1888.] Annual Report. 21 



The following new works have been sanctioned during the j^ear 

 for publication : — 



A. Arahic-Persian Series. 



1. Maasir-ul-Umara : Text, to be edited by Maulavi'Abdur Rahim. 



2. Ain-i-Akbari : English Translation (to be a continuation of 

 that begun by Mr. Blochmann) by Lieut. -Col. Jarrett. 



3. Riyaz-us-Salatin : Text and English Translation, by Maulavi 

 'Abdul Haq 'Abid and Dr. Hoernle. 



B. Sanskrit Series. 



1. Commentary on the Nyayavindu by Dharmottaracharya, to be 

 edited by Professor P. Peterson. 



The Tibetan Text of this work is to be published pari passu with 

 the Sanskrit. 



2. Brihaddharma Purana: Text, to be edited by Pandit Hara- 

 prasad Shastri. 



3. Bodhisatyavadana Kalpalata by Kshemendra : to be edited by 

 Babu Sarat Chandra Das. This work will be published with the San- 

 skrit and Tibetan Texts in juxtaposition. 



The following is a detailed list of the publications issued during 



1887. 



A. Arahic-Persian Series. 



1. IsABAH, edited by Maulavi Abdul Hai of the Calcutta Madrasa. 

 Nos. 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, (Old Series) Fasc. XXXIV, XXXVI, 

 XXXIX. Vol. II. Nos. 10, 11, 12, and Fasc. XXXIII, XXXV, XXXVII. 

 Vol. III. Nos. 12, 13, U. Total six fasciculi. 



2. Akbarnamah op Abul Fazl. The publication of this great 

 work has now been completed under the editorship of Maulavi Abdur 

 Rahim of the Calcutta Madrasah. He took up the work on the death of 

 Maulavi Aga Ahmed AH, under whose superintendence the first twenty- 

 four fasciculi were published. It is needless to expatiate on the merits 

 of the Akbarnamah, or on the great importance of having a correct 

 edition of it. The publication of the Lucknow edition is due to the 

 munificence of the Raja of Pattiala, but unfortunately, says Professor 

 Dowson, its literary value is by no means commensurate with the 

 money expended upon it. The present edition has been prepared from 

 ten MSS. of which the editor gives an account in his preface. He 

 also pays there a well-merited tribute to the memory of Professor 

 Blochmann, through whose influence and exertions the work was under- 



