THREE Treatises of Arabic Syntax, viz., 1. Sharh 'miyat ámil, by Abd al-Káhir al-Jurjitni; 2. AI-Tatiminah, or the Supplement; 3. Al- Misbáh, by Násir al-Mutarrizi. Written in a clear Ta'lík hand, A.H. 1209=A.D. 1795. Quarto. [16,656.] Násir al Mutarriza: Treatise on Arabic syntax.: Arabic. Ad...
TAZKIRA, E LODI, Lives of the Persian poets, ancient and modern ; in Persian.; written A.H. 1183=A.D. 1769. Quarto. [16,725.] Tazkira'e Lodi: MS.: Pers. Pietro Mocenigo, Venetian Ambassador at Rome 1672: Relazione della Corte di Roma.
MAKHZANU-L-ASRAR the first (in the usual arrangement) of the Five Poems of Nizáimí. Written A.H. 1028=A.D. 1619. Octavo. [16,781.] Nizámí: Poems in Persian.
Copy of AL KAMUS AL-MUHIT, the Arabic Dictionary of Muhammad Ibn Ya'- kúb al-Fírúzábádi (see also Add MS 16652), written in a neat Naskhi hand, with vowel-points. xviith cent. [16,653.) Mohammed Ibn Ya'kúb Firúzábadi: Arabic Dictionary.
MA'ARIJU-L-NUBUWWAT, a treatise on the Life of Mohammad, by Mauláná Muínu-l-din al Háji al-Faráhi. This volume contains only about half the work (see MS. Egert. 687); written apparently about the end of the xviith cent. Small Folio. [16,817.] Muhammad, the Prophet: Treatise on his life.: Persian.
KHAMSA,E NIZAMI, the Five Poems of Nizámi. In Persian; beautifully written, and ornamented with miniatures. A.H. 936=A.D. 1529. Quarto. [16,780.] Nizámí: Poems in Persian.
Compendium of philosophical and scientific texts by and about Avicenna (ابن سينا)
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Collection of fifty-three short works on various philosophical and scientific topics by and about Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The colophon to text 6 states that the copy was completed in 1182/1768-...
NAL O DAMAN, a Romance on the loves of Nala and Damayanti, by the eminent poet and scholar Faizí. In Persian; written A.H. 1176 =A.D. 1763. Octavo. [16,804.] Faizi: Poem in Persian.: Persian.
KIMYA,E SA'ADAT, or " Alchemy of Happiness," a general system of Ethics, by Ghazálí. In Persian; written A.H. 1023=A.D. 1614. Small Folio. [16,809.] Ghazáli: Alchemy of Happiness in Persian.: Persian.