56 Alfred von Kremer's edition of Wakidy. [No. 1. 



mencement of Ibn Sa'd runs : <Xa}3UJ| Jailx-'i Jlx)\ *L>^| >x£J| Li^l 

 ^JdIa/ojJi 1^*3^1 ^1 ^ wiLL ^j l: yo^J| jap ^sr*^! <^jjJ| o^ <XjI~aJ| 

 3 jiwoj j*UJ| &&s*> mIo^\ £A*U| U| JLj £t*»| G| j AjJU jjfyl &1J| &+^ 



lj| Jlflj ^sLS^cjJt &JJ| <>ap ^j JJLL jjj uw^j ^-F ' -^' ^»^' lT* - * 

 ^| ^la)| ti| g,^ ^j ^ ^j JUa^ ^j &U| jap j+s*>^i ( read f^**' ) 



±+s*> y\ U| ^Loi^l &U| Jap ^J li*^ ^J ^iJf Jap &■> J+s* ^J ^XJ 



<^! e^ Liyb-^l *^l «H* ^ er-^l iitf ***** cj-? tP^ ii^ er^l 



# J*** ^J J+s' &JU| Jap ^Jl ^P t^-Jj^l **M ^1 ^ ^^° tH «%^l 



At the end of Ibn Sa'd we find several Samas which have been 

 copied by Hakkary from more ancient MSS. A Saina is like a col- 

 lege certificate : its object is to record the names of those persons 

 who were authorized to propagate the work or part into which it is 

 written, and the names of the witnesses upon whose testimony their 

 authority rests. I insert here the first of these Samas because I 

 have never yet found either a Moslim or Christian who could make 

 head or tail of this description of documents. Yet they are not 

 without interest, and if we understand one, we can make them out 

 all. 

 A+^j ^ibuo^Jt u ^jJ\ Jap J+x/° ^1 &slsJ\ aLq$\ Us-h^ kst oJAl& 



[ Lr* JiLJ^I *!>**> ertt !>H cv° L?^l J-F^i ^ by* <Mi J^ *^l 



^J ^i'UJl JAP U J J+s^^aj^jI ^lyUl U^.*A~» ^J &JJ| JAP Sj^flJ <X*a*J j 



i^**^ L^' J er-^l J-frs^jJl j v-i^J j^j j^lSJf jap ^j j^.s' ^Jj^IaJ) jap 

 J^^l (^ ^^^1 JAPykLt^j|^ ei^J [ (^-? ] J^s^ 5 ^J lXUJ| jap Uj| ^Ip 

 J^a.| j 4_5>jijJ^| ^'IaJi Jap ^j J^ar^j »-ft^»^J ^J J^.sr' ^-j&lsJ] JAP ^J 



^j &U| AaA u j ^IjLaaj ^UJ| ^J| jjfyb c5jA^| ^A3 ApU^JjU^I Jap u j 

 U-? (^ e;J JjjA^ [ ^j &\J\ jap ] ^^sr^l y\ kl\»J\ ^ ( ^♦iw ) ^{^0 



JAP ^J Alii &X& ^J ] CjUy| JAP [ ^J ]^.*ob j.J( J &JJt JAP XJ-^J J »J^ 



