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Barar, together with a copy of an inscription* found near Barsec 

 Taklee. 



3. From G. Latham Esq., C. E., a copy of ' India to England, a 

 new Overland Eoute via Turkish Arabia.' 



4. From Babu Gopinath Sen, a copy of a Table shewing the 

 mean monthly and mean hourly variations of temperature as deter- 

 mined in the S. G. Office for 1855 to 1869. 



5. From the Author, Pr abaci 31 did, or the "Wit and Wisdom of 

 Bengali Ryots and Women, as shewn in their Proverbs and Pro- 

 verbial Sayings, by Rev. J. Long. 



6. From W. Oldham, Esq., LL.D., C. S., Ghazipur, an Urdu 

 Translation of the Persian Balwantndmah, by Khairuddin Muham- 

 mad of Ilahabad. 



Mr. Blochmann said — 



The Balwantndmah by Khairuddin Muhammad of Ilahabad is a 

 work of great value. It contains a history of the Nazims and Rajahs 

 of Benares, and is full of interesting details referring to the times and 

 transactions of Warren Hastings. The author lived in the end of 

 last century and has written several other Historical works, as the 

 Jaunpiirndmah, or Chronicle of the town of Jaunpur ; the Tazhi- 

 ratul- Ulamd,] or biographical notices of modern Persian writers, 

 chiefly of Audh ; the Eitdb i 'Alamshob, or History from the time 

 of Nadir Shah to the death of Mirza Najaf Khan ; the 'Ibratnd- 

 mah, a voluminous history of the reign of Shah 'Alam (II.) with 

 a minute account of the doings of the notorious Ghulain Qadir ; the 

 Gwalidmdmah, or History of Fort Gwaliar ; and several other works 

 on law, rhetoric, and grammar. 



His last work appears to have been the above mentioned Tazlcirat 

 ul- Ulamd, which was written, like the Balwantndmah, at the sugges- 

 tion of Abraham Welland, Judge of Jaunpur, and dedicated to the 

 Marquis of Wellesley. It contains additional matter for a History 

 of Jaunpur, and biographies of learned men chiefly of such as 

 lived at Jaunpur. He often praises the officers of the East India 

 Company, because " they prefer a learned man of another religion 



* The copy of the inscription is unfortunately so faulty as to convey no 

 sense. The Editor. 



f Culled in the Catalogue of Persian MSS. of the Society Nadrat uV Ulamd. 

 Tbi Editor. 



