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T A B L E O F ' C O N T E N T S .

P A C E

l ' r{Er, 'ACE . . vi i

, \ r ) t )ENDA AND CoRRIGENDA xv i i i

l ' . \ r( ' l ' L Tit led Manuscripts, arranged in alphabetical orderof titles I

Supplementary List of Tit led Manuscripts, acquiredtoo late for insertion in their proper placc 25o

I ' , \RT IL Unti t led Manuscripts, arranged in order of subjects 273

I ' .rur I IL Class-marks of al l Manuscripts described in thisHand-list, arranged consecutively 363

Most recent additions, acquired too late for descrip-t ion in the Hand- l is t 397

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PREI.ACts,

I N the Introduction to my Catalogue of the Persiart

I Manttscrípts itt tlte Library of t/te Uniaersity of Cattt'

bridge, published by the University Press in t896, I tracccl

ivith some dctail the history and growth of this departmcnt

of our Library frorn tó25, r 'vhen the ntunificence of Georgc

Vili iers, Duke of Buckingharrt, secltred for us thc precior'rs

Itrpenius collectiorr, dowu to the date of publication, sincc

rvhich period we have acquired (mostly by purchase) about

r4o MSS. rvritten in the Arabic character. I do rlot deern

it necessary to repeat in this place what I there set dorvn

on this head, ancl I shall therefore pass at oncc to other

matters.

The cataloguing of manuscripts, though otte of the most

useful tasl<s o[ the Oricntalist, is at the same time one of thc

most irksome and tedious, especially in the case of a collection

forrned less by delibcrate selection and purchase than by

fortuitous gifts ancl bequests. When, thercfore, I hacl com-

pleted my Persian Catalogue, and had realised how largc a

proportion of unselected tnanuscripts arc practically devoid

of rvorth or interest, I earnestly hoped that some onc c1se,

better qualif ied for such worl< than myself, rvould undertakc

the cataloguing of the remaining Muhammadan MSS., a tasli

for which l felt but l i tt le inclination. It soon becarne plain,

horvever, t irat, unless I chose to coutinue the rvorl< nryself,

there r,vas but l i tt le l ikelihood of its being finished at all in

the near future; and as an uucata logued col lect ion of MSS.

is practically useless, espccially to scholars at a distancc, I

resolved to work up the rough notes of all IMSS. rvrittcn in

thc Arabic character (lvhether Arabic, l)ersiau, -furkish,

Urdu,

; ' : : ; ' ' N I ; r l : r r , , , . t ' , , , ' 1 .u , j " ; , ' . t l

l ; r t l :L t rc , r t l l ' r ; r ,1 , r r t r , , tt 'ngrLgcrl in t l rc constmctiotr of rny J' tr .sítut ( lr /rr/ t t . : , ' t rr ' ,rnrl

issrrc t lrctn, i tr a compact and condcn.sccl f ,rnn, irs t t / / t t tr , / / i . t /

of l l [ t t / t tutunadan Manuscri?ts; in orclcr th;rt , pt 'rr t l inr] t l rr '

procluct ion of a proper Cata/ogue raisotutrt , some t: lrr t ' to l l rr '

con ten ts o f th is depar tment o f our L ib rary n r igh t l r t ' ; r r ' ; r i l ; r l r l , '

to o ther Or ien ta l i s ts .

The p lan r ' vh ich I dec ided to adopt i r t t l t c cons t r t r t t i r r t . l '

this Hartt l- l is l aimed primari ly at concisiort, l rrrt l r lovt ' ,1 irr

J r rac t i ce much more t roub lesome than I h : r t l ; r r r t i r ' i p : r l c r l . l l l '

a r raug ing a l l the books o f wh ich the pr 'o1rc r t i t l t ' s cor r l t i l r t '

ascer ta ined in a lphabet ica l o rder (accor t l i r r i l t . l l 11 ' p l , r t t

: r "c lop ted by tha t g rea t b ib l iographcr I . l Í j r l i l r ; r l r l ; r ) i t ' r ' r ' r r r t ' t l

to rnc tha t a cons iderab le economy o f sp : r r : t : r r r i l i l r t l r c t ' Í { i ' , t , t l ,

bo th by remov ing the need o f a sc l l ; r r ; rL< : / r t , / , ' r t r / l t l / t . t . ; tn t l

: r l s o b y a v o i d i n g a n y r e p e t i t i o n o f t h c l r i l r l i o ; i r ' , r p l r i r , r l r t Í i r '

e n c e s . M o r e o v e r i t a p p e a r e d t o n l c t o l r t ' ; r r n ; r t t t : r r , l l r t r ' l i ' , t

inc l i f f c rence to one who r ,vas i r t s r : ; r r t : l r ' l ' ; r 1 r ; r r t i , r r l ; r l r r ' , , r ' l i

r vhe thcr i t happened tc i be bounr l r rp i r r l l r t ' s : rn r , ( ' ( ) \ ' ( r \ \ ' i l l r

o t h e r . s o r n o t , s o t h a t I c l c c i c l c , I i r r t l r t ' ( ; r s ( ' l ( ( ) r n l ) ( ' : ' i t ( '

N ï S S . t o t r e a t e a c h p o r t i o l t i r s i u l i n ( l ( : p t r r r l t ' r r t u r r i t , ; r r r t l 1 , ,

c lcscr ibc the vo lume as a rvho lc on l , r ' r r r r t l t ' r o r r t ' ; r l t i , l t '

( g c n c r a l l y t h c c : r r l i c s t i n t h c v o l u n l c ) . ' l ' l r r r s ,

f r r r i r r s l ; r r r t t ,

t l r c l l t r r c l i h : l r r l t r t t ; u t t r s c r i p t r n l r r ' ) i c t l Q q . l 4 l ( i , n r l r r i , . ( 5

t l r r t : c s t : p ; t r ; t t c t l c ; r t i s c s l , ) ' : r l , N l ; r r 1 r - r z r , t , r u i t ( I ) , t , / / t .

