ACOOONTS, IsiV., OF THE BUITISH MUSEUiM. 21 



Satires of Jam- andFarazdak, who died A.H. 110. MS. of tlie LSth century. 

 The Diwan of Ibn Hani, who died A.H. :3G2 ; MS. of tlie 12th century. 

 The Diwan of Ali B. Muh, al-Tihauii, who died A.H. 41(). 



The Diwan of Alkam, a poet who lived in Yemen about A.H. 4S0-.")00. MS. of the 

 1-ith century. 



Al-Ka4dat al-Himyariyyah, by Nashwan, who died A.H. .')78, with a full historical 

 commentary. 



The Diwan of Ibn al-Mu'allim, who died A.H. .■)!)2. 



Stories and FaMan. — Kalilah wa Dimnah, by Ibn al-Mukatla', witii Cidoured draw- 

 ings ; 1.5th century. 



Al-MustajTid, stories of generous men, by al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi, wIk lied a.h. 

 389 ; an enlarged recension by Abul-Mansfir al-ThaTdibi, who died A.H. 42!). 



Inba Nujaba al-Alma, anecdotes of noble sons, by Ibn Zafar al-Sikilli, wh(j died 

 A.H. -5(3.5. 



Thirty-four Arabic MSS., purchased in Mossul, by Mr. Ernest Budge, include the 

 following rare and curious works : 



A commentary by al-Nawawi, who died A.H. 070, on the Sahih of Muslim ; I4th 

 century, 



Akhbar al-Duwal al-Munkati'ah, a general history by Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Zatir, 

 who died A.H. 623. 



Kala'id al-'Ikyan, notices of Spanish poets, by Ibn Khiikan, who died a.h. .53!J. 



A volume of the Canon of Avicenna ; of the 12th or 13th century. 



Jami' al-Gharad, a treatise on hygiene, by Ibn al-Kutf, who ilieil a.h. (j8.5. MS. of 

 the 14th century. 



Commentary of Ibn Hisham al-Sibti, who died a.h. 5.57, on the Maksrirah of Ibn 

 Duraid ; A.H. 731 ; A.D. 1331. 



Of nine Arabic and Persian MSS. secured for the Museum by Mr. Sidney Churchill, 

 Persian Secretary to the British Legation in Teheran, the most valuable are — 



Collected poems of five ancient Persian poets, viz., Abulfaraj Runi, Azraki, 

 Anwari, Mushtari, and Majduddin Hamgar ; a.h. 754 ; A.D. 1353. 



Divan of Harun, a Persian poet of the 7th century of the Hijrah. 



Hada'ik al-Siyfdiat, and Bustan al-Siyrdrat, two geographical works, alphabetically 

 arranged, and including biographical notices, by Zain ul-'AbidTn Shirvani ; A.H. 1242. 



Commentary of Muhammad al-Amuli upon the Canon of Avicenna ; a.h. 754 ; 

 A.D. 1353. 



Among MSS. acquired from various other quarters, the following deserve a special 

 mention : 



The memoirs of Emperor Baber, in the Persian version, with numerous miniatures 

 in the best style of Indian art ; A.H. 1034 ; A.D. 1624. 



Fragment of an alchymical treatise in Coptic, written on vellum, in the 10th 

 century ; brought from Egypt by Dr. Eisenlohr. 



Chronicles of the kings of France and of the sultans of Turkey by Joseph Ben 

 Joshuah Hak-Kohen, Hebrew ; 16th century. 



Safer Hat-Tekhunah, a work on astronomy by Moses Botarell Ferrussol, Hebrew ; 

 loth century. 



Sefer Em Ham-Melekh, a philosophical treatise by Abu Falfdi, of Saragossa, 

 Hebrew ; 15th century. 



Kathavatthu, the third book of the Abhidhamma Pitakam, Pali ; 359 palm leaves. 



Suttanipata Atthakatha and TTkapatthanam, written in small square Pali on 

 gilt palm-leaves. 



Kankhavitarani, a commentary u.pon the office for the confession of Buddhistic 

 priests, Pali ; 212 palm leaves. 



Verses of the Jataka Book, Pali Burmese ; 3<Sl palm-leaves. 



Purchavisajjana and other Buddhistic works, Pali Burmese ; 214 palm-leaves. 



An album of Burmese miniatures. 



Lughat Halimi, the earliest Persian-Turkish dictionary; A.H. 948; A.D. 1541. 



A MS. in the Lolo language, written on coloured cloth ; presented by the late 

 Col. Henry Yule. 



A Buddhistic ritual, written in square Pali on 15 lackered palm-leaves; from the 

 Karen country ; presented by Major F. Beaufort. 



Turkish translations of the regulations of the Royal Navy, and of the French 

 forest laws ; presented by the translatoi-, Sir James ^V. Redhouse. 



The Psalms and Canticles in Ethiopic, vellum, 18th century; presented by the 

 Rev. L. Stanley Clarke. 



A Grantha MS. on palm-leaves; presented by L. L. Lewis, Es(|. 



The number of Oriental MSS. consulted by rea<lers duiing the year was 1,122, 

 viz. : 002 in the Students' Room, and 520 in the Reading Room. 



The number of separate applications for Oriental MSS. was ()25, viz. : 208 in the 

 Students' Room and 357 in the Reading Room. 



i!h. Rieu. 



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