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The MS. of the Farhanq-i-Shii' 'uri which Vullers used, must have been 

 the worst possible iu existence. But J do not think that the Dictionary 

 itself is trustworthy. As I have seen no copy of this Turkish Dictionary, 

 I am merely guided by quotations in Vullers which mention the 

 sources from which F. extracted. As F. used the Sharafnamah, Far- 

 hang-i-Jahangfri, Sururi, the Majma'-i-Khani, his Dictionary ought to 

 be a model. But F. has not made a proper use of his sources, and gives 

 hundreds of words from them, which are nowhere to be found in the 

 numerous and most excellent MSS. of FJ., Sur., Sh., &c, in my posses- 

 sion. Thus the references of F. in Vullers to the Farhang i Jahangiri 

 under v^^j ^^j r^j-?., f^irii are wrong ; my MSS. of the FJ, 

 contain neither the last three words, nor the absurd meaning of the 

 ' first. So likewise F.'s references to Sururi 's Majma'ulfurs under 

 &^y., **jji* j-^J, *-^J, *w^J, <-"f^, ***»\yi* ; Sururi contains 

 nothing of the absurdities ascribed to hitn. F.'s references to the 

 Sharafnamah under cJ^-^v, ulj^J, ^iri* '■> an( i to the Magma '-i -lughdt ■ 

 i-Khdni under C-^-w^JI, jj^^ii o^J-j are entirely fictitious Nor 

 did Burhan find the above words in his MSS. of the FJ. and Sur. 

 These are examples taken only from words beginning with uj be and 



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At least one-half of the verses copied by Vullers from F. have 

 neither sense, nor metre ; and it is a matter of surprise, how Vullers 

 could have entered them at all. Examples : — 



8)1^^1, locus munitus. F. ; e. g., in hoc versu (^^aaaJ ^1x^1 — 



sj\j^^\ gHj* «i>j,>>*- (•jl'V tjkj *Jy ^ ^i\ p&^j 



This is a blunder for Xj\j~jL6J\. F. did not observe the curve of the 

 letter ^ sin after the ^-.f Bh. quotes ^^d (metre hazaj) 



U^Ij. Read in Daqiqi's verse LJ&|i>A O God /, for &J& |,jJL ; and for 

 the absurd verse of Shams-i-Fakhri read (metre hazaj) 



" Thy enemy has fallen into a mire like a lame ass, laden and left 

 without help." 



* For oij Hjl-i^jj »Uu»i>, as given by Vullers, Sur. has correctly 



f Similarly Vullers ou p. vii. of his preface, iu the fifth note A-V:*. hibbuhu 

 f or &±*~a. hasbahu ! 



