1868.1 Contribution* to Persia)) Lexicography. 29 



A^lj or *>J^. lS$> ij\j. lie was by caste a Khetri. His poetical 

 name isjt^?. He lived at Delhi. From a note at the end of the 

 second volume of the Delhi edition, it appears that he was nearly- 

 deprived by one of his pupils of his well merited fame as the author 

 of the seventh revised edition. Tek Chand must have died shortly after 

 178 "2, because he was prevented by old age from commencing the 

 eighth revised edition. 



In the preface the author states that for the first edition he only 

 used the Tanbihulghafilin by Si raj ushsliu'ara (Sinijuddin, the 

 author of the Si raj ul highlit), and a small treatise written by Mir 

 Muhammad Afzal, poetically styled Sabit oob'. For the following 

 editions Tek Chand used the Muctalahat ushsliu'ara, the Risalah i 

 Mukhlici i Kashi, and another book whose title and author were 

 unknown. The first of these three works Tek Chand embodied almost 

 entirely; hence it is so little known. 



2. The Jawdhir ulhuruf&nd the Thfdl % Szururai were written by 

 Tek Chand during the compilation of the Bahar i 'Ajam. 



The Jawahir ulhuruf contains two chapters ■ 

 1. «>y^ ojya. cjLuj^ 



The former part is the completest treatise on the interchange of 

 letters. It forms an excellent basis for the etymological part of a 

 Persian grammar, and is an indispensable Vade mecum for the compiler, 

 as it is of the greatest assistance to him in the numerous spellings of 

 certain words. The second chapter treats of the syntax of the Persian 

 prepositions and particles. Numerous examples are given. The 

 lithographed edition which appeared A. H. 12G7 at Oawnpore, is 

 taken from a unique MS. in the handwriting of the author. It is on 

 the whole well printed. 



3. The Ibtdl i Szururat is the best, if not the only, work on the 

 Tagarrufdt i Fdrsi, or the modifications which both Arabic and Persian 

 words have undergone in Persia during the last ten centuries. In 

 plan the book coincides with our popular and interesting works on the 

 study of words, such as by Trench, Richardson, &c. The term eyj^ 

 conies nearest to our " a poetical license," and the object of Tek Chanel's 

 book is to shew that in good Persian poetry, there is no license, but 

 that every peculiar expression is either based upon sufficient authority, 



