82 Contributions to Persian Lexicograjjhy. [No. 1, 



There exist two lithographed editions of the G-hias, one together 

 with the Chiragh i Hidayat, and another printed in 1847, by one Mir 

 Hasan, from a MS. corrected by the compiler. 



27. &UJU1 ^UaJ 



The name of the compiler is Abdullatif ibn i 'Abdullah Kabir. 

 His object was to write a special dictionary for the Masnawi of 

 Maulavi Rum. Hence he says — 



^jiLc &\m>jIs &sj.s^ J=UJ( j &%>jP &*jj£ bW J (JUXma/o c^**t j&i&ji (>jj(j 



He has also written a commentary to the Masnawi, entitled Lat&if 

 id Ma' nam, of which our Society possesses a very good MS. (No. 846, 

 220 leaves, small 8vo.), bearing the muhr of 'Abdulwahhab Khan 

 Bahadur Nucratjang. 



The compiler lived during the reign of Shahjahan ; but the FJ. is 

 the latest dictionary consulted by him. 



The Catalogue of our Persian MSS. calls him Gujrdti. 



IV. 



I subjoin a few notes on the Isti'mdl i Hind. Those who wish to 

 study this important subject, ought to make themselves acquainted 

 with the writings of Mirza Qatil, entitled ^^l Zys?*, OJ^A jl^. and 

 *A.La£.'I^J ; and a treatise by Anwar 'All on the spelling of Persian 

 words, entitled Risdlah i Imlci i Farsi. These works have been litho- 

 graphed and are easily obtainable. 



The change in spelling, form, meaning and construction, which an 

 Arabic word, apparently without any reason, undergoes in Persian, 

 or which an Arabic or a Persian word undergoes in Hindustani, is 

 called i-Jj-aJ tagarruf. The tacarrufat of Persian words are included 

 in the ^j? JU*£*»i isti'mdl i furs, the usage peculiar to the Persians, 

 and the tacarrufat of the Hindustani language, and of the Persian 

 written in India, in the &*&> JU*X.w| isti'mdl i hind. A knowledge 

 of the latter is of great importance, not only for those who read 

 Persian books written or printed in India, but also for every 

 Hindustani scholar ; for although the Isti'mal i Hind is looked upon 

 with suspicion by learned natives, we have to bear in mind that its 

 peculiarities are generally adopted and therefore correct. So at least 

 for the Hindustani, according to the proverb ^■J^ j f^^ (*^ ^ £ ' 



