266.
B 335. Size 12 in. by 9 in.; foil. 162. Nine
lines in a page.Another copy of the Jjjis a!IyS.
Well written, with vowel-points. Dated 11th Eabl' I., 1082. Covered with notes, and preceded by a list of contents. Slightly injured.
257.
2123. Size 14 in. by 8J in.; foil. 346. Seven lines in a page.
Another copy of the same work.
Well written in a large hand. Dated 2nd Jum. II.»
1108 (or 1106?). 2 It was transcribed by Shaikh Ahmad, by order of Khwajah Shiklb, at Burhanpfir.
Copious marginal notes.
[Coll. Fort William, 1825.]
1Effaced.
2 Originally . . . ^US butUi—< as acorrection.
til ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS.
268.
993. Size 10J in. by 7 in.; foil. 215. Eleven lines in a page.
Another copy of the Jjliji! j&, with numerous glosses.
Beautifully written on yellow and red paper, the text in a hold round hand, and the glosses in a Bmall character. At the heginning a tahle of contents.
[Johnson.]
259.
2125. Size 12£ in. by 9 in. ; foil. 222. Seven lines in a page.
Another copy of the same work.
"Well written in a large hand, furnished with notes, and preceded hy a tahle of contents. The first page of the text, and the latter part of the index, are, however, missing. Beginning: J^>-1 id!! •\^z.
[Coll. Fort William, 1825.]
260.
1891. Size about ll\ in. by 6J in.; foil. 408.
Seven lines in a page.
Another copy of the same work.
Written alternately in two bold hands of similar appearance. Several portions, including the heginning and tho end, restored in different hands. Numerous notes. Coloured lines round tho pages, and a rich orna¬
ment at the beginning.
[Johnson.]
261.
B 338. Size 11 in. by 7 in.; foil. 394. Nine or seven lines in a page.
Another copy of the same work, made up of three different fragments, in inelegant Persian hands, and completed by a later hand. Copious notes. A defect after fol. 14.
Signaturoandsealof MahmUd b. Mir Saiyid 'Abd al-rahman at the end. Bij. Libr.,a.a. 1028.
262.
B 336. Size 10J in. by 6 in.; foil. 394. Seven lines in a page.
Another copy of tho same work, defective and in¬
jured both at tho beginning and end. Well written, with vowel-points. Occasional notes. Most of the pages within red lines.
Begins : i!T ^Xa}. Foil. 38-40 mutilated. A slight defect after fol. 44.
263.
B 337. Size 9j in. by 5} in.; foil. 114. Seven lines in a page.
Tho first part of the preceding work, imperfect at the end.
Well written, with vowel-points added, and with copious notes. Of the tenth century. Ends in the
j!UJ1
lmJaS.
Bij. Libr., a.h. 1054, from Kudi Khushlial. Seal of Muhammad 'Adil Shfth.
264.
B 372. Size 10J in. by 6J in.; foil. 657. Twenty-one lines in u page.
The latter portion of a large Commentary on the
^Ija!! yS, beginning with the ^jy-j.W t_>ls£. If a recent inscription on fol. 73 may be trusted, this is
^j^+A], i.e. the J^jIaJ! ^---i' of Fakhr al-din 'Oth-man b. 'All Zaila'i (d. a.h. 743). Cf. II. Kh. v. 250;
Aumcr, Hdss. Munch. 99 sq.; and Flugcl, Class. 332.
The text of the Kanz is introduced by Jli . Indifferently written, of the eleventh century. The first leaf is wanting. Beginning: ^c.X* JxUl! j»«j!_.. Other defects after foil. 38, 39, 480, 544, 597, 607, and 656. Several leaves mutilated.
Erroneously described as the second volume of tho Nih&yah.
Cf. Cat. 227, i. 11 (?).
265.
2126. Size 12£ in. by 7| in.; foil. 239. Twenty-six, afterwards between twenty-nine and thirty-one lines in a page.
A Commentary (^,,J^») on the ^IjUjJ! yS, by (Badr al din) Abu Muhammad Mahmud b. Ahmad
LAW. 65
'Ami (d. A.n. 855). Cf. H. Kh. v. 250. It has been printed at Bulak, a.h. 1285.
Plainly written. In two volumes. The original hand terminating, however, shortly after the beginning of the second volume (fol. 124), the remainder has been supplied from another copy, which was transcribed by Molla Daud b. . At the end is the date of the author's copy, viz., Cairo, Dhu'l-hijjah, 818.
Frequent marks in the shape of flowors on tho margin, indicating the beginnings of new chapters.
Defects after foil. 15 and 85. "Worm-eaten.
[College of Fort William, 1825.]
266.
B 340. Size 13 in. by 7j in.; foil. 404. Twenty-seven lines in a page.
Tho first part of a copious Commentary on the same work, by Zain al-'Abidin b. Ibrahim Misrl, commonly called Ibn Najim (d. a.h. 970), who entitled it jSJjl! Cf. If. Kh. v. 250.
This is a commentary by 4ly. The author, in compiling it, made use of numerous works, which he enumerates in his preface. Amongst the earlier commentaries on the Kanz ho prefers that of Zaila'i.
This part extends to Well
written, by Muhammad Latff (?). Somo leaves worm-eaten.
"Wrongly inscribed ^luill hzy+js" <__>!i£. Cf. Catal.
228,xviii.
267.
596. Size U\ in. by 7\ in.; foil. 436. Thirty-five lines in a page.
Another portion of tho preceding Commentary, im¬
perfect and injured both at the beginning and end.
It comprises from ^l&Jl <-_>l^ to uiij!! <_>U£.
Plainly written, headings and titles in red. The first fol. is nearly destroyed. Fol. 2 begins: ^1 ^J}\ J r <pL Poll. 23 and 28 should be transposed; fol.
177 should be placed after 172, and foil. 257 and 258 after 250.
268.
1401. Size 12 in. by 6J in.; foil. 231. Twenty-nine lines in a page.
Another portion of the same Commentary, extending from jLcil t^jllS to t—iijll i_A^.
Plainly written. Conclusion: j£> ■jy*-y£>\ ^ JjDI i_a^JI (sic, r. rJ £ liuk)
^1 l*t*\\
(JU11£A)J jSISjJI rr i l£\J\
.
£\
<dl!SXtJii {t=? ^ <Ulfi]l
Cf. Stewart's Catal., p. 147, xxiii.
[Tippu.]
269.
B 339. Size 8i in. by 6 in.; foil. 245. Twenty-five lines in a page.
L. J&S^I lUiUU J&SP l—SLfU ^jji> \jjD
.
£ Ju^M ^L~*
A concise Commentary (_ jjj^*) on the same work, by Molla Miskin (Mu'ln al-din Muhammad Harawl).
Cf. H. Kh. v. 251. Glosses on it are to be found in Aumor, Hdss. Munch., p. 93.
This commentary begins without a preface, ^ft ,CjLai.!)l 0L^s!b Various old authorities are quoted in it.
"Written in a small hand, and dated 18th Jum. I., 1011. The scribe gives his name as Muhammad b.
Ahmad ,eJ^!l' Hanafl.• Gold and blue lines round each page. Notes in the earlier portion. A slight defect after fol. 33, and a larger one after fol. 177.
Fol. 43 mutilated. Injured by damp.
Cat. 228, xiii.
270.
571. Size 121 i n. by 6£ in.; foil. 228. Twenty-one lines in a page.
Another copy of tho preceding Commentary.
The commencement is wanting, and several blanks have been left in the first pages, the original copy having apparently been mutilated. Begins : ^ (_ai3l yslki (= fol.4t>.of the preceding copy). Plainly
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