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J UAe loc^ UOc (S^ U aJ ^JUj OCL^I U ^la*. JAj ItX^ ^ uuy^l Lo ^«ju o^^i WyA^ cXXanU L^.^ OvcLMbsT^ l^jo LwJc:^ CjlOys£^^ (Jofc.LM J Lxyjw 1^ lXJ(-\7^ ^ oJilaJl L,j.*Jl {jl y<j^' J Ly^*wJul U \.:x^ Wj'i^ LyWjJl «J1 aX^ ^Alo ^ Vwiu^l ^ ^ J btXici Ly^iaC li^ Ulsr® t \i^j^ ^XJa Ol j^f '^y* ^ lol ^ b^l^sA^wlj J iSj^^ (Jy^ J ^tijl «XXJ^I A^Xs. ^ ^LXX»a ^ ^ 'w^^cXAAiaJ I loa^ I (^ lXJ! is^ Ocs:;^' ^ 43UwI^ ^JIx«0 A^^^J A^^AiJ A^#^ ^^1 J Uaill JU JUJII t'A^ (jjI ^tij! ^U LjJ jLyA^l ^ji^^jiJl (JjscsC* Afreet—an evil genius. ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. No. II.] “to whom has happened what has befallen us, we will return to our empires; but, if we cannot discover one, to whom hath occurred a similar disgrace, then royalty for us can be no longer necessary. The younger brother replied, "What thou hast resolved upon is just." They now descended from the palace, and walked onwards till the heat dispersed them, when they came to a verdant spot on the margin of the sea, having trees and streams. Then they sat down, that they might rest themselves awhile, and enjoy the prospect. While they were fo doing, behold ! they heard from the fea a tre¬ mendous noife, infomuch that they fliuddered within themfelves, and imagined the heavens were falling to the earth. Then the fea divided, and there afeended from it, to the fummit of the Iky, a dark column. They now became exceedingly alarmed, and afeended a lofty tree, and hid themfelves within it; when, lo ! the dark column approached the Ihore, and at length refted on the verdant /pot. It was a monftrous Afreet,^ his head reaching to the heavens, and his feet to the depths of the earth; upon his head was a coffer, very large, on which were four locks. The genius then fat down under the tree upon which were the two kings, moved the coffer from his head and placed it before him, and took out four keys from his veftband, with which he opened the locks, lifted up the lid, and there came out a beautiful damfel of ftature like the letter aleph, who put to blufh the rcfplendent Sun ; as if the poet Ebn al Himmaum had penned concerning her the foL lowing verfes; ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. [Vol.IL ^ uXcsO cxjsysu’ Injjl ^ ^ UL^LoJit 2;>0'1j uiyiJ I u-i^>iy jcX-y* ^ ^ J ysxj 1 J. jSxJ! cxUu' ^ }foSJL>c jX^l Ia^I ^jr^. W-^yJ i ^ '«—5 lLL (^^P*»i2afcl^ I (]AAt»^ ^ ^J^j jfjSviJI Ocsw' l^wJ.:^! t^lyjf y J ^Lil ^ ^^-aaLs*. ^^WJC <nL^ lyXXtis*. OvnnL} 4X^2:^ (^1 y JL^ CLLaaJj <Lj\^ Ooliy AisALa^s. c^U j J ^ J ^ ^ 0*^L^ Oi^J li^ isysvwitJ I yj I Ly^ I c^Liti j ^f?^^ casO' (y! Ov^ijj [T. he continued»] * A Grange expression, but undoubtedly, though disgusting to us, agreeable to the Arabs (Scott.) No. II.] ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. 173 VERSE. If they had appeared before idolaters, they would not have suppressed her any other than one of their Godless. If, in the West, she had appeared to the Christian monk, he would have relinquished the trinitarian worship, and followed a strange deity. If the gale had spanned in the waves, and the waves were fast, undoubtedly the waters of the ocean from her saliva would have become honey. The gale hastened to breathe upon her, as the western breeze waves the branches of the Myrabolan, gently reflecting. Like The full moon, her aspect beamed: "This was the most perfect of God’s creatures in the East or West." After this, the Genius seated her under the tree, and said, "O thou most beautiful of all ladies, whom I snatched away on thy nuptial night, be kind to me and I will repose awhile on thy lap." Then he laid himself at length, when his feet extended quite to the sea, and he began to snore. The damsel lifted up her head, and saw the two princes in the tree; when he laid the head of the Genius from her lap upon the ground, and Hood up under another tree, and made a signal that they should descend. To be continued? ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. [Vol. 11.] Explanation of the Character engraved on an Iron Plate on a MS. Journal of Kemp- jvr^ Jijcrihcd in Vol. 1, p. 1, 90, by the Abbe CAPEAN. A number second “Collections of the Characteristics (magnificent plate, page 190) I'c rcnvarqiie (figure 4) for I’cinprclntc d’unc p!at- inc de metal une inscription dans laquelle pluisse c'était efface par le terns laissent il peine appréciévoir c'était pluissement efface par le terns laissent il peine appréciévoir c'était pluissement efface  fépérer parceux qui font plus vifibles et qui leur correspondent sur la gauche, et vice versa j'ai dit présque toujours car on verra ci après pourquoi ces caradères ne font et me doivent pas etre conflanment, les meincs partout. Ce premier pas fait, j'ai No. IL] enfiiitc precede a rcxameti de la nature de ces mcmes caradlcrcs i bicntot j*ai dccouvcrt que ces figuies n’etoiciit qiie dq^ chifnes Arabes purs