev, 

 A. Fisher. They contain the sacred books of the Sikhs, the Adi Granth, Jar.am Sukhi, 

 Govind Singh's GIta, and some Hindi works, such as the Hamayau and Hanuman 

 Natak. 



Five Pushtoo MSS., containing the compositions of the following Afghan poets, 

 Hijri, Shaida, Abdid-Kadir, Mirza Khan, and Abdul-Hamid, transcribed from rare and, 

 in some cases, unique copies for the Rev. T. P. Hughes, of Peshawar. 



Sixteen MSS., consisting chiefly of grammatical works on Tamil and Konkani, from 

 the Library of the late Di-. A. C. Burnell. 



An Album, containing sixty highly-finished miniatures, mostly portraits of Princes and 

 Amirs of the time of Aurangzib, from the Library of the late Nawab of the Carnatic. 



Khusrau u Shirin, a Turkish poem by Shaikhi, with miniatures, of the 16th Century. 



The KuUiyat, or collected Avorks, of Farid-uddin 'Attar, a Persian jioet of the 12th 

 century, with illuminated titles, dated a.h. 889 (a.d. 1484). 



A Makhzor or Hebrew ritual, with grotesque pen and ink drawings, written in Italy in 

 the 13th century. 



The Haggadah, or Ritual of the Passover, with a series of miniatures illustrating the 

 Exodus ; 14th century. 



Pesakim, or legal decisions, of Jacob, of Bagnols, a Jewish writer of the 14t]i century ; 

 15th century. 



A Burmese MS. on palm-leaves, Avith curious drawings illustrating subjects of 

 Buddhistic mythology and the torments of Hell. 



A Burmese summary of the Abhidhamma, a portion of Buddhist Scripture ; j^i'tisented 

 by R. W. Cochran-Patrick, Esq., m.p. 



The travels of Izzat-uUah in Central Asia, Persian ; presented by Professor William 

 Wright. 



Raja Charltam, a Pali poem, dedicated to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales; presented 

 by the author, Dharmaloka Terunnanse, Principal of the Widyalankara College, 

 Peliyagoda, Ceylon, 



The number of Oriental MSS. consulted during the year was 1,502, viz., 785 in the 

 Department of MSS., and 717 in the Reading Room. 



The number of sepai'ate applications for Oriental MSS. in the Reading Room was 

 207. 



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