J ) I t r / t r rh t t ' / l t r t . sb t r / , ' , 1 . ;1 ' / | t , r t / / ' / / / t ( rL / , , t t t l | . \ l r r l / - r r t / , t / t r ' /

! / t , t r t b t t . l ' , : t t : l r , r Í ' t l r t ' s t ' i . . r 1 , , , r i l , , , l , , , 1 ) , t t , r l ( l _ \ ' , , r r r ' , , 1 q 1 j 1 1 , ,

t o r t l l r l l t l r c t i t : : t l , , r . , l , ' t , , Í t i l l , , , t l r , l l r ' , 1 r r r r r l . r J t \ , , 4 4 2 r ,

t h c s c c o t t r l t t r r r l , ' r ' 6 { \ , , . € } 6 4 ) , , r r r , l t l r , t l r i r , l u r r , l , r ' b

( N o . 6 5 5 ) , b y u l r i c l r l r l , r r r t l r r ' Í i r , . t ( , , r l l , , l Q r t . l 4 l ' 1 ; r r r r l

t h e t h i r c l ( Q q . l 4 l " ) : r t - c t ( \ l ) ( ( t i v c l _ r ' , r ' . . , , , r . r l ( ( 1 , , ; r , l r i r r

i t s o w n p l a c e , i , v i t h : r r r o t l r c r c ( ) l ) ) o l l l r t . , , r r r r , . r r , , r l , , r v l r i l , .

t h e l v h o l e c o m p o s i t e M S . i s o r r l ; ' t l t ' r , r ' i l , , , l , ) n r ( . . r u t ( l ( r

a r t i c l e 4 4 2 , t o w h i c h a r e f c r c n c c i s r r r , L r l t ' i r r t l r . s r r l r s t . , l r r t : r r t

art icles.

Pti El',\cE. i.r

Of course it rvas cvident from the first that there rvould

lcrnain a considerable residue of " untit led " MSS., rrlanu-

scripts, that ís to say, rvhich in the nature of things lacked a

tit lc (such as collections of letters, memoranda' common-Place

lrooks, miscellanies and the l ike), or r,vhich were so mutilated

rrs to render identif ication impossible, or lvhich had accidentally

been left untit led, and which I could not identify with the

rneans at my disposal. These " untit led manuscriPts " had,

therefore, to be arranged according to subjects (the system

cmployed by Dr Rieu in his Brit ish Museum Catalogues

being generally follorved) in a separate class, rvhich constitutes

Part II of this volume.

Lastly, for the Llbrary officials (whose point of view must

necessarily be bibliographical rather than literary, and by

rvhom one work in four volumes is regarded as four manu-

scripts, while one volume containing four separate u.orks is

regarded as one) it was necessary to arrange all the MSS.

according to order of class-marks, and to indicate opposite

each the article or articles under which its description might

be found. This portion constitutes Part III of this volume,

which concludes with an Index of proper names (those of

authors, scribes and former owners being distinguished by

appropriate signs, according to the plan adopted in my

Persiaru Catalogue), including some titles of books mentioned

out of thc alphabetical order adopted in Part I, and a ferv

references of a more general character,

Such rvas the plan of the Hand-list as it shaped itself in

rny mind, but in practice I have not been able to carry it out

rr' i th entire consistency. In the first place, some of the tit les

in Part I are, I must confess, more or less fictit ious (e.g. Nos.

L74, 186, 206,247, 2,7O, 43A &c.) , bc ing descr ipt ive

lrrthcr than specific; while the bringing together of most of

tlrc l ipistolary Manuals under the heading fnsltd in Part I

irrstcad of under " Collections of Letters " in Part II is, strictly.,1,..r:rl<ing, a violation of the original scheme. Moreover, some

, 1 , , , ' , , , r . . , , c r r r t ; r i r r i r re ' . , , , , , . : ' : ' , 1 , ' t i ' ' , , ' , , , , r , r r , r r r . r r r . r , r r r . , r l i : t . sl r i l t r . , c v c r r r v h c n : r l l o r l t ) ( ) s t , 1 ' t l r t , s t , t r . t . ; r t i r r . , . l r ; r , l t i t l t . : , ,b c c n d e s c r i b e d i n l ' a r t I I u u r l c r " [ l . S S . r , Í ' r r r i x r . t l t . ' r r l t . r r t s '

(pp 336-34 t h t fn t ) , con t ra ry to a c t_ r t rs is tc r r t ;L t l l r cs io r r to t l r t ,o r ig ina l p lan , and, as I am bound to ad ' r i t , rn ;L i ' l y t , ; r ' , i r lthe t roub le o f so many separa te en t r i cs . Las t l l , . rv l r i l t : t l r t .I{and-l ist rvas passing through the I)ress I u,:rs ;ryr1r ' i rr t t : t l f ' rone ycar (June r899-Junc rgoo) to t l rc r r t , r r . l ; . - t . s t ; r l r l i s l r , . r lpos t o f Cura tor o f the Or icn ta l l \ {SS. in t l rc I r r r i r r . r . s i r ) ,L ib rary , a rd na tura l l y too l< ac lv : r r tagc . f t l r i s . i r t . . r r rs t ; r r t : t .t o a d d b y p u r c h a s e , s o f a r A S o r l r f u ' t l s : r l l , r u . t , r l , : r s r r r ; r r r . \ ,c lcs i rab le manuscr ip ts o f th is c l l t ss : rs Poss i l r l t . to o r r r . r .o l l t . r . t i , r r r .Many o f these rvere acqu i rcc l too l i r t c í i r r ins t . r . t io r r r r r r r l r . r . t l r t . i rt i t i c s i n P a r t I , a ' c l f o r t h c r ' : r s r r l r P l t . r r r t . r r t ( 1 r P . : 5 r t J 7 . t r t r / t , r lh a c l t o b e a c l c l c c l ; r v h i l c t l r c " r r r o s t r . ( . ( . ( . n t ; r r l r l i t i , r r r r " ( ; r r . t l r r i r . t . t lc l u r i n g t h c c c l u r s c o f t l r i s 1 ' < . ; r r ' ) l r ; r r l t o l x . 1 1 , , . , , . 1 1 , r . r . t . , r r . r 1 r . r 1 . r tt l r c c r r c l ( p p . 3 1 1 7 t . l . r r t 1 t 1 . ) r r . i t l r ; r l i . r v l r r i r . l ' r v , r r r l , . í ' 1 , 1 . 1 1 , . , . , , 1r l cscr i l t t io r r .

