1868.] Contributions to Persian Lexicography. 11 



Khusrati, JUeU-* ^.LeU/o ^.LfU/^ a s will appear from the following 

 quotation* 



# &$J^+) # 0*«! j^5"i>A3 i_aJj.*3 ^jiLo j, 5 jjil <3Uai (Xs^li.^. 



MSS. of this dictionary are as common as those of the Mu. There 

 exist, however, bad copies, where in the (*3U| jaj tJJ\J| iJ^J under 

 cUattJ| _j.j|, the compiler is confounded with Faiszi, the great Indian 

 poet. In good MSS. we find — 



Bad MSS. read— 



and give also verses of the poet Faiszi marked &&Jj*J. The reference 

 to 'Allarni is quite impossible, as he outlived his brother Faiszi. The 

 confusion, I dare say, is to be ascribed to ignorant copyists who 

 were mislead by the takhalluc Faiszi. The compiler clearly gives the 

 name of his father, 'Ali Sher, of Sirhind, whilst the father of the poet 

 is Shaikh Mubaiik of Nagor. It is also evident from the preface that 

 the compiler was a pious Muhammadan, which the poet Faiszi was 

 certainly not. 



It is noticeable that the book does not contain a single reference to 

 Akbar. 



The four MSS. at hand have a Khatimah containing grammatical 

 rules. One has the following remark — 



2$L£ ^jjJriLJl ^jlLLw ^^ji i^iU*^ gLo *sH!. fci)Q ^>Ij y,s J bJlj j 

 jSls- «— aJ yc ji>\ji j<*>\J £.*;■£> i^fj (^i^^. p&e ^ e^-' ' *>>*sr A2 «^ r :JI isj^ cj't-^ 



at which place the writing is so $£Juu ) w'j' ) that it cannot be read, 



* Vide also Vullers' Persian Dictionary, II. p. 518b. In the article i^U-Le 

 correct oJJJ| \^JuS t_>.^l^. to odt.U| k_fti*^" cj^Lc, the author of the pre- 

 ceding dictionary; and for the verso of Mulla Salik of Yazd, which in Vullers 

 has no metre, read (metre Ramal) 



