Arabic-continued. This dictionary was compiled with special reference to the great Commentary (Constantinople) A.H. 1272 (= 1856) 48 FREYTAGII Lexicon Arabico-Latinum ; accedit Index Vocum Latinarum locupletissimus, 4 vols. 4to. over 2250 pp. double cols. neatly bound 49 Halis, 1830-37 £ s. 1 0 3 3 1 10 07 Oxford, 1893 07 02 50 GREEN (Major A. O.) A practical Arabic Grammar, 2 vols. 12mo. (Bülük) A.H. 1280 (1862) A great historical work which is very seldom seen. 52 HAMASA. 53 Freytag, 4to. hf. calf 216 Bonn, 1828 3 10 The extreme interest of these old romantic ballads and songs of the ante-Islamic 54 HARIRI, The Assemblies of, Student's Edition of the Arabic Text with 58 IBN BATUTA'S Travels, from the Arabic, by LEE, 1829-HATIM TAI, 59 IBN BATUTA. Voyages d'Ibn Batoutah, text arabe, accompagné d'une Būlāk, A.H. 1255 (1839) 63 IBN ISHAK (Mohammed) Das Leben Mohammeds, bearbeitet von Ibn 1 1 06 0 12 07 20 1 10 04 03 2.10 07 116 rabic-continued. 65 IBN KHALLIKAN. Wafayātu 1 A'yān . . tā'alifu 1 Kādi Ahmad 66 IBNU L-ATHÍR, TARIKHU L-KAMIL; with the Akhbaru d Duwal of Paris, 1834 70 IDRĀKU S SŪL fi masabakati 1 Khuyül, bi-rasmi. . s Sultāniyya al 76 KUR'AN, in Arabic, with an interlineal translation in Persian, roy. 4to. fine MS. in bold Naskhi characters for the Arabic, and small Taʻlik for the translation; written within gold and coloured rulings, and decorated with gilt Sura-headings and other ornamentation; the first two leaves torn and mended; in dark blue morocco India, about 1680 12 0 0 77 THE KUR'AN, in Arabic, with a Persian translation interlined, and a Persian commentary written on the margins, folio, a splendid MS., ten lines of text to every page, with the opening pages richly illuminated, gold rulings and ornamentation throughout; bound in parchment covered with green silk, a very fine book About 1680-90 21 0 0 Written in superb style for Muhammad Mümin Khan, by Muhammad Bäkir al Husaini as Sultāni. The Commentary, or rather marginal Glosses, which are sometimes written within outlines representing various figures were added by Muhammad al Yazdi in the year 1700 (so expressed without any reference to Christ or Muhammad). 78 AL-KUR'AN. The Sacred Book of Islam, in Arabic, folio, fine MS. with all the prints, twelve lines to the page, with splendidly illuminated ‘Anwāns, gold headings to the Suras, gilt rulings, and a great quantity of gilt ornamentation; in a fine binding of smooth brown morocco gilt in compartments (apparently Turkish work) About 1700 This fine MS. was ecclesiastical property, as appears from a note dated 1197 on the last page, underneath some verses in Turkish. 7 10 0 Arabic-continued. 79 KURAN, in Arabic, 8vo. fine MS. written within gold lines and with a great deal of ornamental gilding, having besides, eighteen magnificently illuminated pages; Indian gilt binding covered with red silk About 1850 80 LANE'S ARABIC-ENGLISH LEXICON, complete, 8 vols. broad folio in 2, hf. morocco the same, in 8 parts, folio £& 4 6 81 1863-93 1863-93 5 5 The companion volume, "Lane's English-Arabic Dictionary," 1 vol. impl. 4to., 3 3 82 MACARIUS, Patriarch of Antioch, Travels of, by BELFOUR, 2 vols, 4to. 83 AL-MAKKARI. The History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain, 84 MAKRIZI (Taki-ad-din Ahmad). Kitabu 1 Mawa'iz wa 1 I'tibar 85 MAKRIZI. Histoire des Sultans Mamlouks de l'Egypte. Traduite par 86 MAS'UDI, Murūju z Zahab Ma'adanu 1 Jauhar (Universal History) in 87 MAS'UDI. Les Prairies d'Or, de Maçoudi, Arabe et Francais, par 1861-77 88 MISHCAT-UL-MAS'ÁBIH'; or a Collection of the most Authentic 91 ROORDA (T.) Grammatica Arabica, 8vo. half calf 3 3 2 2 710 310 5 15 15 Oxonii, 1806 07 0 3 92 SACY. Anthologie Grammaticale Arabe, suite de la Chrestomathie, Paris, 1826 About 1450 2 15 2 15 30 96 SCHIER (C.) Grammaire Arabe, 8vo. hf. bd. Large as it is, this seems to be only the first volume of the work. It ends with the words la yada'u l muta‘ammikūna taʻammukahum, underneath which is a large and beautiful arabesque ornament in gold and colours. rabic-continued. 98 SHARANI. Kitabu 1 Yawākiti 1 Jawahir fi bayāni ‘Akāïdi 1 Akābir. 99 SIHAH. Kitābu s Sihāh fi 1 Lughāt (The great Arabic Dictionary by Ismail bin Hammad al Jauhari al Farābi) in Arabic, 6 vols. sm. folio, MS. with all the vowel-points, finely written, plentifully rubricated, and having several illuminated headings and openings; hf. bd. About 1580, etc. 600 Four of the volumes were written in the sixteenth century, the name of the tran- 100 AN ARABIC-ENGLISH VOCABULARY of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt. "Mr. Spiro modestly calls the book a vocabulary'; but it may well claim the "What makes the book so peculiarly valuable are the numerous idioms and slang phrases included in it which will be looked for in vain elsewhere. They are, nevertheless, of the very essence of the colloquial language, and in dealing with the fellahin, an ignorance of them is a constant source of misunderstanding. The usefulness of the book is further increased by the lists of weights and measures, civil and military grades, &c., which are prefixed to it.”—A. H. SAYCE. The Academy, October 24th, 1896. 101 SPIRO (Socrates) English-Arabic Vocabulary of the modern and colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 8vo. pp. xvi and 554, double columns ; cloth Cairo, 1897 A cheap and good substitute for Dr. Badger's great Lexicon. 103 SUYUTI. Kitābu 1 Itkān fi 'Ulūmil Kur'ān . . li 1 Imam Jalāl-ad-din see also JALAL. 104 TABARI, Chronique de; par L. DUBEUX. Vol. I (all published), 4to. O. T. F. 1836 105 TOHFUT-UL-MUJAHIDEEN, an historical work in the Arabic Language. Translated by Lieut. M. J. ROWLANDSON. 8vo. bds., scarce 1833 140 0 12 0 200 1 16 0 026 1 1 0 A history of the first settlement of the Mohammedans in Malabar. 106 WAKIDÌ. Futūhu sh Sham li 1 Imam Muhammad bin 'Umar al Wakidi (History of the conquest of Syria by the companions of the Prophet, attributed to Wakidi) in Arabic, 2 vols. small folio, Egyptian binding (Bulak) A.H. 1278 (1861) 1 0 0 107 YA KUB AL KINDÍ, and KUSTA BIN LUKA. 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