' l ' l r t t i t l c , Í - l l r i s l l r t u r / / i . t l , ; r 1 3 ; r i r r , i r . ; r r . r r l . r . r i t i t . i s r r r ,

s i r t c c i t í r r t : l t r t l , . s ; r g o o r l r r t ; r r r \ . ( ' l r r i r t i ; r r r ; u t ( l . i í , r r r , . I l i r r r l r r

r t t t r l l ' ; r l s r n o r l i s . l l r r . . . ; r i l l r r . t , ' I t r r l t ; r r r r r r r , r , l . r r r " i s , l l l r . r . r . Í r , r . t ,t , l r t ' r u l r l r . r ' s t o . r l ; r . , r r r , . , r r t i r r l i , . r r r i i l t . r r r r l r , , l l , t . ( ) t . l ) ; u . t l v i ll l r r ' . \ r , r l r i r ' t l r ; r r , r , t r . r , " r r . l r i r l r t l r : t r ; t t t t . r . i : ; r , s s t . r r t i ; r l l ; . t l r r .r , l r i , 1 , , , 1 ] l t t l r ; a r r r r r . r r l , r r r l r r . r , t l r r r t . . . S . 1 ; 1 1 . 5 1 1 , 1 1 l r ' i r . r ' t . 1 r i t l r t , t\ \ , r ' , l ( ( r l r . r l Í , , r P u r l r r ' , r . . , , , 1 r l , , l i r r i l i , , r r , . r r r t l t l r i . ; r r . . r . . l l r t . l r r . s lt l r . r l , r r , ' , : r . , , l r , r l r t . r . l l . . \ ' l , , t r . , l r r ' t . t l í l \ . , 1 , . . , , r i l r l r r r . l i t l r .r t 0 t t l r l l r , r r r . l r r . , . r r l r r r r r u i l r l 1 1 U r 1 . l r , t , , t , 1 i l r , i l \ l t . r . , . l l t , l l l r ( .t l r r ' , ' , i l r r , r t i o r r , , 1 t r r , r r l t , . r t , l ' 1 . . r t , r l r l , r . r r \ , r r , r , r , t i r r , , t , r l l r ct ' l l t t ; t t t c t ' i r r r r l r i , l t t l r r . r . . r r t . \ , , n l t { . n t , r . \ . t ( l t . n l l \ . l l r r . r n , r , tc o r t r r c n i c r r t . ( ) Í ' ; r l l I l 5 : ' . r v r r i l ( . r \ \ r t l r . \ r , r l , i , l , t t , . r , r r l r i , . l rc a t n c u . i t l t i t t t t t 1 . l t c t r I u ; r : , l r , r l l l l ( l 1 , , l , r l . , . l , , t ( . , l ) l l l t l r r o l l r lh a v e b e c n i n r P o s s i b l c l i r l r r r t . t o y 1 . , 1 , 1 , . t l r r , , r r , : l r t l r , , . , r . r r r i t t t . r ri r - r t h C S y r i a C o r I J e b r C r V c l r i r r - l r c t t : t . , r r r r l l r , . , i l , | | r ( ( . i l l r o t n I t l lu p o n K à r s h [ n i t r e a t i s e s i n t h c l i , r . r r r t . r , , r l r r , i . r , , l , ( . r . , r , r r ( r r .A r a b i c c o m p i l a t i o n s i n t h e l a t t c r . l r r , r r , . . r r , , , r r r r I r r , r , . r r i r r

I 'REF.\CE. Xi

the Íland-lisl trvo MSS. written chicfly in the Pahlavi script

(Add. 328 and Add. 329), and one ancient trgyptian

fragment (Add. f 859), as well as certain others (e.g. I l lm.4-

I I and Mm. 5. 26), which, though essentially Muhammadan'

are written in Latin or some other Western language.

The obvious defect of the plan rvhich I have adopted in

the construction of this Hand-lisl is that, while it is easy for

any student to asccrtain at once lvhether or l lo a given rvork

or a particular author is represented in our coilection, ít is

not possible to see at a giance to what extent the l iterature

of a given subject is reprcsented. 'fhis,

howcver, is of less

consequence in a collection l ike ours (rvhich, compared to

those of the Brit ish Muscum, the India Office and the

I3odleian, is poor and meagre) than it lvould be in the case

of one more ample and more reprcsentative; and it rnay,

perhaps, be to some extcnt remedied by the following brief

l ist of some of the rarer works rvhich r,ve possess' Only the

more important of these are here mentioned, and, for sirnplicity,

they are arranged under a few headings.

Lrsr ol- sox{L o!- THFI I{t\ l{ER woRKS DESCI{IREDIN 'THIS VOLUXÍ8.

Religion. No. 36, an accotlllt of holy places and shrines, composed

before '4"rr ' 6t r ' Nos' 247 andL474' two pret t ) 'extensive col lect ions of

Persian Ío'ziyo poen:.s for recitatiou in the month of N'Iuharram. No. 254,

thc norv celebratecl anonyl t lous o1d l ters ian Commcntary on the second

half of the Qur':rn. No. 267, a transcript frotn tlie author's autograph of

Qáqli N{ubTl)bu'cl-Din al-IIamawl's Z-tutsífu 1-o7dÍ. No. 294, a good copy

of the rar e hcretic:rl work entitled "/ártitltLri

I{olttr, containing the

doctr ines of the Hunrfr scct , rv i th por- t ions in a Wcst-Persian dia lect .

