1851.] Literary Intelligence. 353 



2. <Xa>G aS*" Ju» A statistical account of the zillah of Futtehgurh 

 in Urdu by the same author, equally compiled by order of the IXon'ble 

 J. Thomason, Delhi, 1849, large 8vo. 204 pp. lithographed. This is 



. an admirable work, besides a most elaborate statistical report, it contains 

 a historical account of every village in the district, genealogical tables 

 of distinguished families, &c. 



3. &i&\i*&J\jli\ A descriptive account of the antiquities of Delhi, in 

 Urdu by Sayyid Ahmad, Moonsif of Delhi : Delhi, 1847, Svo. litho- 

 graphed. The book was undertaken at the suggestion of A. Sprenger. 

 It contains a great number of lithographic drawings which though well 

 drawn are very badly printed. Though it is not free from mistakes it 

 may clear up many errors of even distinguished travellers and Geogra- 

 phers. Balbi identifies the iron lat in the ruined mosque at the Qoth 

 with Fyrozshah's lat or pillar, and he says that old Delhi extends 

 as far as the Qoth. Ritter is hardly more correct. He makes Diwan 

 Kost of Diwani Khacc ^jc^ o^i^ and Yamuna Masjid of Jami' 

 Masjid £°k*. As**^ i. e., the principal mosque or Jum'ah Masjid 

 ^s^° &*+£*, i. e., Friday mosque. The natives give it the former name 

 in writing and the latter in speaking, and the Europeans erroneously call 

 it Jamnah Masjid, thinking that it is called so from the river Jamnah, 

 but Yamuna Masjid I have never heard. He identifies Fyrozshah's 

 Kotlah which is close to the walls of Shahjahanabad, or modern Delhi, 

 with the Purana Qal'ah which is two miles farther south. The 

 former is on the northern and the latter on the southern extremity of 

 the ruins of old Delhi, and from the gate of the one to that of the other 

 you can still trace the chauk or corso of the ruined city. The Qo^b 

 Minar has not its name from Qoth aldyn Aybak as Ritter supposes but 

 from the Saint Qo^b aldyn Baktyar Kaky who is buried not far from it. 



4. The Bostan of Sa'dy lithographed in Mohammad Mostaia 

 Khan's press, Lucknow, A. H. 1265, 2nd edition of the same press. 

 I mention this edition on account of the great care which has been 

 bestowed in correcting the text and fixing the vowels of doubtful words. 

 This edition has marginal notes some of which are useful. This is 

 one of the few specimens of native criticism which has been awakened 

 by the progress of printing among them. A learned man thinks it well 

 worth his while to bestow his time on the edition of a correct text though 

 he might not feel inclined to waste it in correcting a single manuscript, 



