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RECENT ACQUISITIONS Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books Manuscript Acquisitions, 1974 [Continued from vol. z, no. /] ^gku-^gyi-^bbu. For the propitiation of suicide. Moso. Or. MS. 13503. Transferred from the Dept. of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum. Guizhou quan qian miao tu. 40 paintings illu- strating Miao customs, with texts; 19th century? Chinese. Or. MS. 13504. Transferred from the Dept. of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum. Yan chu hebi. A folding volume containing calligraphy and a portrait, including the Qingjing jing, with translation by Arthur Waley. Chinese. Or. MS. 13505. Transferred from the Dept. of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum. Kalila va Dimna. Translation by Abu 1-Ma'ali Nasr Allah ibn Muhammad. Copied in southern Iran, in 707/1307-8, by [Abu] 1-Makarim Hasan. 67 miniatures. Or. MS. 13506. Purchased with the assistance of the National Art-Collections Fund., the Mark Fitch Fund, and the Pilgrim Trust. See: P. Waley and Norah M. Titley, 'An illustrated Persian text of Kalila and Dimna dated 707/1307-8', British Library Journal^ vol. i, no. I, pp. 42-61. UsUl el-hikemfi nizdm el-'^dlem. Arabic treatise on principles of government with a Turkish paraphrase, by Kafi Hasan Efendi el- Akhisari. Dated 1245/1829-30. Or. MS. 13507- KdnHnndme-i cedid. A collection of imperial ordinances, f^f.; 1650-1700. Turkish. Or. MS. 13508. Collection of 17 letters relating to people and matters connected with the city of Aligarh; between 1883 and 1930. Urdu. Or. MS. 13509. 10 letters of Mushtaq Husain, Nawwab Waqar al-Muik; 1882-1913. Persian and Urdu. Or. MS. 13510. 10 letters to Mushtaq Husain, from various sources, on Indian Muslim politics, etc.; 1888-1915. Urdu. Or. MS. 13511. Collection of 21 letters from various digni- taries in the service of the Nizam of Hydera- bad, mostly from Sir Salar Jang; 1884-1917. Persian and Urdu. Or. MS. 13512. 5 letters from Maulana Muhammad 'Ali Jauhar, on Indian Muslim politics, etc.; 1906- 1924. Urdu. Or. MS. 13513. Collection of letters to Muhammad Afnin Zubairi, 54 from Saiyid Sulaiman Nadwi and II from Maulawi Mas'ud 'Ali Nadwi, on literary and political topics; 1921-43. Urdu. Or. MS. 13514. 3 letters concerning Nawwab Waqar al-Mulk and Maulana ShibliNu'mani; 1921-45. Urdu. Or.MS. 13515. 21 letters to Muhammad Amin Zubairi, on Indian Muslim politics, etc.; 1910-1949. Urdu. Or. MS. 13516. 5 letters from Maulawi 'Abd al-Haqq to Muhammad Husain IChan Zubairi, on the Urdu language, etc. Urdu. Or. MS. 13517- Fragment of the Rama story, illustrated on palm leaves; 20th century. Balinese. Or. MS. 13518. Presented by Mrs. R. S. Gowan. Longwen bianying. An 1892 edition of Xiao

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RECENT ACQUISITIONS

Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books

Manuscript Acquisitions, 1974

[Continued from vol. z, no. /]

^gku-^gyi-^bbu. For the propitiation ofsuicide. Moso. Or. MS. 13503. Transferredfrom the Dept. of Oriental Antiquities, BritishMuseum.

Guizhou quan qian miao tu. 40 paintings illu-strating Miao customs, with texts; 19thcentury? Chinese. Or. MS. 13504. Transferredfrom the Dept. of Oriental Antiquities, BritishMuseum.

Yan chu hebi. A folding volume containingcalligraphy and a portrait, including theQingjing jing, with translation by ArthurWaley. Chinese. Or. MS. 13505. Transferredfrom the Dept. of Oriental Antiquities, BritishMuseum.