Nos.878 and 879, port ions of a l -Kr ' r layni 's great col lect ion of Shi ' i te

traclitions. No. 896, the l{ilabu'r^IltthtnttÍ ol' the early Shíi Abrl NÍtrsá

J:rb i1 ' b. f , Iay1an. Also a fa i r ly large col lect ion of l ) ruzc books

(Nos. 1356 1366).Hislory tzttd lliogrtQhy. No. 134, lhe Ba.ra'iru'l-Qttdatn,l, composeci

befolc , t .H. 38o. No. 165, thc unique I IS ' of a l -Ya(qhbr 's i rnportant

histo ly, ecl i tec l bv Houtsma in r8E3. No. 166, a rarc h istory of Akbar.

No. 169, one volume of an inrmensc biographical d ict ionary of eminent

N r l I ' l . l l l \ ' 1 , . .

f r , r l i \ r . \ ( f l l l , r ' , l r , l , r , l , , o n r l l i , . r ' r l , . r r l y i r r l l r . : r . r r . r r l l r ( ( . n t r u \ . , l t l t c / u f t - , r .N o . f J Q . l l t t l r ; t , , ' , r , t / r t , , r t . . , , / , , , ' / . \ . , . , t t . \ , , . 1 7 , t . l r , r r , r , r r , r r l . , o l ; r n( ' \ l ( ' i l , t \ ( l r r . , l r r t r o l t l r r . { . r l r 1 r l r , , t , , | r i , , , , , , 1 . . r r l , . r r 1 r r r 1 1 q 1 1 . l ( ) \ . 1 1 . i { ) 7 .N . . l $ $ , . r r . r r . l r r ' , 1 . r 1 , l l i l r , r l r l . , r r r . r . r l t l r r . , , . r l , r r r \ , , 2 0 6 , ; r r g , , r r t . r ; r lI t i s l , r t r l . t r n l , r \ r l . í ' ; , ) ( r r i l t : r i r i l [ ] , . r l ) r . l l \ l I l l , r ( ( r , i l n l r r t t l r r , ( r i l \ . r ( l ( . \ .N r t . 2 2 9 , i r n : r u l ( ' j ' l . r l ) l t r r r 1 r 1 . l . r . , l i . r r , 1 . r r r r , l r r . . t , r r r . l l , r l r ; r l r . r r l i l l . r l' /

t r / r / i t / t i t r . \ ' , t , / h t r t t r , u l r i r l r , t l r . r r ; 1 l r r l r r r l r . r r r , , r l , r r , , r l ) 1 , , . . r r . , l , r l r r . r r r r . .N o . ! $ N , s t r f ) l f l ( l ) ) ( l ) l t o t l r r , ' / ' r 1 l r / t i / / r t t t r , r u \ r r i f f i , t l r , . / , r : , , , r i r r t t t ' t. \ ' t t l t t I ' . N o . 3 2 9 , | l : r r l o l ; r l r i , , 1 ' r , r P l r r , . r l , r n , l r r , , t o l . l i r í . r l r r , , r l i r . r r t r t l r . r l

/ . l a z r r , r r l i l / t t i : Z t t i l t r r l t . \ . . J { l Q , I l r r r r r ' , l r ) . l r r l r n . r ' . , I I r . , r , , r 1 . . l . \ l r . 1 r 1 r , r .N o . 3 6 5 , À I : r . t 1 r r z r ' s l r i s t , r l ' , Í t l r t . I ) y r r ; t : l i r . s . l l . , l . r r r r r l , r ' r t . t l r t . l . r l i . l

t h e ' A b b i l s i d C a l i p h ; r t c . N o s . 6 9 7 6 9 9 , l l r r r S l r , r l < i r ' s , [ ' y u t t r i t l , r . i , , , r r r l / r .

No. 701, the G/ t t l yo l t t l - t t t t rs t )11 i l t r t t , t t t J i r / i ' / , r iL , , r ' t / . \o . 1201, l l r t . r ; r r r .

Ni/t ltyatu'/-iral) Jft a/i/t l irí ' l- l ;tr.r a,,11 ,,4tir1), of rvlrir Ir I lurvt. rlr.:r r i lrt.r l

the conten ts in the , / . I i .A .S ' . fo r Apr i l rgoo, l )p . t t )S . )51) . No. l2?2 ,a Nluslim Martyrology and Necrology entit lecl K ti./ rt I u, /- lt i /1 rut.

Geogra//ty altd To/otrd//t!. No. 260, a !íeogrÍrplly of J,igypt, corn-pi led in ^.H. 777.

Science. No. 50, a f ine old MS. of an Arrbic vc) .s ion of I , . t r r . l r r l .No. 307, an Encyclopêdia of Phi lo logy,

' I 'hcologl ' , : r .nt l L;11. , ( . r ) t i t lc( l

| . {ada' igu a/ tddgí ' / -az/zar, compi lecl beforc . r . r r . ( )7 t l ry l l r r r r ' l l . l : r r r l r ; r l r .No.330, part of the f {aydíu ' l - /payzadu of a[-J: r l r i (11r. No. 1168,; r t r t . ; r r is t :on marr iage, etc. ent i t led Nuz/ t t t t t t ' / - t r l t . t ,u ' . No. 1239, t lv ' / , r , r / , , ; tg ranma t i ca l t r ea t i se by Abn S : r ' i t l a s S : r v r : r í r ( r l . , r . r r . ; / rS ; . \ r , . 126 !1 ,t hc Ada lu ' ; - . r uh l t a t , a t Í ca t i s c o r r r j o r r r i r r t r . \ , , . 12?6 , P r r r l o i t l r cI i d l z i l u ' . r -Sa t t a (a t o f a l -N Ia j f i s i ( t l . , r . t r . J f i . J , ) , ; r r ) { ) r r ' ( l r r o r l i o r r l l c r l i r i r r c .Nos. 1386 ancl 1388, two other c lu ' I1 ' r r rct l i t : : r l r lor l is .

