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to 25 JDclusive is missirg, the first and last folios are foi tunately intact. 



The commentary, like its fellows, is chiefly gramniatical and the text of 



the Maqamat is not reproduced. The colophon tells ns that it was 



composed in the year AH. 680 (A.D. 1281) hy a certain 'Omar Ibn 



'Othman Ihn Omar al-Baydhawi, and in the introduction we aie told 



that he wrote it at the request of his brothers and uncles. It is not at 



all improbable that this man was the nephew of the famous Qoran 



commentator 'Abdullah Ibn 'Omar al-Baydhawi who died in A.H. 685 



(A.D. 1286.) He may have been the son of 'Othman the brother of, 



'Abdullah, and thus the great commentator would have been among 



the " uncles " who encouraged his undertaking. I hope to publish in 



Part I. of the Journal the introduction, colophon and the commentary 



on one Maqama as a specimen of the author's style. 



6. Biographical note on Khayr-ud-JDin Mohammad the Historian, — 

 By Dr. E. D. Ross. 



In the forthcoming number of Part I. of the Journal Dr. Ross is 

 giving a full account of this paper. 



