22 Annual Report. [Feb. 



and ten in the latter Series, each Series containing one new publication, 

 viz.^ the translation of the Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh and the text of the 

 Tattva Chintamani respectively. One of the Sanskrit Series, viz., Kaman- 

 daki's Nitisara has been completed ; another the Katha Sarit Sagara has 

 also been practically completed, there only remaining the index to be 

 published, which will appear shortly. 



A. Arabic-Persian Series. 



1. Of the IsABAH or Biographical Dictionary of persons who knew 

 Muhammad by Ibn Hajar, one fasciculus has been published by Maulvi 

 Abdul Hai, being the sixth of the third volume. It carries the list of 

 ** male witnesses" down to number 1494, at the beginning of Kaf 



2. Of the Akbarnamah, edited by Maulvi Abdur Rahim, of the 

 Calcutta Madrasah, six fasciculi have been published, continuing the 

 history of Akbar down to the year 994. 



3. Of the annotated English translation of the second volume of 

 Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh, which had been announced in the Annual Re- 

 port for 1882 (see Proc. Feb. 1883) the first two fasciculi were published 

 by the Rev. W. H. Lowe, M. A., of Cambridge, in the course of the past 

 year. The text, in three volumes, has already been published by the 

 Society ; and an English translation of the first volume, to be published 

 pari passu with the second, is in course of preparation. 



B. Sanskrit Series. 



4. The joint editors. Pandits Yogeswara Smritiratna and Kama- 

 khyanatha Tarkaratna, have advanced tlieir edition of Hemadri's Chatur- 

 varga Chintamani by three fasciculi which belong to the first part of the 

 Society's third volume, being the fifth part (or Parisesha Khanda) of the 

 work itself. 



5. Pandit Satyavrata Sama^rami has continued the second volume 

 of his annotated edition of the well-known Nirukta glossary by the 

 issue of three fasciculi. 



6. Professor Dr. R. Garbe of Konigsberg, likewise, has continued the 

 second volume of his edition of the important A'pastamba S'rauta Sutra 

 by the issue of two more fasciculi. One more fasciculus, which is ready, 

 will complete this volume. 



7. Mr. C. H. Tawney, M. A., Principal of the Presidency College 

 has published three fasciculi of his annotated English translation of the 

 Katha Sarit Sagara. These complete the second volume. One more 

 fasciculus remains which will contain the indexes. 