I l i b l i og r@hy . No . 345 , t hc suPP lc r r r cn t t o l l ; r . j r l i l r r r l r l ; r ' s r - 1 r . t . : r t r r o r l i .l J c / l c s L c t l r c . i . N o . 2 4 1 , ; r l i n c o l t l I l S . o l ; r l I j i r r i l ; r r r ' s , \ r , r l r r ,

t r ans la t i o r r o f t l r c ,S l , t / u t , t l t , t , r r r ; r t l c : L l r o r r t ̂ . 1 . a ) j ( ) . \ o . J l g , 1 ; , , ./ . 1 | I ya l u ' / , t t L r l t , : L l : r r ; t . ' \ r ' ; r l r i r ; r r r t l r o l og ; . \ , ' s . 395 ; t r r , l 396 , t r vo l i r r t .t t l t l c r r l r i c s o l l l t c / . / , u t r , r . t i r , r l r r l c r l \ . 1 . i í r S ; r r x l ; , 1 q r ( , \ l ) r . ( t i \ ' ( . 1 \ . . \ , , . . 1 2 3 ,I l t c / ) t ; , , , u t r i f l l r r r ' l ' n , r \ r r . l I ) , r r r ' r , , , r r , . , 1 . . t . 1 . r , i , \ . . ( i 5 0 , . 1 l , r . r , , r : u lt t t r t l i , t t t l ( l t c l r r r i r ' , 1 , ; r r c r l , , r r \ \ , r t u . r r . , / / , r , / , r ' , , , , : r , , , , r , \ , , . 7 1 1 ? , . r 1 \ l r r r r . r l t s( ) , t / / t / / / / / / ) , ' , ' ' , t t r t r l i , t ' r , ' , ' . \ , , t l l J 5 , t l r , t r r r , \ l ' , , , 1 r l r , / t t t r , . , . , . ' r t l: t l \ l L r l , , r r r , L , l , l , r t , , l \ . 1 t . r / , , L r , , . r l l r r l ) r \ \ ' r r i l t r t r r t l r , . l , t , 1 , , | . r l r , i l ( ) ll r i s t , l i t L , , r r . \ , ' { ) l { i , , r \ , r \ t 1 1 . r r , , l , , , r r r 1 , 1 , l i r , , 1 , \ , , 1 . r l \ l L r l r , i , l , r l ' , ,l r r t t t l i o t t , \ r t r l , r , 1 , r , , r l t l , . .

r ' l l r L , l r i r r r r l l r r , , , r r r 1 r l , t , r , \ . Í l l u , l l l ( ,t | t i t l r t L / t t / , r i , t r ' / t t ; r ' , t r t : t , , r t , t , . t r , , l A . l , , t ; , i , , r , , t . r o l \ l , L L l j L t I r r . r , ,

S r r J r s t , i l l r . \ , , . l l l ( ; . , 1 r \ r r r l r , , l , r , , t \ r , r , L 1 , , , r r r , 1 , r r I t , r l l r |

b c g i n l t i r r ' g o l l l r , r l r r , r r t l r , r r t r r \ , l , , r L r , r . r l : l 0 , l . . r l , , r . L r r rt r e : r t i s c o l t t l t \ r r l r r ' . \ , r r , , 1 | , r l , r , l ' . l , l l r . . , r , 1 r l , r r . , l 1 r : l

c o l l e c t i o n o í l t t t t r s t r r , r , l r . l , r l l ' r r \ r r l , . r r . r ' r , , l : j H 7 . , r r , r , , , 1 , 1 r , , 1 r 1

o f (A ! tá r ' s , l I t t . r tó , r

I t t , t , r , r .

I , t tEI .ACIt . x111

.\'lorícs drrd Anecí{oter. No. 136, the Rttghyatil-tnu'sánir oÍ al-

) l i lawr. No.872, anotLer col lcct ior l of s tor ics and tn isccl laneous

inforrnation, entitled al-Qatnttru l'ltl/i ' ' No' 1200, another sirlrilar

col lect ion of wi t t ic isms and anccclotes, compi led about A.H' ó36'

entitied Nazuttdínt /-tnilaft.

The fo l lorv ing MSS. a lso deserve not ice ' No' 1347,

a large collection of as-Suytrti 's minor writ ings. No. 1348,

a fine specimen of the Spanish-Arabic l iterature known as

" textos Al jamiados." No. 1479, a col lect ion of Turk i

(? Ki rghiz) legends in verse '

Of the rnore ancient undatcd MSS., and of I ' ISS. dated

earlier than ,q'.tt. 9oo, a i ist is here appcnded'

Lrsr op IISS. DA'I 'DD IlEFol{lJ A.H. 9oo (A'I,. 1495).

Qq. 285 (Nos. 918, 927) a. xn. 4z,B Qq. 42 (No. 885) a' ^.H. 562Qq. 213 (No.395)a .