Kalila va Dimna. Translation by Abu 1-Ma'aliNasr Allah ibn Muhammad. Copied insouthern Iran, in 707/1307-8, by [Abu]1-Makarim Hasan. 67 miniatures. Or. MS.13506. Purchased with the assistance of theNational Art-Collections Fund., the MarkFitch Fund, and the Pilgrim Trust. See: P.Waley and Norah M. Titley, 'An illustratedPersian text of Kalila and Dimna dated707/1307-8', British Library Journal^ vol. i,no. I, pp. 42-61.

UsUl el-hikemfi nizdm el-'^dlem. Arabic treatiseon principles of government with a Turkishparaphrase, by Kafi Hasan Efendi el-Akhisari. Dated 1245/1829-30. Or. MS.

13507-KdnHnndme-i cedid. A collection of imperialordinances, f̂ f.; 1650-1700. Turkish. Or. MS.

13508.

Collection of 17 letters relating to people andmatters connected with the city of Aligarh;between 1883 and 1930. Urdu. Or. MS. 13509.

10 letters of Mushtaq Husain, Nawwab Waqaral-Muik; 1882-1913. Persian and Urdu. Or.MS. 13510.

10 letters to Mushtaq Husain, from varioussources, on Indian Muslim politics, etc.;1888-1915. Urdu. Or. MS. 13511.

Collection of 21 letters from various digni-taries in the service of the Nizam of Hydera-bad, mostly from Sir Salar Jang; 1884-1917.Persian and Urdu. Or. MS. 13512.

5 letters from Maulana Muhammad 'AliJauhar, on Indian Muslim politics, etc.; 1906-1924. Urdu. Or. MS. 13513.

Collection of letters to Muhammad AfninZubairi, 54 from Saiyid Sulaiman Nadwi andII from Maulawi Mas'ud 'Ali Nadwi, onliterary and political topics; 1921-43. Urdu.Or. MS. 13514.

3 letters concerning Nawwab Waqar al-Mulkand Maulana ShibliNu'mani; 1921-45. Urdu.Or.MS. 13515.

21 letters to Muhammad Amin Zubairi, onIndian Muslim politics, etc.; 1910-1949.Urdu. Or. MS. 13516.

5 letters from Maulawi 'Abd al-Haqq toMuhammad Husain IChan Zubairi, on theUrdu language, etc. Urdu. Or. MS. 13517-

Fragment of the Rama story, illustrated onpalm leaves; 20th century. Balinese. Or. MS.13518. Presented by Mrs. R. S. Gowan.

Longwen bianying. An 1892 edition of Xiao

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Liangyou's primer with a MS. index byH. A. Giles. Chinese. Or. MS. 13519.

3 tracts, bound together, on the Qur'dn; 17thand i8th century. Turkish. Or. MS. 13520.

Rabi' as-si'ah. A S n treatise on the Imamate;i8th century.? Arabic. Or. MS. 13521.

10 tracts, including Abu 1-Qasim ibn Abi Bakral-Layti s-Samarqandi's Fard'id al-fawd'id,on Arabic poetry, with commentaries; 'Adudad-Din al-'Igi's ar-Risdlah al-adudiyyah fiHim al-waif^ on dialectics, with commentaries;and other brief tracts on morphology, dialec-tics, and rhetoric. Dated 1106/1694, fromTurkey. Arabic. Or. MS. 13522.

A. Nuzum Tazkijah, a ritual text on animalslaughter; dated 1264/1847. B. Asnal-maqdsid, a Sufi tract. "Javanese, in Jawi scriptOr. MS. 13523.

Sdlibhadra-caupdi^ a Jain tale, by Matisara.Copied in Jaisalmer in 1648/1727-8.43 minia-tures. Rajasthani [Marwari). Or. MS. 13524.

Siddur. Jewish prayer-book according to theItalian rite; 15th century. Hebrew. Or. MS.13525-

Kitdb-i Terciime~i Tarikat-i Muhammadtye veTersthdt. Two works, being a translation ofMehemmed ibn Pir 'All Birgili's Arabic workon Muslim doctrine and practice, and a com-pilation of passages from the Qur'dn andHadii literature, etc., by Mustafa NasuhCelebi el-Belgradi. Dated 1113/1701-2.Turkish. Or. MS. 13526.

