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The MS. of the Far hang -i- Shu' uri which Vullers used, must have been 

 the worst possible in existence. But I do not think that the Dictionary 

 itself is trustworthy. As I have seen no copy of this Turkish Dictionary, 

 I am merely guided by quotations in Vullers which mention the 

 sources from which F. extracted. As F. used the Sharafnamah, Far- 

 hang-i-Jahangiri, Sururi, the Majma'-i-Khanf, his Dictionary ought to 

 be a model. But F. has not made a proper use of his sources, and gives 

 hundreds of words from them, which are nowhere to be found in the 

 numerous aud most excellent MSS. of FJ., Sur., Sh., &c, in my posses- 

 sion. Thus the references of F. in Vullers to the Farhang i Jahangiri 

 under v^^j ^^> r^fjv* f^ji^ are wron g j m Y MSS. of the FJ. 

 contain neither the last three words, nor the absurd meaning of the 

 first. * So likewise F.'s references to Sururi's Majmauliurs under 

 vfjjj^ ^jy.,* ^H, *^"H, **J*it ^ji- ****Lriv J Sururi contains 

 nothing of the absurdities ascribed to him. F.'s references to the 

 Sharafndmah under uJ**"*v Jlfc^ ^4 ) lin{ -\ to tne M aj ma -i lughdt ■ 

 i-Klttini under v^x-jx^, Jt^% O^-t are entirely fictitious Nor 

 did Burhan find the above words in his MSS. of the FJ. and Sur. 



These are examples taken only from words beginning with v-> be and 

 <-> pS. 



At least one-half of the verses copied by Vullers from F. have 

 neither sense, nor metre ; and it is a matter of surprise, how Vullers 

 could have entered them at all. Examples : — 



^{^Ljiij locus munitus. F. ; e. g., in hoc versu Ls xxyj aUL»| — 

 SjtyLao) ^xa c^Je- rJ 1 ^ *&J ^J ^ ^ f^J 

 This is a blunder for 8)l^wLjJ|. F. did not observe the curve of the 

 letter Lr sin after the £.f Bh. quotes J*&± (metre hazaj) 



i)\j~*>&\ oj^ y*> j*;toJ ^j sJjS ^ ^A f&»>j 



.y^U Read in Daqiqi's verse IJl^jl^L O God /, for AjKj |^ ; and for 

 the absurd verse of Shams-i-Fakhri read (metre hazaj) 



" Thy enemy has fallen into a mire like a lame ass, laden and left 

 without help." 



* For (>Ju <jU*5j»; jlx*0, as given by Vullers, Sur. has correctly 



f Similarly Vullers on p. vii. of his preface, in the fifth note <U^ labbuhu, 

 f or &x«a. hobsbufm ! 