Qq.244 (No. 757) a.A.H. 568 Qq. 296 (No. 396) rz. À.H. 593A.H. 597 I i . 6. I (No. 766) a. .{.H. 600

Qq. ZSO (No. 738) a. A.H. 600 Adal. 776 (No. 117) a. A.Ir ' 600

Qq. 115 (No. 119) zz. before A.H. 617 Gg. 6. 35 (Nos.276,295) a. A.H. 624

Add. 3178 (No. 33) a . ^ .H.627 Mm.4. 15 (No. 254)y ' . A .H.628

Qq. 294 (No. 1200) a. Add. 3453 qNo. 1317) a.about A .H. 650 A.D. r2óo-A.H. 658

Dal. 5.35 (Nos. 1190, 170) a. Gg. 5.33 (No. 68) a., \ , . 1 ) . r 2 7 2 : ) \ . H . 6 7 r , \ . 1 ) . I l 7 : - . \ . t { ' ó 7 t

Dd. 2. 38 (No. 639) a. A.tr. 673 GS.5' 27 (No. 67) a' A'H. 684

Qq. 92 (Nr.r. 36) rz' ^.H. 692 Qq. 286 (No. 1128) uz. r\ .H' ó94

Gg. 3. 20 (No. 104) a. A.H. 7o8 Add.3289 (No' 1295) zz'

D d . 4 . 2 8 ( t r - u s . 3 1 , 5 1 4 , , \ . D . I 3 i 8 - - ' A ' H ' 7 4 o

L055,440) o. A.r1.719 Add. 2621(No. 72) a'

Aatal. 3044 (No. 1298) a. A.D' 1353: A'H' 754A 'D. 1355: . \ 'H . 756 Qq. 91 (No ' 736) a ' ^H ' 765

Adal. 830 (No. 1073) a. i.H. /66 Add. 3540 (No. 1264) a' : \ .H. /68Dd. 6. 26 (Nos.996, L020) t'.u. 775Dd. 10. 6 (No. 1422) a. P. ^- lr . 79oAdd'774 (No. 605) a. ^.H. 797

Qq. 38 (No. 751) a. A.H. 8o8

Add. 3252 (No. 722) .2. ?,r.n. 8t6

Oo.6 .25 (No. 623) a . A .H. 823Mm. 3. 10 (No. 1000) L ,\ 'H. 84o

Add'2926 (No. 182) a. A.I{.845

Qq. 80 (No. 524) a. . \ . H . 7 7 1

Qq. 84 (No. 1189) a. , \ .H . ó {o

Mm. 6. 2 (No. 1429) a. ^.H. 847 Qq.277 (No. 910) a. A'H. 85o

Gg. 5 . 15 (No. 191) t . ^ .u .781

Qq.237 (No. 1098) a. bcfore. 'r . tr ' 792Adtl. 3181 (No. 1124) d. ?Á'H. 806

Adal. 787 (No. 1164) a. ' \ ' I { . Eo9Add. 775 (No. 610) a. r.H' 8I8Add. 762 (No. 629) a. r\ .H. 831

Qq. 40 (No. 327) a. A.H. 853 Adal. 682 (No. 676) a. A.H. 856

- \ l v I ' t i I . ) f . \ ( 1 t , . .

Qq. 281 (No. 507) a. .r .rr. 862Add. 3533 (No. 1245) a.

before e.u. 8ó3Dat. 12. 8 (No. 956) í . A.H.872Add. 2899 (No. 63) a. a.u. 876Qq. 37 (No. 682) a. a .H. 878Qq.240 (No. 708) zz . A .H. 886 Dd-3 .22 (No. 611) , r . \ . r t . t i f i : .Qq. 45 (No. 875) zz. a . H . 8 8 9 L I . 6 . 2 1 ( N o . 7 3 9 1 , r . , \ . 1 r . r i r l ;Adal. 819 (No. 644) a. ^.H. 895

Lrsr op EAI {Ly uNr ) , \1 . r , l r ) r rss .

'fenth ccnlury olf oar u'a. Adal. 2930 (No. gltir ,r.

I 'hir tetnth ce)tt t / t) / . t f , 2,24 (No. g! l ; ,r . ; ClS. l-r . 2t l r \ , , l lB7,,r. :Qq. 47 (No. 328 '1 , r . ; Qq, 5 l ( , r -o . 1116) , r . ; Q<r . 80 \ , , . 801 , r ; Ark l . 300( N o . 9 1 5 ) a . ; A d d . 1 0 7 5 ( N o . 5 0 ) , 2 . ; A d d . 1 8 6 0 , \ , , , 0 0 , r , ; { d 1 t . 2 9 2 q(No. 169) a . ; Add.3213 (No. 75) ,2 .

Z-hirlct'nlh or )[oil/'1tt')t/// L', /////) t,. Drl, 12. I r\o. lllll0 ,r. ; Gg. 0. it(No. 1088) / r . ; QS. 58 1 \ , , . 263 , t . : Qr1 . 77 \ , r 22 Í r r , r ; Ark l . 106 l(No. 1090) rr. ; Add. 3601 r\, , . l27tl ' , , t .

I ;otrt l t tnlh à i l / / /) t , . LI. l . 0 \ , , , 1070r ,r ; Qq. {{t \ ,r . N.l l , ,y. .Add, 806 (No. 10591 , r . I A t l t l . 2926 r \ , , . 2 (X l , , r .

1 ; t f i t , t t l / t . t ' t t / t / ) ) , . Dd.3 .70 r \o . l (X I?r , r . . Eo . l . 2? \ , , , 2 l l . l / , . , r . :M m . 2 . 6 ( \ o . 4 3 9 y ' . : O o . $ . 3 2 \ , , l 0 O 2 y ' . I A r k l . : n 8 r , , Z i ; / , :Adal. 3090 (\o. 17.1 r ,r

' l ' l r t ' r r t ' x l P o i r r t r r l r i , l t , l , . r r r , r n , l , , r r , , l i , , . i . , l i r , , . , - r . s t t . r r r o f

: t b l r t - t ' r ' i ; t t i o n s l r i , l r I l r , r r , . r . r r r 1 r l , r 1 1 . 1 l j 1 ; r t . l c r . r . i r r , - l t o t l t c( ' ; t t ; r l , r ' u ( . . , i t l t ( l o l l t ( . t \ \ r ) t l \ \ n l , , l Í r r . , 1 t t , . t r t l _ t . , i t , . , l i r r t l r c

Dd. 6. 24 (No. 590),r. \ .n. l i í ) .1Dd.5.74 (No. 970) ,r. y ' . ,r .rr. . . i r ' r6Add. 3586 (No. 1241),2. . \ .n. f i7. lAdd. 453 (No. 1306) rz.