5 tracts, on Sunni doctrine, principles of Islam,ritual prayer, and collections o( Hadit; earlyi8th century. Turkish. Or. MS. 13527.

Gdmi^ al-fatdwd, a compendium of legalopinions of the Hanafi school, by Nasir ad-DinAbu 1-Qasim Muhammad ibn Yusuf as-Samarqandi. Dated 972/1564, probablyTurkey. Arabic. Or. MS. 13528.

Sarafndma, the first part of Nizami's poemIskandarndma, on Alexander the Great. Frag-mentary MS., 43 original folios, with 3 full-page miniatures and numerous marginal ones,probably done for Iskandar Sultan in Shiraz,c. 1400-10; the missing text supplied in Delhi

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in 1242/1827 by Muhkam Singh. Persian. Or.MS. 13529. Transferred from the Departmentof Oriental Antiquities., British Museum. See:B. W. Robinson, 'The earliest illustratedmanuscript of Nizami.^', Oriental Art, 1957,pp. 96-103.

Divination text on bamboo paper; 19th century,SW. China. Lolo. Or. MS. 13530.

Divdn-i Muhyi. Incomplete MS. of selectionsfrom Muhyl d-Din Lari's poems; i6th cen-tury. Persian. Or. MS. 13531.

Tuhfat al-amdgid ft fadl bind' al-masd^id, acollection of traditions relating to the buildingof mosques, by Ahmad Salam ar-RasidI;probably late i8th century. Arabic. Or. MS.13532.

A poem in praise of 'Abd Allah Qutb Shah,Sultan of Golconda, by Muhammad Nusrat.Marginal illuminations in jfloral and arabesquedesigns; 17th century. Urdu (Deccani). Or.MS. 13533.

Scenes from the life of the Buddha, illustratedfolding book; late 19th century. Burmese. Or.MS. 13534.

Rdmdyana, the version by Madhavasvami. 14miniatures; mid-i9th century (Book V added1827/1905-6), Tanjore. Marathi. Or. MS.13535-

Avatdra-caritra., an account of the 24 incarna-tions of Visnu, by Naraharidas Barahat. 155miniatures. Bikaner; dated 1837/1780. Hindi.Or. MS. 13536.

Kdrandavyuha, a Mahayana Buddhist sutra.Nepal; dated 729/1609. Carved woodenboards. Sanskrit. Or. MS. 13537.

Scenes from the Jataka stories (previous lives ofthe Buddha), illustrated folding-book.Mandalay; 1867-86. Burmese. Or. MS. 13538.

Dhdranis, a collection of hymns to variousBuddhist divinities. 5 miniatures. Nepal; i8thcentury. Sanskrit. Or. MS. 13539.

Bhugolasdstra, a summary of Indian cosmo-graphy. Dated 1705/1648. Gujarati. Or. MS.13540.

Irydpathikdsattrimsikdprakarana, by Jaya-soma, on the recitation of the Iriydvahiyasutta

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of the Ava'syaka. Undated, probably 1640-47/1583-90 {}), from Bikaner (?) Prakrit andSanskrit. Or. MS. 13541.

Vdgbhatdlankdra, on Sanskrit poetry, byVagbhata. Dated 1694/1637. Sanskrit. Or.MS. 13542.

Sdntistava, a Jain hymn, by Manadeva Suri,with Harsakirti Suri's commentary; 17thcentury. Sanskrit. Or. MS. 13543.

Yasodharacarita,^]2iir\ epic poem, by ManikyaSuri; 16/17th century. Sanskrit. Or. MS.

13544-Bhdttadiptkd, Khandadeva's commentary onthe Mimarnsasutra, I, 2-4; 17th century.Sanskrit. Or. MS. 13545.

Bhdtjadiptkd, I I ; 17th century. Sanskrit. Or.MS. 13546.

