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The first volume of this work is before the public, and it contains the 

 general Historians who enter on the history of India down to Jehangyr. 



Vol. II. General Historians from Jehangyr to this time. 



Vol. III. Arabs, Ghaznawides, Ghorides. 



Vol. IV. Khiljis, Toghluks, Tymur, Sayyids, Afghans. 



Vol. V. General Historians of the Mogul dynasty. 



Vol. VI. Special histories of the Mogul dynasty in its rise. 



Vol. VII. Ditto, in its splendour. 



Vol. VIII. Ditto, in its decline. 



Vol. IX. Ditto, in its fall. 



Vol. X. Original extracts as specimens of the style of the Histo- 

 rians under review. 



Mr. G. Thomas, C. S. is engaged in compiling a second appendix to 

 his coins of the Pathan Kings of Dehli. 



At Dehli the Moa^a, which is the earliest collection of traditions, 

 has been published by Mowlavy Mohammad Mazhar who is now at 

 Ajmeer ;■ — and Mowlawy i/afiz Ahmad 'Alyy is fast advancing with 

 his edition of Bokhary, more than one-half is printed. Abu Dawud 

 has been lithographed at Lucknow, Nasay and Tirmidzy at Dehli, and 

 Moslim has been printed in types at Calcutta. "We require therefore 

 only an edition of Ibn Majah to complete the six canonical collections 

 of Sunny traditions* 



Dr. Sprenger is printing the Kitab alma'arif of Ibn Qotaybah. He 

 has three copies, every one of which is more than six hundred years 

 old but only one is complete. He is also publishing a new edition of 

 the Gulistan. He follows the text of the MS. of the Asiatic Society 

 of Bengal, which was transcribed for 'Alamgyr, from a copy which 

 the celebrated Caligrapher 'Imad had taken from the autograph, and 

 he adds the vowels and punctuation on a new system. 



The first part of the Biography of Mohammad by Dr. Sprenger is 

 completed and will shortly be published. It comes down to the Hijrah. 

 Dr. E. Roer is proceeding with his translation of the Brihada- 

 ranyaka Upanishad, and of its commentary by Sankara. 



He also revises the text of the Sahitya Darpana, which, together 

 with a translation by Dr. Ballantyne, is to appear in the Bibliotheca 

 Indica, and he is engaged in collating two MSS. of the Saiihita of the 

 black Yajur for publication. 