, \ . 1 ) . r 4 7 | - . , \ . r r . s 7 7Add. 3261 (No. 591) , r . . \ . i l . ss j

I i t c t t ' i I ' ! , . r l t ; t t r ! j r r l r I l , ' t r r r , r r L

I ' l t t t l . ' r \Cl l , l . xv

B. M. T. C. (also citcd as " Bieu's Turkish Catalogue "). Catalogue,'1 //t,'

'1'tu'/,'i.rh ,Ilatruscrí1lts in t/te Briíis/t lLfuseuuz, by Charles Ilieu,

l ' l r . l ) . ( [ ,onclon, r888). I cannot refr -a in f ront again cxprcssing in th ispl ;Lr :e rny profouncl admirat ion for these splendid monunents of Professorl i ieu 's rvonclcr fu l crr - rc l i t ion and industry, u 'h ich rv i l l evcr renia in theercnrplzrr ancl nroclc l of a l l future cataloguers.

I. O. A. C. (:" Inclia OfÊce Arabic Catalogue"). C'aíalogue o1[ t/te

lnrl.tic Monustrifls oJ' l/tr Líbnlry o-f thc Indio Oifice, by Otto Loth,l )h. l ) . (Londo17, r877).

L. C. 1: " Leyden Catirlogue "). Coíolo.qus Cor{lctutt Oríeníallunt/liltliotlece Acadutt.írc Lu.gtdttrr.o RdtLt?.c, b1. Dozy and Houtsma (ó vols.,I -eyden, r85r-r877). The nerv Catalogue I c lo not possess.

V. C, 1: " Vienna Catalogue "). Die Ántàisch(la P.rsísc/trn zntd7'iit'/Líscltett HottdsclrzJtctt r{er Kaistr/ich-Iiiitti.q/iclten Í{ofbihliot/tclt sttI1 ' ten, by Professor I ) r ( ]usterv Fl i igel (3 vo)s, Vienna, r8ó5-r867).

IL Kh. (:" Hàjr Khalifa"). Le.ricott liih/iograllicuut ct Ertcyclo-

1a:dictutt a Mustt7fu Ben Áódtt//n/t, Ktt.Íib Jclelti diclo, ct ttoltinc Í{ajiKlalflt. cclebrato conzlositttlt.,., Dr Gustav Fli-igel's edition of thevaluable /{ash-[u'r!l-D]tuniltt'tut asání'/-Kulub zua'l-I)unin (7 vols.,Leipzig, I835-1858). The di f ferent ar t ic les are c i ted by the numberspreÍixed to them in this edition, rvithout refercnce to the volurne or page.

P, C. 1:" Persian Catalogue of the Cambridge Univers i ty L ibrary") .Á Catalogtte o1f the Ptrsian J.:[anuscrífls ín l/te Líbrary of the Utiversííyof Camàrídge, by Mrvarcl (1. Brorvne (Carnbridge, r896). Except in thecase of recent acld i t ior . rs, the Persi i rn l [SS. are not redescr ibed in th isHand- l is t , but merely ment ioned in their proper p laces, r , r ' i th a refcrenceto the descr ipt ion contained in the I rers ian Catalogne.

Other works less often citecl, ancl with less abbreviatedtit les, are :-

Berl. A. C. (or " Cat. of Ilerlin Arabic MSS.',). Terzcic/tttlss tlcrA rabiscltett Í{andsc/tri/h,tt dtr I{i)ttig'líchrn llíólíot/tele zu licrlin, byW. Ahhvardt (Berl in, 1887 ).

Berl. P, C. (or " Cat. of I ler l in I)crsian NISS.," or .( I ler l in pers.Cat."). Verzeiclui.rs dtr Perslschen i{andsc/tri/Íe11, etc., by WilhelmPertsch (I ler l in, r88B).

Berl, T. C, (or ( 'Cat. of l ler l in Tr-rrkish MSS.,, or.. íBerl in Turk.Cat."). L/erzeichttiss der Tiir/eíschcn Í{andsc/triften, etc., by WilhelmPertsch (I ler l in, r889).

The t i t les of the other books most frequently ci ted are, I

think, sufÊciently clearly indicated. Chief amongst these are:-

Carl Brockeimann's Geschichte der Antóisc/tett Lifteratur (Weimar,t897- ) ; a. 6. Ellis's CaÍalogue of Áraóic fprinted] Iloohs in the

XVi PREFACE.

British Museurn (vol. i, r894) i the lti/zríst (ed. Fliig.cl, Iiot'rlirlt'r ;tntl

Miiller, Lctpzig, r87t r872); J. R. l. S., thc Jout'tt,t/ rt/' //rt A'rtvttl

Asiatic Society oJ Great Britain and lreland; A. r'on Iirctttt't 's ( tr//trt-

geschic/ t Ía des Or iLt t ts unter den. Chalz/en (z v<-r ls . , Vict tu:r , rS75 r l i77t ;

Nolices et Ertraií.r des Manusct'its de la Bíóliolhique dr lioi (r787 ;later , de lo Bib l iothàgue Naí iot ta lc) ; Baron \ / ic tor l {oscn's cr t t : t lo ' . l t t t 's o l

Arabic and Persian MSS. in vols. i , i i i , and v i of lhc Ctt l l rc l t t t t t . t . t t i r ' t t / i

Jigues de l'Institut des Langues Oricnlales rltr ,lliti.r/,\ti r/,'t Á//itir, 'y ' t rangàres (St Petersburg, 1877, r886 ancl I l i ; t ) ; r lc Sl :ntr" : ( r t / r r / r t . t l t t r '

des Manuscry ' ts arabes t {e ht Bib l ío lht \qt tc Air l t r t t r r t l r ' i l ' ; r r is , t l l i i i l tS,) i l i

