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j, I excepted, provided that consonant has a vowel, i. e., after the 

 ^^Lo Jk.^ £> Jy^j as <^V*^j J>J^> ^^ '■> Du ^ never after diphthongs, as 

 in 8^ax> ; nor after consonants with the jazm ( ^L* ^h 3 ^ «-Uy a ' )? 

 as in ***>, ^/, &o. This interchange between Jli and Jl j> was never 

 extended to Arabic words. Beside the Sharafnamah, Snriiri's Majma'- 

 nlfurs is the only dictionary in which the rule has been adhered to in 

 the arrangement of the words. 



The dictionary itself deserves the attention of future compilers, as 

 it has not been sufficiently used. The author is very exact ; in his 

 explanations he pays particular attention to legendary names, especially 

 those of the Shahnamah, and to plants and their medical properties. 

 MSS. are rare. 



3. tail] Z/y* 



This dictionary was compiled A. H. 925, or A. D. 1519, by Shaikh 

 Muhammad ibn i Shaikh Lad ( 3il ) of Delhi. His object was to 

 complete the Sharafnamah through the addition of words and phrases 

 from the Qnnyat uttalibin. Hence his dictionary is more voluminous. 

 Every fad is tripartite ; first come the Arabic, then the Persian, and 

 lastly the Turkish words. The appendix to the dictionary contains 

 the Arabic, Persian and Turkish numerals, and a small Persian 

 grammar. Examples of verses occur but rarely. 



3 The arrangement is the same as in the Sharafnamah. Nothing is 

 known of the author himself. From a remark in the preface we know 

 that he had two children. The reigning king receives no praise ; nor 

 was Ibrahim Lodhi a fit subject for an encomium. 



MSS. of this dictionary are numerous. 



This dictionary was compiled by 'Abdurrahim ibn i Ahmad Sur Qf 

 Bahar. It contains the words of the Sharafnamah and the Muayyid, 

 and many Arabic words from the gurah. The MSS. are numerous. 

 There exists also a rare lithographed edition of 1264 pp. 4to., which 

 appeared at Calcutta several decads ago. The following extract is 

 taken from the preface — 



" Should any one doubt the correctness of a Persian word in my 

 " Dictionary, let him look into the Sharafnamah, the dictionary of my 

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