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ryk ^ *,** l*V j A*f>*&i ^Xbjl isJj c»~ * •**!* *- l *M 



According to this extract, Khan Arzii died in January 1756. 

 Sirajuddin's commentaries are very rare. In his Sharh to the 

 Sikandarnamah, we find occasional references to the aforementioned 



Majd 'Ali. 



14. The ivorks of Munshi Tek Charal* 



1. ffM 



2. ^jj^ l^r A L^ 



3. euarS JLLj| 



4. j*l*J\j*\y 



There exist lithographed editions of these four lexicographical 

 works ; the last three are somewhat rare. 



1. The Bahar i 'Ajam is one of the grandest dictionaries ever 

 written by one man. There exist seven editions of it revised by 

 the author. The first appeared in A. D. 1752 ; the Delhi lithograph- 

 ed edition of 1853 is taken from the author's last MS., which he 

 completed in 1782, or thirty years after the first edition. The MS. 

 preserved in the Fort William College Library, Calcutta, appears to 

 be one of the first issues. Though not so complete as the last, it is a 

 good MS. and preferable to the Delhi lithographed edition, which 

 unfortunately is so full of typographical .errors, as to be almost useless. 

 Future compilers of Persian dictionaries ought to be very careful 

 in using the Delhi edition, especially if they extract examples. 



The chief object of the Bahar i 'Ajam is to explain the Isti'mdl i 

 mutaahhhhann. Most examples are therefore taken from the poets after 

 the time of Jami, although quotations and phrases from the older 

 poets are by no means inconsiderable. The work is so well known 

 that it is unnecessary to say more about it. 



The name of the author is ^ ^ ^^ ; some call him ***. &4 

 * Munshi is a title given in Upper India to Hindoos acquainted with Persian 

 and Arabic. 



