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



with biographical notices, by Sayyid Lsma'il (a great grandson of Imam al-Kasim), 

 who died A.H. 1079. 



STrat, or Life, of al-Mansur-billah al-Kasim, who died A.H. :V.)3, by al-Husain B. 

 Ya'luib.' 



Ka.shifat al-Ghummah, a life of Imam al-Nasir, who died A.H. 703, with an account 

 of his predecessors, by al-Hadi Ibn al-WazTr. 



Al-Sulfik al-Dahabiyyah, a life of Imam Yahya Sharaf al-Din, who died A.H. i)()o, 

 by his descendant Sayyid Muhammad B. IbrrdiTm, who died A.H. 108-5. 



Poetical account of Imam al-Nasir Muhammad, who died A.H. ILSO, with an 

 historical commentary entitled al-Raud al-Zrdiir, by Zaid Ibn Abi'l-RijTd. 



In addition to works peculiar to the Zaidites, the Glaser collection includes others 

 belono-ing to general Arabic literature. The most important come under the follow- 

 ing headings :— 



Coran. — Al-Nasikh wal-Mansukh, a treatise on the abrogating and abrogated 

 verses of the Goran, by Abu Ja'far al-Safffir al-Nahwi, who died A.H. 338 ; MS. of the 

 13th century. 



Al-Mustanha hl-Bayan, a grammatical commentary upon the Goran by Sabik al- 

 DTn Muhammad Ibn Ya'Tsh, who lived in the 7th century of the Hijrah. 



Al-Manhaj al-Kawim, a commentary by 'Ali B. Yahya al-Banna, A.H. 700. 



Al-Furiit al-Namir, an extensive commentary founded on-traditional interpretation, 

 by Mustafa al-Damadi, who was born in San'a, A.H. 1004. 



Hadith. — Al-Ghailaniyyat, traditions collected by Muhammad B. 'Abdallah al- 

 Shafi'i, who died A.H. 3-54, MS. of A.H. 082; A.D. ]i'()3. 



Linv. — Al-Bayan, a Shaii'ite treatise of law by Yahya al-'Imrani al-Yamani, who 

 died A.H. -5-58, MS. of A.H. (514; A.D. 1217. 



Miftah al-Fa'id, a manual of the law of inheritance, by al-Fa(U al-'Usaifiri, who 

 lived in the sixth century of the Hijrah ; with numerous commentaries. 



History. — The eighth volume c^f al-Iklil, a lare history of Yemen, by al-Hamdani, 

 who died A.H. 334. 



Al-Futuhat Al-Muradiyyah, a general history with special leference to Yemen, 

 written about A.H. 1000. 



Tabak al-Halwa, a chronicle of Yemen, a.h. 104()-1000, by Abdallah Ibn al- 

 WazTr. 



Bioyra'phy. — Makatil al-Trdibiyyin, or martyrdoms of the descendants of Abu 

 Trdib, by Abu'l-Faraj al-Isfahani, who died A.H. 3-56. 



Al-Mutalif wat-Mukhtalif, notices of traditionists, V>y al-Dfirakutni, who died A.H. 

 385 ; MS. of the 14th century. 



Al-Kamal fi Ma'rifat al-RijTd, a biographical dictionary of traditionists, by al-Najjar, 

 who died A.H. 643. Two vols, of the 14th century. 



Tahdlb al-Kamfd, an improved recension of the above, by al-Mizzi, who died A.H. 

 742. One vol. of A.H. 790; a.d. 1388. 



TadhTb al-TahdTb, an abridgment of the preceding work, by al-Dahabi, who died 

 A.H. 748. One vol. of a.h. 771 ; a.d. 1369. 



Nafh al-Tib, or lives of the Arabs of Sj^ain, Ijy al-Makkari; three large folios, 

 about A.D. 1700. 



Cos'mo</r(i2>I'y- — Al-'Ibar wal-I'tibslr, a description of the World, by al-Jahiz, who 

 died A.H. 2-55. 



Medicine. — A Dictionary of Drugs by al-Malik al-Ashraf, of the Rasidi dynasty, 

 who reigned A.H. 694-6. 



Veterinary. — Al-Akwrd al-KTitiyah, a treatise on horses and their management, by 

 al-Malik al-Mujahid, of the same dynasty, who reigned A.H. 721-704. 



Philology. — Adab al-Katib, by Ilm Kutaibah, who died A.H. 276. MS. of a.h. 058 ; 

 A.D. 1260. 



Jamharat al-Amthrd, a collection of proverbs by Abu HilTd al-'Askari, who died 

 A.H. 395. 



Nizam al-Gharib, a glossary of ancient poets, by 'Isa al-Raba'i, who died A.H. 480. 

 MS. of A.H. 059 ; a.d. 1261. 



Al-Mustaksa, a collection of proverbs by al-Zamakhshari, who died A.H. 538. MS. 

 of the loth century. 



Grammar. — Al-Mufa;.<al, by al-Zamakhshari, MS. of. a.h. 673 ; a.d. 1274. 



TakhmTr al-Mufassal, a commentary on the above, by Majd al-DTn al-Kasim 

 al-Khuwarazmi, who wrote A.H. 611. MS. of A.H. 686 ; A.D. 1287. 



Al-Mukaddimah, a grammar by Trdiir Ibn Bilbashad al-Misri, who died A.H. 469. 

 MS. of A.H. 533 ; a.d. 1139. 



The Author's commentary on the above. MS. of A.H. M 1 ; A.D. 1408. 



Poetry. — The Mu'allakat, with the commentary of Ibn al-Naldias, who died A.H. 

 3.38. MS. of the 13th century. 



The Hamasah, with a commentary by the same. MS. of the 13th century. 



The same work, with a commentary by Yusuf B. al-Fadl al-Jazari ; the author's 

 autograph, a.h. 647 ; a.d. 1249. 



Satires 



