32 Contributions to Persian Lexicography. [No. 1, 



There exist two lithographed editions of the Ghias, one together 

 with the Chiragh i Hidayat, and another printed in 1847, by one Mir 

 Hasan, from a MS. corrected by the compiler. 

 27. oUJUl cJt'Us! 



The name of the compiler is Abdullatif ibn i 'Abdullah Kabir. 

 His object was to write a special dictionary for the Masnawi of 

 Maulavi Rum. Hence he says— 



He has also written a commentary to the Masnawi, entitled Latctif 

 id Ma'naioi, of which our Society possesses a very good MS. (No. 846, 

 220 leaves, small 8vo.), bearing the muhr of 'Abdulwahhab Khan 

 Bahadur Nucratjang. . 



The compiler lived during the reign of Shahjahan ; but the 1 J. is 

 the latest dictionary consulted by him. 



The Catalogue of our Persian MSS. calls him Gujrdti. 



IV. 

 - I subjoin a few notes on the HffmM i Hind. Those who wish to 

 study this important subject, ought to make themselves acquainted 

 with the writings of Mirza Qatil, entitled JW\ */F~, *& M and 

 UUM.j?> t and a treatise by Anwar 'Ali on the spelling of Persian 

 words, entitled Risdlah i ImU i FdrsL These works have been litho- 

 graphed and are easily obtainable. 



° The change in spelling, form, meaning and construction, which an 



Arabic word, apparently without any reason, undergoes in Persian, 



or which an Arabic or a Persian word undergoes in Hindustani, is 



called d>j* tagarruf. The tacarrufat of Persian words are included 



in the <j*y JU»I~I istVmdl i furs, the usage peculiar to the Persians, 



and the tacarrufat of the Hindustani language, and of the Persian 



written in India, in the ^ JU«i~l Wind i hind. A knowledge 



of the latter is of great importance, not only for those who read 



Persian books written or printed in India, but also for every 



Hindustani scholar ; for although the Isti'mal i Hind is looked upon 



with suspicion by learned natives, we have to bear in mind that its 



peculiarities are generally adopted and therefore correct. So at least 



for the Hindustani, according to the proverb g*> j g**" f u • 



