236 Manuscripts of the late Sir II. Elliot, K. C. B. [No. 3. 



(d. 630) in Arabic. Two volumes. The first contains the ancient 

 history, the life of Mohammad and comes down to A. H. 69. Be- 

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 tive at the end, and contains the history from 372 to 417. 



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The first vol. belongs to Col. Bawlinson, small folio, about 800 pp. 

 of 27 lines ; the other vol. belongs to Ratan Singh, it is old, and 

 written with great care having all the vowels, 490 pp. of 19 lines. 



50. (Sf*^ c^lSAjy. The Nacirian ages or history by Abu 'amr 

 'othman b. Mohammad al-Minhaj Juzjany, dedicated to Niicir aldyn 

 Abii-1-Motzaffar Ma/^mud Shah b. Sultan Iltatamsh (J»+xU\. When 

 the author was Qadhiy, he found a book which contained chrono- 

 logical tables, and it had been written under Nacir aldyn Soboktagyn, 

 from this he compiled this universal history from Adam to his own 

 time. It is divided into twenty-five Tabaqats. 



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 Tirhuan Bajah (near Bandah) 894 pp. of 15 lines. An auto- 

 graph, as appears from the postscript : 



51. Lsyt& e>UuJs. "This cannot be the Tabaqate Naciry, for 

 Ma7imud Shah of Guzerat is mentioned A. D. circa, 1500, and, may 

 be the lacuna contained some later king ; and this may be Bahadur- 

 shahy — or perhaps it is the Tabaqat Mahmiid-shahy by Nacyr Khan, 

 which must be a general history as Pirishtah quotes it I 506, in 

 Ghaziy Khan's reign and 446 in Bahmany's reign." 



This is a fragment of an universal history beginning with the 

 creation and ending with the death of 'alyy. It has no preface. 

 From the imprecations which follow the names of Mo'awiyah and 

 the members of his family, it would appear that the book was com- 

 piled by a Shy 'ilh. It was compiled under Ma7miud Shah b. Moham- 

 mad Shah b. A/miad Shah b. Mohammad Shah b. Motzafiar Shah, to 

 his name Sir H. has added the following pencil note " this is the 

 Begura who died in 917=1511. 



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