Mimdmsdsutra, with Sabara's commentary, II,I; 17th century. Sanskrit. Or. MS. 13547-

Two Jain works, A. Parvatithivicdra, in Prakritwith Sanskrit commentary, illustratingthrough stories the correct times for certainceremonies; and B. Dhanyakathd, a Sanskritpoem by Dayavardhana; i6th century. Or.

MS. 13548.Sanghayani, on Jain cosmography, by Candra

Suri. Dated 1483/1426, at Dilwara. Prakrit.Or. MS. 13549.

Ava'syakasHtraniryukti, Bhadrabahu's com-mentary on the Saddva'syaka. Dated 1523/1455. Prakrit. Or. MS. 13550.

Candapannattt, Jain canonical text; 17th cen-tury. Prakrit. Or. MS. 13551.

Karmagranthdh, 5 works on the Jain doctrineof karman by Devendra Suri, with CandraMahattara's sixth work; i5/i6th century.Prakrit. Or. MS. 13552.

Upadesamdldprakarana, on Jain doctrines, byDharmadasa. Dated 1554/1497-8. Prakrit.Or.MS. 13553.

Decree of Kuang-hsu 5 (1879), addressed tothe Governor of Che-Chiang, with instruc-tions for his officials in the Salt Office. Manchuand Chinese. Or. MS. 13554-

Pair of hanging scrolls inscribed by I-YuanHahadai with a Manchu transcription of a

Chinese couplet; i8/i9th century. Or. MS.13555 (A and B).

Pair of hanging scrolls inscribed by Lo-ChingCh'eng Hsieh. Manchu. Or. MS. 13556 (Aand B).

Patent of nobility conferring posthumoushonours on the parents of Banner-captainHaiSeng. Dated 1809. Manchu and Chinese.Or. MS. 13557.

Dictionary of selected Chinese characters withexplanations. Vols. i, 2 and 6 only; c. 1840.Or .MS. 13558.

Moso manuscript. Or. MS. 13559. Presented byCharles Derwent, Fsq.

Nei-wai Menggu, a history of Mongolia; late19th century? Chinese. Or. MS. 13560.

Ramayana at Pandaan, an illustrated account ofthe International Ramayana Festival at Pan-daan in 1971, by Leela Row Dayal. English.Or.MS. 13561.

Peacock in Bali, on Balinese dancing, by LeelaRow Dayal. Dated 1970. English. Or. MS.13562.

Qur'dn, XXIII, 56-XXXIV, 19. Dated 1317/1899, from Zanzibar. Arabic. Or. MS.

13563-Parts of the Old Testament and Apocrypha.

Dated 1639-56, from Mount Lebanon. Kar-shuni. Or. MS. 13564. ^

Christian prayers; 17th century. Karshuni. Or.MS. 13565-

The Apostolic canons, and a collection of con-ciliary and provincial canons; and the admoni-tory writings of St. Anthony. Dated 1661,from Mount Lebanon. Karshuni. Or. MS.13566.

A catechism. Dated 1653, from MountLebanon. Karshuni. Or. MS. 13567.

Five works, including a translation of 'Abdal-'Aziz an-Nasafi's Sufi treatise al-Maqsadal-aqs^d, and Hikdye-i Man^ur-i Bagdddi, ananonymous poem on the sayings of the Sufial-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallag; i8th cen-tury? Turkish. Or. MS. 13568.

Hadikat us-su'add, the history of the martyrs ofthe Prophet Muhammad's family, by

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Mehemmed ibn Suleyman Fuzuli. Dated994/1586. Turkish. Or. MS. 13569.

Risdle-i Sifa^l-i Na^ir ed~Din~i T^si, a transla-tion by Ahmed ed-Da*i of Nasir ad-DinTusi's Persian treatise on the computation ofalmanacs. Dated 1228/1813. Turkish. Or. MS.13570-

Huh en-ndsihln, a didactic work by Mustafaibn Mehemmed el-Ankirevi, consistingmostly of sayings and stories of the Prophetand his Companions. Dated 1277/1861.Turkish. Or. MS. 13571.

