258 Manuscripts of the late Sir H. Elliot, K. C. B. [No. 3. 



Beginning &£> ^♦a. JU Ji - ^ ^jI^j 



Nawab Dhiya aldyn Khan of Dilly, 90 pp. of 15 bayts. In the 

 same volume is another Mathnawy of the same poet which begins 

 cujIjjj J>Uj <Xx)LL ^| Uj and some poems of Dzawqy, who was also 

 of Belgram, and a contemporary of 'abd al-Jalyd. 



191. oLjI^I £?\jh ci>L>&=h £*>L^. Collection of Stories and 

 Anecdotes, by Mo7^ammad 'awfy, compiled in 625 and dedicated to 

 the Sultan Shams aldyn. 



It is divided into three parts *»$ and each part is subdivided into 

 twenty-five chapters v-k. The first treats on the knowledge of God, 

 the second on good morals, and the third on bad moral conduct, and 

 the fourth on cosmography. 



Beginning £>|£J j| *T \j ^^o ±+**j & 



Heirs of Maharajah Ratan Chand, Bareilly, folio, old and splendid, 

 near a thousand pages of 29 lines, close writing. It contains the 

 fourth part, but " there seems no third kism in this." There is also 

 a copy in the As. Soc. The work is important for history. 



192. oLj^st'I j*iiy. Eemarkable stories, collected in 1041 by 'abd 

 al-Nabby. They are divided into five books ^^ and every book 

 is subdivided into 12 chapters «->^ and the chapters are again divided 

 into (j^?^- 



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Sir H. Elliot, about 800 pp. of 22 lines, a good copy, containing, 

 it would appear, only one book. 



193. 4^1^*^ J Is* I. Inimitable prose of Amyr Khosraw. Bg. 



Nawab Dhiya Aldyn Khan, 382 pp. of 19 lines, large folio. 



194. ^L^ is*& f*" ol*Jj. Letters of Eaydhy, divided into five 

 chapters &^kl : the first contains letters to the Court ; 2nd, to 

 Nobles, men of learning and Qufies ; 3rd, to Philosophers and 

 Physicians ; 4th, to (foreign) Kings and Princes ; 5th, to relatives. It 

 also contains an appendix which is divided into three Ajjlax-o. 



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 Dhiya Aldyn Khan, an old copy 318 pp. of 13 lines. 



195. \y-Ss &>Oj±> tey+s:' , A collection of twenty-two essays iu 

 flowery prose, by Molla Toghra (see my Cat. I. pp. 98, 112, 125.) 



Bg. cu*»| «~£3yj3 OjJsyk e I ii 'Sj^o £*<*> c^w| t^lL JUL*. L^ &*& c*^ zy jd 

 Nawab Dhiya Aldyn Khan, 194 pp. of 15 lines, a fine old copy. 



