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Literary Intelligence. 



fj^j^is? Mokhtacir NdjC . This is an Arabic Law book, and holds 

 with the Shiahs nearly the same place as Qodiiry with the Sunnies. It 

 begins like all Law books with purifications. The author's name occurs 

 neither in the title page nor in the preface. The Editor probably did 

 not know it. It is Najm aldyn Abii-1-Qasim Ja'far b. al-ZZasan b. 

 Yahya b. Sa'yd i/illy, He died in A. H. 676, and is also the author of 

 the Sherayi' alislam which have been printed in Calcutta. A litho- 

 graphed edition of the Mokhtacir Nan' has lately (A. H. 1267) been 

 made at Delhi, it is in small 8vo. and has 248 pp. but very little can 

 be said to its praise. 



Besides the above, two Persian medical works have been lately (A. H. 

 1265) lithographed at Delhi. Both are in one volume, large 8vo. 287. 

 pp. One is the Alfaz aladwiyyah of which Mr. Gladwin has published an 

 English translation, Calcutta, 1793, 4to. The other is called *JuJG 

 <Juj-£ Talyfi Sharyf from its author Mohammad Sharyf Khan, a son of 

 MoAammad Akmal Khan. The book is of great importance, inasmuch 

 as it contains the Materia Medica of the Hindus. We have a free 

 translation of it by Dr. Playfair. I may mention three other medical 

 works which have been lithographed at Delhi. 



ijc\j^ g&e or Practice of Medicine in Persian. The date is a 

 chronogram for A. H. 1257, when the book was composed. This is 

 by the same MoAammad Sharyf Khan who compiled the preceding 

 work. It was published in 1264, large 8vo. 611 pp. 



j-x^f^Js A work on the Practice of Medicine in Persian by MoAam- 

 mad Akbar, commonly called MoAammad Arzany, who some years ago 

 was a celebrated Physician of Delhi. The practice laid down in this 

 book is now generally in vogue among the Musulmans in India. 

 Large 8vo. 644 pp. 



^xk/cjJl isx* Simple and compound Medicines explained in Persian 

 by MoAammad Mumin Hosayny of Delhi. Large 8vo. A. H. 1266, 

 668 pp. 