Nawala pradata dalem^ a compendium of thePradata Court of Justice. Dated 1708.Javanese. Or. MS. 13572.

Habar al-malik QiPdd wa-wazirih Simds.Anonymous anecdotes of an Indian king;18th century.' Arabic, Phillipps MS. 9271.Or. MS. 13573.

Collection of medical tracts and extracts, in-cluding Sepher has-S^ghulloth, a manual ofsurgery, and Sepher Ha'dldmath has-Sammim,on the composition of drugs. Hebrew. PhillippsMS. 14093. Or. MS. 13574.

Sirrihdsana-battisi, 32 throne-stories of Vikra-maditya, in a version by one Parasotim-adasa(.̂ ). 44 illustrations. Dated 1832/1775,from Mirzapur. Hindi. Phillipps MS. 11829.Or. MS. 13575.

Serat anbiya., the history of the Prophets.Dated 1229/1814, from Batavia. Javanese.Phillipps MS. 25134. Or. MS. 13576.

Cambodian-Fnglish dictionary, about 4,500head-words. A unique early MS. dictionary.European paper, watermark 1827. PhillippsMS. 17787. Or. MS. 13577.

Parivdra, from the Vinayapi(aka, with nissayacompiled in 1103/1751. Palm-leaf MS. Dated1148/1787. Pall and Burmese. Phillipps MS.unnumbered. Or. MS. 13578.

Two chapters of the Yamaka, from the Abhidh-ammapitaka, with nissaya. Palm-leaf MS.;19th century. Pali and Burmese. Phillipps MS.6724. Or. MS. 13579.

Rat ana kara vatthu, parts 16 and 17 of a textrelating incidents from the life of the Buddha,

compiled by Saddhammalahkara. Dated1145/1833. Burmese. Phillipps MS. unnum-bered. Or. MS. 13580.

Brhanndradiya Purdna, recension in 38chapters; i8th century? Sanskrit. PhillippsMS. 14889. Or. MS. 13581.

Niti'sdstra and Rdjaniti'sdstra^ two collections ofmaxims on ethics and polity attributed toCanakya. Sanskrit, with interlinear Latintranslations by Sir William Jones. PhillippsMS. 10445. Or. MS. 13582.

Tracts and extracts from the Puranas, ofTantric significance. 6 miniatures. Kashmir;late i8th century. Sanskrit. Sir William JonesMS. I. Phillipps MS. 7023. Or. MS. 13583.

Missal of the Blessed Apostles according to theChaldean Uniate church; early i8th century.Syriac, with Latin translation. Phillipps MS.5295. Or. MS. 13584.

Tiruvarankattantati uraipdtam, a work inpraise of the god Visnu as worshipped atSrirangam, by Pillai Perumal Aiyarikar. Palm-leaf MS.; i8/i9th century. Tamil. PhillippsMS. unnumbered. Or. MS. 13585.

Gramma[tica] Latino-ta[mulica], a MS. copy ofFr. Giuseppe Beschi's Tamil grammar printedat Tranquebar in 1738, possibly from anearlier, now vanished, edition. Tamil andLatin. Phillipps MS. 23054. Or. MS. 13586.

Syllabarum Tangutanum [s]ive linguae Tybe-ticae, and Alphabetum dreyer Schrifttarten,alphabets, etc., of Tibetan and Mongoldelivered by P. S. Pallas to the ImperialAcademy of Sciences in St. Petersburg forpublication in 1777. Phillipps MS. unnum-bered. Or. MS. 13587 (A and B).

Sarh al-qasidah al-ba^iyyah, a commentary onthe first poem addressed by_Du r-Rummah tothe Caliph 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan; i6thcentury? Arabic. Phillipps MS. unnumbered.Or. MS. 13588.

Palm-leaf manuscripts, mostly incomplete, inTamil, Telugu and Sanskrit (in Granthamcharacters), on astrology, medicine, etc.Phillipps MSS. unnumbered. Or. MSS.13589-93-

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