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axe, the weapon is called Jj-^I^J tabar zdghnol. If the axe has an 

 anvil-like piece of iron attached, it is called o'+^ir^ taba/r-takJvm&%, from 

 the T. oU-^P a hammer. Under J^J^Ij in Vullers, II., p. 106, a., 

 read et securis bellicae, for et sagittae bellicae, the Delhi edition of 

 Bh. having wrong yi{y«> j^ tir i sariez, instead of tabar i sar-tez. 



JlJys:-* tahtvil, to hand over, to give in charge ; hence jl^-l^s- 5 iahwilddr 

 a cash keeper. Akbar had for his household a ij£ ji&bys.* tahwilddr i 

 Jcull, who gave advances to the various _)-^j ! ^j- 3 ^ tahwilddr i juz. 

 The latter furnished workmen, the people of the Harem, &c, with 

 money for which they took receipts. The tahwilddr i Jcull stood under- 

 the iJS tfS^D^" khizdnchi i Jcull the Treasurer General, j^j-^ taJiwili 

 deposited, handed over (money) ; hence a deposit, ^^-iy^ U& fil i 

 tahivili, a new elephant waiting to be handed over to the officer in 

 charge of a &ai~&. halqah, (elephants which have the same value). The 

 word (My** pl- djj^, or ei>^j^ J , means also a deposit ; a " transfer" 

 of money. 



VII. 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



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In the name of the fourteenth dictionary read <^H^*- husain, for 

 ^\s*~2>. husaini. 



In 33., several MSS. read c&ri^ , instead of j$+*° . 



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The author of the forty-first dictionary is often mentioned in Indian 

 historians. He was, according to Badaoni, Qazi of Delhi. 



In the title of the fifty-third dictionary translate : — " The Dictionary 

 of Muhammad ibn i Hindiishah Munshi who wrote to the praise ( <*Uj ) 

 of (the Amir) Ghias uddin Rashid." It would be against the idiom 

 to translate: — "Who wrote under the name of Gh." This would be 

 expressed by cfH^J eri^l "-^^ v^ 2 -^ . Observe the final ^ in 

 (^&±&) . The word >_-Uai^ in Persian, is followed by an abstract noun ; 

 you say cuJb ^^ ^oa ne g ot the title of Khan; <jX* vjlk^-i ^\yJlJ | 

 o^ JLrtr*"* he was honored by the title of Malik ushshu'ara. But 

 this is not the case with the participle "—••iLs^ muhhdtab, which is 

 followed by *J and the title itself ; you say ^ yjlsr? u-^ls?" h e got 

 the title of Khan ; o^ j^«^J| tSiLj ^J-L^ , &c. The word *IJ expresses 

 often our alias; you say e>kk ^s^* r*lJ ol^ula.JELhanfcaman, alias 



