ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



with the traditions of 'Abid Ibn Sharyah on the same subject. Tlie last volume of the 

 Suluk of al-Makrizi, comprising the years 815-844 of the Hijrah. An account of the 

 City of San'a in Yemen, written apparently in the 7th century of the Hijrah, by Ahmad 

 Ibn Abdallah al-Razi. Al-targhib wal-tarhib, a collection of traditions (hadith) by 

 al-Mundiri, with a commentary by Hasan al-Fayyumi, dated A.ii. 820 (A.D. 1417). 

 Al-Hawi, a ti*eatise of Shafi'ite law, by Najm al-Din al-Kazwini (died A.ii. 665), with a 

 commentary; a.h. 838 (a.d. 1435). The Diwan of Abu Firas (died a.h. 357), with 

 glosses by the contemporary grammarian Ibn Khalawaih. The Diwans of Ibn Nubatah, 

 al-Kirati, Ibn Makanis, and a commentary upon the Diwan of Ibn al-Nazar, a poet of 

 the Ibadi sect. Dau al-Nahar, a treatise on the law of the Zaidites. A Beluchi 

 vocabulary and miscellany, by Kamalan. 



liighty-one MSS., chiefly Persian, have been secured for the ?/Iuseum by tlie aid 

 of Sidney Churchill, Esq., of Teheran. 



They include the folloAving rare and valuable works : — 



Zafar-Namah, a rhymed chronicle of the Musulman v/orld in 75,000 double verses by 

 HamduUah Mustaufi, a work mentioned by the author in his Tarikh i Guzidah, but 

 hitherto supposed to be lost ; a bulky quarto written in Shiraz a.ii. 807 (a.d. 1405), and 

 containing the whole of Firdausi's Shahnamah in the margins. 



'Ihe Senglakh, a Chaghatai-Persian dictionary, compiled by Mirza Mahdi Khan, the 

 historian of JS'adir Shah, with copious quotations from the works of Mir Ali Shir and from 

 the Memoirs of Babur ; a work hitherto only known through abridgments. 



Mahbub ul-Kulub, a Chaghatai work on ethics by Mir Ali Shii-, a.h. 1050 (a.d. 

 1640). 



Ikd al-'Ola, a contemporary account by Afzal-uddin of the conquest of Kerman by the 

 Ghu'; chieftain Malik Dinar, a.h. 584. 



The history of Taberistan, by Mir Zahii-uddin, a.h. 1014 (a.d. 1605). 



A history of Khorasan under Shah Isma'il and Shah Tahmasp, down to A.H. 957, by 

 Mir Mahmud, son of the celebrated historian Khondemir. 



Juini' uttiivarikh, the history of the Moghuls, by Eashid-uddin ; a.ii. 1030 (a.d. 1621). 



Dastur i Shahriyaran, the official record of the I'eign of Shah .Sultan-Husain Safavl, 

 from his accession to A.H. 1110, by Muh, Ibrrdiim ZamTri. 



Jami' al-'Ohlm, an encyclopedia of Muslim sciences, by Fakhr-uddin E-azT, dedicated 

 to Tukush Khwarizm-Shah, about a.h. 580. 



Deslur ul-Atibba, a system of Indian medicine, by the celebrated historian Firishtah. 



Hada'ik-ussihr, a treatise on poetical figures by Rashid Vatvat, dedicated to Atsiz- 

 Khwarizmshrdi, about a.h. 540. 



Al Mu'jam fi Ma'ayir ul-'Ajam, a treatise on Persian prosody and poetical composition, 

 by Shams i Kais, of Bukhara, dedicated to the Atabak Abu Bakr Bin Sa'd, circa A.H. 

 630. 



The Gershasp Namah of Asadi Tusi, a 16th century copy with miniatures. 



The Feramurz Namah. 



The Diwans of the early poets, 'Unsuri, Minuchihri, Nasir i KhusraUj Katran, Azraki, 

 Lami'i, Rashid Vatvat, Umani, KafT' Lubnani, Zahir Fariyabi, Shafruh, and Farld 

 Ahval. 



The DTvan of Shams i Tabriz, a.h. 774 (\.d. 1372). 



The Kulliyat of Salman Savajl, a.h. 880 (a.d. 1475). 



The Kulliyat of 'Ubaid Zakani, a.h. 951 (a.d. 1544). 



Chehar Makalah, a collection of anecdotes relating to vezirs, poets, &c , composed by 

 Nizami 'Aruzi for Shams ul-Ma'all, a Ghuri prime, about A.H. 550. 



Two copies of the Merzban Namah, a Persian imitation of the Fables of Bidpai, In the 

 recension of Sa'd Veravini. 



A neat copy of the Sihah, or Arabic Lexicon, of al-Jauharl, dated a.h. 658 (a.d. 

 1260). 



Twelve MSS., originally belonging to the late Oriental scholar, Nathaniel Bland, Esq., 

 comprise two early and choice copies of the Khamsah i Nizami, with miniatures; a richly 

 illuminated Hamlah i Haidari ; the rare Yusuf u Zulaikha of Firdausi ; and the .lami' 

 uttavarikh, or history of the Moghuls, by liashld-uddin, a.h. 994 (A.D. 1586). 



Among acquisitions from other sources the following especially deserve notice : — 



An Arabic Persian Turkish Thesaurus, compiled by J. AV. Iledhouse, Esq., C.M.G., 

 Oriental Interpreter to the Foreign Office, and pi-esented by the author ; ten large 

 folios. 



Ten Pashtoo MSS., including the works of the leading Afghan poets, the Makhzan ul- 

 Islam of Akhund Darvizah, and the Tarikh i Murassa' by Afzal Khan Khatak, the only 

 Afghan history in existence in the native language ; all transcribed under the supervision 

 of the Ilev. T. P. Hughes, of Peshawur, from i-are and, in some instances, unique MSS. 



The Talmud Yerushalmi, or Palestinian Talmud, three volumes containing the Seder 

 Zara'im and a portion of the Seder IMo'ed, with a commentary by R. Solomon Syrileo ; 

 16th century. 



Or Zaru'a hag-Gadol, a commentary on the Gemara by II Isaac ben Moses, of Vienna ; 

 two large folios, 14th century. 



Two volumes of the Commentary of Abul-Lalth Samarkand! upon the Coran, dated 

 A.II. 692, and 764 (a.d. 1293, 1363). 



0.10 2. C Nihayat 



