ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. \g 



The 29th volume of the Tabakat of Ibn Sa'd, the secretary of al-Wakidi ; 12th cen- 

 tury. 



Dhail al-Mudhayyil, a biographical work by al-Tabari ; unique ; 11th century. 



Three early lives of Muhammad, two of which, entitled Dala'il al-Nubuwwah, are by 

 Abu Nu'aim al-Isfahani (died a.h. 430), and by Abu Bakr al-Baihaki (died A.H. 458) ; 

 the third, entitled Sharaf al-Nabi, is by Abu Sa'd al-Khargushi (died a.h. 407). The 

 MSS. are of the 11th and 12th centuries. 



The tenth volume of the history of Yemen by al-Hamadanl (died a.h. 334), entitled 

 al-IklTl. 



Al-Ihatah, a history of Granada by Ibn al-Khatib (died a.h. 776), transcribed from 

 an old copy in the Khedivial library. 



The first volume of the history of Damascus by Ibn 'Asakir (died a.h. 571), with the 

 autograph of the author ; 12th century. 



A life of al-Malik al-Nasir Da'ud, the Ayyubite (died A.n. 656), by his son; unique; 

 A.H. 712 (a.d. 1313). 



A history of the Mamluk king al Malik al-Zahir Jakmak (a.h. 842-857), by the 

 historian of Timur, Ibn 'Arabshah ; unique : 16th century. 



A contemporary account of the reign of al-Malik al-Ashraf Kayitbai down to a.h. 

 877 ; unique; a.h. 1039 (a.d. 1630), 



Ahmad Ibn Zanbal's history of the conquest of Egypt by Sultan Selim I., both in the 

 Arabic original and in a Turkish translation by Yiisuf al-MIlawi. 



Zubdat al-A'mal, a history of Mecca and Medina by Sa'd al-Din al-Isfaraini ; composed 

 A.H. 762 ; 15th century. 



Lives of the holv men of Yemen, in alphabetical order, by Zain al-Din al-Sharji al- 

 Zabldi (died a.h. 893); 16th century. 



Lives of the Shafi'T doctors of law, in alphabetical order, by Abd al-Kahim al-Isnawi 

 (died a.h. 772); a.h. 773 (a.i>. 1372)._ 



Al-Tabakat al-Sughra, by Taj al-Dm Ibn al-Subki (died a.h. 771); a.h. 784 (a.d. 

 1382). 



Lives of the Shafi'i doctors, in chronological order, by Ibn Kadi Shuhbah (died A.H. 

 851); A.H. 843 (a.d. 1439). 



Lives of grammarians and lexicographers, abridged from the work of Abu Bakr al- 

 Zubaidi, of Sevilla (died A.H. 379) ; 17th century (unique). 



Bughy at al Wu'at, lives of grammarians, alphabetically arranged, by al-Suyiiti ; A.H. 

 981 (A.D. 1573). 



Al-Durar al-Kaminah, a biographical dictionary of the celebrated men who died in the 

 eighth century of the Hijrah, by Ibn Hajar (died A.H. 852) ; A.H. 872 (a.d. 1471) ; 2 voll. 

 folio. 



Lives of physicians by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah ; transcribed from an old copy in the Khedivial 

 library. 



Safwat al Safwah, lives of holy men by Ibn al-Jauzi (died a.h. 597); A.H. 660 

 (a.d. 1262). 



TabsTr al-Muntabih, an enlarged recension by Ibn Hajar (died a.h. 852) of the work 

 of Dahabi on the names of traditionists ; a.h. 834 (a.d. 1431). 



Mushtabih al-Nisbah by Abd al-Ghani B. Sa'id (died a.h. 409) and Tasmiyat al- 

 Eijal by al-Darakutni (died a.h. 385), two works on the names of traditionists; a.h. 

 794 (a.d. 1392). 



Gharlb al-Kur'an, a glossary of rare words in the Coran, by Ibn 'Uzair al-Sijistani 

 (died A.H. 330); a.h. 480 (a.d 1087). 



Lubab al-TafasIr, an extensive commentary upon the Coran by Mahmud B. Hamzah 

 al-Kirmani (about a.h. 500), vol. I. , a.h. 644 (a.d. 1246). 



Al-Mukni', a treatise on the various readings of the Coi'an by Abu 'Amr al-DanI 

 (died A.H. 444) ; A.H. 872 (a.d. 1467).- 



Irshad al-Mubtadi, a treatise on the same subject by Ibn Bundar al-KalanisI (died 

 A.H. 521) ; A.H. 793 (a.d. 1391). 



Al-Munajjad, an Arabic vocabulary by Abul-Hasan Ali al-Huna'i (died A.H. 307); 

 transcribed from an old M S. in the Khedivial library. 



Islah al-Mantik, a large work on Arabic lexicography by Ibn al-Sikkit (died A.H. 244) ; 

 11th century. 



Al-Maksur wal-Mamdud, a lexicographical work by Abul- Abbas Ibn Wallad (died 

 A.H. 332) ; A.H. 365 (AD. 976) ; the earliest MS. in the Kremer collection. 



Al-Mujmal, an Arabic dictionnry by Ibn Faris (died a.h, 395), in the handwriting of 

 Ibn al-Khashshab (died A.H. 567) ; a.h. 550 (a.d. 1155). 



AlTanbihat on the errors of grammarians, by Ali B. Hamzah al-BasrI (died A.H. 375); 

 transcribed from a very old copy in the Khedivial library. 



Kitab al-Amthal, a collection of Arabic proverbs by Abu 'Ubaid Ibn Sallam (died A.H. 

 224) ; 12tb century. 



The proverbs of al-Maidani (died a.h, 518) ; voh I.; a.h. 631 (a.d. 1234) ; large 

 4to, 



Notices of Shafi'i doctors of the law by al-*Abbadi (died A.H. 458) ; unique ; 14th 

 century. 



Kitab al-Haidah, a theological disputation by 'Abd al-'AzTz al-Kinani and Bishr al- 

 JN'larlsi in presence of the Khalif Mamun ; 13th century. 



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