Ib id. , t ranslat ion of Ibn K/ ta l l í / ; ln ' . t / i i t t .gt t ry 'h i , , t / / ) t , l t , , t r ' t t r ' I r ,1 . . ,

Pa r i s , t 84z - t 87 r ) ; W i i s t cn fe l t l ' s ( ) t . ; t / t i , h / t r / , t . l t , t / , i " / t , r t . ' l t t : l r ' t u r r /

Na lu r f o r sc / t c r (Gó t t i ngcn , r l i , 1o ) ; I l r i r l . , / ) t , r i , . t , / r i ' / r l ' , h t ' t / ' , r ' / , t . l t , r / , , t '

t tnd í l t re l l /er / tc (Gi i t t in ! {cn, IS,S: ) i Z. / ) . . l / . t i , , t l r r ' / t t l t r / r t t / / r / , . t

Deutsches Mor.q 'et / i i t tdí -st ' / t t .s ( i t .s t /1.r r / r , r / / , : r l r t l : r í t 's ' o l l r r t l r r r , r l is ; tnr l

pe r i od i ca l s r vh i ch u ' i l l l r c i r l cn t r l i t r l u i l l t o t t t r l i í l i c t r l t y ' .

I t i s , I c ( ) n f o s s , u ' i t l t t t o l i t t l t ' s ; r t i ' Í ; r c l i o t t l l t ; t t I g r t r r l l r c s c

l a s t l i n c s o f t l t c / / , u t , / / i . t l , r v l r i t l r , r l r ' l i ' < ' t i v c l t t t r l l ; r t t l t l ' ; r s i t

m a y l ) c , r c l ) l ' ( ' s ( ' n t : i t l t t ' l ; r l r , r t t t l i n t t ' t t t t i t l c r r t , i t i s t t t t t , l r t t t

s c l c l o n ) i t t t c l r r r P t t ' r l f o l l o n l ' t l t t r i r r i i l t ' t t t t t i t t t r ' ) o í : o t t t t ' t ' i g l t t

y ca rs . ' I ' h r r t

t l r i s l ; r l r oL r t ' \ v ; r \ l ) ) ' i l r ) n r ( ' ; r i l \ r r r t ' r ' r ' 11 i l 1 ( n t : r l \ \ ' i l l

b c r c i r t l i l y u l l d c r s t ( ) ( ) ( l \ \ ' l ) ( ' n I n r c t r t i , n l l r ; r l t l r r r i r r l ' l l 1 i . ; 1 r t ' r ' i , ' r l

I h a v c l l o t o n l y l t u t n b c l ' c ( l t v i t l t n t r ' ( , \ \ n l r , u r r l l l r , ' p ; u i t s o f

m o s t o f t h c s e t n a t t u s c r i l ) t s , l t t t t l t : r v r ' ( ; u r i ( ( l r r l t n , r s t ( ' v ( ' f ) ' ( ) n ( '

o f t hem a t l eas t oncc f r o l ' n t hc L i l r nL r l ' t o t t t v r ( ) ( ) n l s i u l ( l l ) í I c l i .

Wha t t he who le co l l c c t i on we ig l r s I r l o I t o t l <nou ; b r r t , t ; L l i i r r g

i n to cons ide ra t i on t hc s t a i r cascs í r t bo t l l c r r r l s o í ' t l t c l r ' , r r r s i t ,

I shou ld imag ine t ha t t hc t t u rn l ) c r o f f r r o t - po t t t r t l s r , Í . p l r l s i r ' ; r l

l a b o u r r v h i c h t h i s v o l u r n c t ' t ' 1 r t ' t s t t t t s t t . t t l r l ( u l t ' r ' i t u ' r , t ' l l t

ca l cu l a t i on ) be ve ry f a r f t ' o t t t i r r s r r i r r i l i r : : t r r l .

Yet fo r a l l the wear incss o f t l t t : l ; r ' ; l i , i l

compensat ions : the occas iona l r l i sc t lV t r l r , l

t rcasure ; the lv ider knorv lcc lgc o Í . ( ) r rc r r l

b ib l iography and l i te ra ry h is to ry u l r i , l r i t

growing admirat ion of that great c iv i l is ; r t i , , r r

we are even now but beginning to c() l l l l ) r - t ' l r I r r , l

o f that d isgust r 'vh ich wol l ld at t imcs ( ) \ , ( r ' l ) ( ) \ \ ( r r ) ) (

t h r o u c h t h c c r ; r b b e d c h a r a c t c r s o f s o n r t l r , r r t i , r r l . r r l . r ' r l r r

PREFACE, xvl t

t l irty, disreputable document, incapable, as it r,vould seem, of

ir\vakening any spark of interest, how often would it happen

that some utterly human voice would rcach me from the

dcad scribe, bidding me be ashamed to grudge a few brief

moments to the monument of h is long labour. Of such

cchoes from the past, one especially runs in my mind with

insistent iteration, and with it I am fain to conclude*.

' J4*

'!,1+9

" Z-/is óooh of milze f copied ifair and clear,

With rnuc/t. ettdectz)oar, and uith labour loag.

Wlten Death one da! s/ta// call me he?rce, I feorJl[y book sltall scarce be bartered lfor a song !"

EDWARD G. BROWNtr.

CAMBRIDGE,

August 3, I9oo.

+ The verse occurs on thc colclucling page o[ Gg. 2. 11, t]re fourth and last

rolume of a manuscript of the .f,t l tt i !. of al-Jarvhari, transcribed at Broussa in

r . t t , 968 (4 ,u . r56r ) by l Jasan the son o f f lasan.

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af te r " l ÍS . , ' in thc l t cnu l t in tx rc l i r )e , e r i t l :_ ' . o f * .h ich th is por t ionoccup ics t l , t46 t66 . "

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