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



Letters of Bab, the founder of the Babi sect, and other Babi compositions. 



Al-Ahkain al-Sultaniyyah by al-Mawardi ; a fine copy of A.H. 528 (a.d. 1192) ; large 

 4to. 



Makasid al-Falasifah, a rare philosophical work by al-Ghazali (died a.h. 505) ; 12th 

 century. 



A dictionary of simple medicaments by Ibn al-Baitar (died a.h. 646) ; vol. I., A.H. 852 

 (a.d. 1448) ; vol. II., a.h. 995 (a.d. 1587). 



Kashf al-Zunun, the bibliographical dictionary of Haji Khalfah, with marginal additions ; 

 A.H. 1177 (a.d. 1764); folio. 



The romance of Dulhimmah, a popular tale, in seven volumes, 4to. 



The Divans of Imrul-Kais, Nabighah, 'Alkamah, Zuhair, and Tarafah, in one volume, 

 fol. ; 17th century. 



.jamharat Ash'ar al-'Arab, a collection of ancient poems by Ibn Abil-Khattab ; tran- 

 scribed from a MS. in the Khedivial library. 



Luzum ma la yalzani, poems of Abul-'Ala, transcribed from a MS. dated a.h. 639. 



'I'he Divan of Abu Bakr Ahmad al- Arrajani (died A.M. 544) ; 13th century. 



The Divans of Ibn Hani (died a.h. 362;, of Abu Firas (died A.H. 357), and of Ibrahim 

 B. Sahl (died a.h. 649). 



The Tadklrah of Ibn Hamrlun (died A.H. 562), a voluminous collection of pieces in 

 prose and verse, historical notices, anecdotes, &c., in two folio volumes; A.H. 1004 (a.d. 

 1595)._ 



Masarl' ul-'Ushshak, or stories of celebrated lovers by Ja'far B. Ahmad al-Sarraj (died 

 A.H. 500) ; A.H. 619 (a.d. 1222) ; 4to. 



Zad al-Ma'ad, stories of Saints and Sufis; Persian, a.h. 786 (a.d. 1384). 



The Turkish commentaries of Sudi and Sururi upon the Divan of Hafiz, 16th and 17th 

 century. 



The early conquests of the Muslims translated from the Arabic work ascribed to 

 al-Wakidi into Turkish by ZarTr jNIustafa of Erzerum ; 17th century. 



Kabus Nameh, a work on morals by Kalka'iis B. Iskandar ; translated into Turkish by 

 Merjumek; A.H. 990 (ad. 1582). 



The first volume of the romance of Kiran Habashi ascribed to Tartushi ; translated into 

 Turkish; 16th century ; folio. 



The collection of Burmese MSS. formed by the late Sir Arthur Purves Phayre, who 

 from 1849 to 1867 acted successively as Commissioner of Arakan, Pegu, and British 

 Burma, contains a vast nximber of original documents relating to those countries, especially 

 three native chronicles, the main authorities followed by the learned collector in his 

 history of Burma, jmblished in London, 1883. 



The collection consists of — 1. Forty-two palm-leaf MSS., including the Maharajaweng 

 or chronicle of the kings of Burma, on 333 palm leaves, histories of Arakan, of the 

 Pugan dynasty, of Pegu, of the great Pagoda near Rangoon, and many Buddhistic texts 

 in Pali, with Burmese commentaries. 



2. Eighteen paper MSS., being transcripts prepared for Sir A. Phayre of the histories 

 of Burma, Arakan, Pegu, and the Shan States. 



3. Six inscribed metal plates containing the Bodhlkatha in Pali, and seven ivory plates 

 with gold letters, enclosed in an ornamented ivory case. 



4. Eight parapaiks, or album-shaped books folding up like screens, tvvo of which are 

 enclosed in richly ornamented covers. 



6. A vast number of miscellaneous papers, consisting of historical notes, vocabularies, 

 maps, copies of inscriptions, &c. 



Sixty-seven M SS., secured for the Museum by Sidney Churchill, Esq., of Teheran, 

 viz., 59 Persian, five Arabic, and three Turkish, Include the following rare and valuable 

 works : — 



Mirsad ul-'Ibad, a standard work on Sufism byNajm ud-Din Dayah (died A.H. 654); 

 A.H. 779 Ca.d. 1377). 



Tuhfat ul-Habib, a collection of select Ghazals of the best poets, by Fakhrl; 16th cen- 

 tury. 



The Divans of Fairukhi, 'Unsuri, and Katran, in one volume ; A.H. 1248. 



A fine cojiy of the Divan of Hafiz, written for a son of Sultan Husain Baikara, with 

 miniature ; A.H. 907 (a.d. 1501), 



A circumstantial history of Shah Isma'Il Safavi, written in the style of a court-chronicle 

 by an unknown author about A.H. 940, with miniatures; 16th century. 



Tazkirah i Muhammad- Shrdii, notices of Persian poets, by Bahman Mirza, grandson of 

 Path 'All Shah ; a.h. 1247. 



Kabus-Namah, a work on ethics written by Kaika'us B. Iskandar B. VashmagTr for his 

 son Gllanshah, a.h. 475; a.h. 861 (a.d. 1457). 



The Masnavi of Maulana Jalrduddin Rumi ; A.H. 811 (a.D. 1409). 



_MIftah ul-Fuzala, a poetical glossary compiled A.H. 873 by Muhammad ShadlyabadI, 

 with miniatures; 16th century. 



Farhang i 'AbbasI, a bulky" Persian dictionary, compiled a.h. 1225 for 'Abbas Mirza, 

 by Muhammad Sadr-uddin Tabrizi ; folio. 



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