585 611 617* 610 426 467 488 As no MS. of Hafiz has ever been discovered that has 56 gazels under the letter Seen, it is evident that this must be a mistake in Meninski's numeration. If 56 be reckoned under this letter, Bis whole number would amount to 617, and yet the sum which he himself has set down is only 569. See his Pers. Arab. and Turkish Gram. attached to the Thesaurus, p. 191. This shews at once that there are 48 gazels. less in the sum total, than the details amount to : and even here there is a mistake; for omitting 50 under the letter Seen, (for 56 is indisputably an error) the whole sum in his MS. is only 567, two less than the amount cast up at the * From this number deduct 50 for the above mistake, and the whole number in this MS. will be only 567. that there were not ta Ex -Wrote six, DL DV. LAAT Z the printer 1904 Diza It appears in 12 MS. make Lee Le Chetha M FUCK & complete: u wane tice : or Missebar, SULAL. I kassident, ra a hie of Huia auta am 617* 610 426 467 488 585 61 As no MS. of Hafiz has ever been discovered that has 56 gazels under the letter Seen, it is evident that this must be a mistake in Meninski' numeration. If 56 be reckoned under this letter, Bis whole number would amount to 617, and yet the sum which he himself has set down is only 569. See his Pers. Arab. and Turkish Gram. attached to the Thesaurus, p. 191. This shews at once that the sum total, than the there are 48 gazels less in details amount to : and even here there is a mistake; for omitting 50 under the letter Seen, (for 56 is indisputably an error) the whole sum in his MS. is only 567, two less than the amount cast up at the * From this number deduct 50 for the above mistake, and the whole number in this MS. will be only 567. end of his collation. easily accounted for. The first mistake may be the gazels in Seen, he appears to have set down five; on a second examination he found that there were six under that letter; he therefore -wrote six, but not having erased the five perfectly, the printer took it for fifty six, and so printed it. It appears from the preceding table that the MS. marked E. has one gazel more than even the Chetham MS. which is supposed to be the most complete: but besides these it has the Mekhloot or Miscellany, containing upwards of 220, kassidehs, gazels, chronographs, rebias, &c. with a life of Hafiz, and a lexicon of all his difficult words. We may therefore safely conclude that a complete copy of Hafiz must have 611 gazels in the Dewan, or general alphabetical collection: besides the other pieces mentioned above. I have been more particular on this subject, because it is so rare to meet with a complete copy, and yet every one is sold as perfect. i beneve no MS. yet discovered has any odes under the letters Pa, Zha, and Gaf: and very few have any under Che. In the above table the MS. E alone has one. Kassayed Mulla Togra. The elegies of Mulla Togra. A work written with much taste and ele gance. Girbah Moosh, or the wars of the king Cat with the community of Rats. A satiric poem on some Eastern King. have never sech out one copy of this work: it is a small folio, ornamented with curious paintings, and makes a part of the valuable collection of Oriental MSS. in the possession of C. Fox, Esq. of Bristol. Mesnavee Meer Beenish Absar. The poetical works of Meer Beenish Absar, containing a variety of poems on different subjects, odes, elegies, &c. beautifully descriptive and harmonious, and written in the purest Persian. Dewani Asafee. The poems of Asafee. An elegant and spirited composition. Bulbul Nameh, or the history of the Nightin gale, in which Birds complain of the Nightingale before Solomon. Jami Jem Nameh, or the cup of Jensheed. A theological, moral, and political poem, by Aushadee. Dewani Hasan. Various poems by Hasan, earnal, spiritual, mystical, &c. Mutilaa Annooar. The rising of the Luminaries, by Ameer Khosroo, of Delhee, who died A. H. 765. A work divded into twenty chapters, concerning that pure and spiritual life which Hasmism requires of its votaries. Deewani Ibn Yemeen Mullaacah Sheberganee. A collection of poems by the above author, on the nature and properties of Love. Telfet Samee. The excellent gift, by Muzafer of Cabul, a poem concerning the patriarchs, prophets, Mohammed, his companions, &c. &c. Subhet Alasrar. The Rosary of the Just. On |