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which had been printed the year before by Sayyid Ahmad of Alighur 

 (1864), the Committee and the Council resolved to print it. The 

 MSS. were handed over to Maulawis 'Abdul Hai and Agha Ahmad 

 'Ali, whose edition is carefully got up, and generally free from typo- 

 graphical errors. 



On the same day also, the Committee resolved to publish a 

 revised edition of the Ain i A/cbari, and to apply to Government 

 for a special grant. Dr. A. Sprenger, to whom Sir H. M. Elliot also 

 owed so much in his search for rare MSS., had, on several occasions, 

 even before the New Series was commenced with, pointed out to the 

 Philological Committee the importance of a critical text of the Ain. 



On the 12th November, 1865, Major Lees proposed that the Com- 

 mittee should print the Pddishdhndmah of 'Abdul Hamid i Lahori, 

 and the ' Alamgirndmah by Muhammad Kazim. The latter was edited 

 by Maulawis 'Abdul Hai and Khadim Husain, the former of whom lately 

 favoured the Society with a minute Index (now printing) of names, an 

 Index geographicus, and a List of Errata which, in the absence of a 

 translation,* will be of great assistance. The MSS. of the Pddishdhndmah 

 were handed over to Maulawis 'Abdurrahim and Kabiruddin Ahmad of 

 the Madrasah. The work is rather bulky, and awkward for references 

 being made to it, especially as there is no index of names, &c. Its 

 style, however, is easy, though not half as polished as the elegant 

 Alamgirndmah. 



In 1866, the Government of India granted Rs. 5000 for a critical 

 edition of the Ain, which was commenced in March 1867. Up to the 

 present moment, eight fasciculi of the text, and three of an English 

 version have been printed. 



On the 2nd March 1868, Major Lees, shortly before his departure 

 for Europe, proposed that the Committee should print eight other 

 historical works, including the Tabaqdt i Akbari, of which the Council 

 selected the voluminous, but valuable, Khdfi Khun, which is now 

 being edited by Maulawi Kabiruddin. The endeavours which have 

 been made to collect MSS. for the Madsir i 'Alamgiri have not been 

 successful. 



» A portion of 'the ^ Alamgirndmah (passages relating to Burma and Assam) 

 has been translated (Library A. S. Bengal, No. 32). 



