326 Origin and progress of writing down historical facts . [No. 4. 



264 and left four celebrated Shafite law books], [the dictionary 

 called] Kitab al'ayn, the Tarykh al-Bokhary (on biography) and 

 Kalylah wa Datnnah. 



93. U^ Ui gr>\ J\ •Juojj ^ g-Uss^l e° [k *tr^ [ v l «^ tirfl ] iW 



Zohry [d. 123, or 125] relates : " We accompauied JETajjaj b. 

 Yusof [d. 95] on a pilgrimage to Mukkah, and when we had 

 arrived at Sa^rah, he said, " Look, whether you can see the new 

 moon, my eyes are too weak." Nawfal b. Mosa7*iq [d. shortly after 

 90] observed, " Do you know why ? on account of your incessant 

 reading books." 



IX. — Extracts from other authors than the Khatyb Baghdddy 

 bearing on the same subject. 



94. Ibn Sa'd, in the chapter on " Deputations which waited on 

 Mo7iammad" mentions several instances of documents granted by 

 the prophet or Abu Bakrto persons, which were in his time [d. 230] 

 still in possession of their descendants. 



95. The same author says in folio 64 verso j+ & &* &+=?° IJ^i 



•J| il/| Jjj»j f&ji \jtis ^bi V U^ ^3 o^j 



Abu 'Amr b. iZorayth 'Odzry said: 1 found written in the book 

 of my fathers : "The prophet, &c." 



The same author says in the same page &&&> j+s> ^* cy+sP { J i J^-\ 

 t5^l V^c^ ^^ ^U (?&+l^) &JL=± ^1 ^j JU-^J l5 -Jj :s «. Ya^ya b. Sahl 

 says, I found in the books of my father. 



96. The following instance in which men who had learned 7&a- 

 dythes by heart referred to their notes, is mentioned in the Icdbah voce 

 Qarib : Sofyan [Thawry ? d. 161] said, My recollection was borne 

 out by what I found stated in my book on the authority of Ibrahym 

 b. Maysarah [d. 132] who had it from Wahb b. 'Abd Allah, viz. : 

 that the name in question is spelled "Ibn Marib," whilst people 

 commonly say "Ibn Qarib." 



97. Ibn Banna Moqaddasy who wrote in 375 says in his Geogra- 

 phy, in describing llamhormoz L«*J^ cljl^lj ij^Jlj^iJ^ v-^3^ **?J 