et fimples dang la forme ancienne qiic donna'*- toutes les Grammaircs Arahes ct tek qu’ds font rcites cn ufage chc/ CCS peupks: -void la lulte dc ecs chiibcs : I l^r'^D'iVAq I 2345 6789 be cc nonibre on nc trouve employe fur la platine qiic Ics fuivants i r ^ ^ y ^ 124678 La forme du 4, offre toujours le trait rccoiiibe du haut cn- ticrement efface, ce qui Ic fait quclque fois fc confondre avec le 7, lorfque la ligne a gauche do celui ci depaffe par en has le fommet dc kangle qu’il forme par le fcco des kntcuccs qui voiit fuivre que je fus connbitic quand il a faliu pliuot y voir iin 7, que un 4. En fuprimant ks figures dc Tunite qui fc icncontient toujours. Entre deux autres nombus, cettc infcription fc reduit a ce quifuit. Chiffres adtucllcmcnt cn ufage parmi Ics Arabes. Cliiffrcs Arabes correfpondants cn ufage parmi nous. 8 6 8 7 8 4 8 4 A ‘1 A V A A ^ A V ^ A O n 8 176 ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. A V A r, A V A r, A V A A ^ V A  8e lettre de l'alphabet. Arabe qui est dal 7 & j'ai mis dans fa place, le 6 qui vient après ma appelle la 6e qui est le Hah H ct j'en ai obtenu le mot H? dab, Ja*i repete cette seconde en la première ligne offre - donc les deux mots "in" d'hab, had, et ces deux mots font Arabes. En suivant constanement ce même procede jusqu'à la fin, j'en ai obtenu les refultats qui vont suivre. No. n.) ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. 177 No. n.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m. Monofyllabes phrafes offrent iix fentences ou axiomes generaux qui ont trait à la guerre des maladies. Il est membre à remarquer, que la première ligne compose de deux mots y forme un titre. Et que le 6 qui est au milieu en même terns qu'il indiqué l'inexorable, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans la dernière ligne, c'était parce que par correspondance, il demande un cœur de cette place dans Ex regula nocivd curatur morbi oriuntiir fletus et dolores. Ex principio dificicultatis in curando ortum est liatutum no cens. Provocare fletus et dolores in infirmo est datutum no cens. Provocare on a Gloria injuratus curatur—que cette èque nicre ligne dont les chiffres font B-[-64"2,= 16 conduit naturelllement a ce quarre, d’un autre cote la signidcation quils offrent dans les deux mots bah bad qui en refulte m'a excite la curiolite et e’en a cte ades pour avoir etc tente de poulser plus loin mes vues, je nai eu rien de plus prelà, que de condruire fur le champs le quarre de 16 ainfi qu’on le voit ici: No. n.] ORIGINAL COLLECTIONS. Ce quarre ainfi conftruit en ufant cles mots pro- cedes ci dclTus j’en ai obtenu les fept mots fuivanta.' Cadaver, corpus, 12 ~2r\ thab, area, spulchrum. 8 jrtn khakh^ jacens. tzadf devastatus, pcipeflus fuit a _ Medicis. In re, virtus, voluntas, placitum. O:1 ^af Ichcda, libelliis. Kn:nto ^obha, remedium adhibuit, medicatus fuit. Ccs 7 mots Arabes signifient mot pour mot, Corpus in sepulcis jacens peripatum multa vinuie sehedof ijiius nicdicatum fuit. On voit ici quae la signification de ces sept mots cadre parfaite- ment, avee le gloria infiluti curationis cite ci deffus. D’apres cct exposé il est clair que cette platine est une vraie amulettc à laquelle les gens et moles parmi les Arabes attribuent la vertu de guerir les maladies. 10 4 ^4 15 ‘I V 9 7 6 0 1 (1 h 5 j ” 10 n\ r 16 * 2 .i8o” ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. [Vol. 11. Literal Translation of the Ode ^ Hafiz*, given in Vol. I. p, 210—J5y Jonathan Scott, LJq. Last night, from a musician, (may his mind be happy!) I heard the heart-affirming drains of the flute. Such was the impression its melody made upon my soul, that I could not behold anything without sympathy. On that night a cup-bearer was my companion, whose lid locks and countenance resembled at once the Sun and December. When he perceived my melting mood, he filled the goblet higher. I said, as I blessed the cup-bearer. You relieve me from the burden of existence, which you repeatedly pour wine into the goblet. May God protect you from the calamities of vicissitude!—May God requite you with happiness in both worlds! When Hafiz is intoxicated, why should he esteem as worth grain of barley, the Empires of Kaous and A poetical paraphrase of this ode, will be found in Vol. I. p. 208. Two ancient sovereigns of Persia. No. If. ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. Literal Travelling of the Arabic Poem., given by Vol. I. p. 379—By the Jame. The Cenfor said to me, pray: I replied to the furly wretch, it wearieth me. I laid to the Cenfor, truly, I am in a world of delight; my verses are a morning orison, and this is the gate of Heaven. The Cenfor is more wicked than I. For my heart is ever in a state of conversion. Today I meditate on Selima, and on the morrow I must on Selima. In this (contemplation) I penetrate every mystery: for gentlemen softeneth mankind. O! thou, who quaffest me, my religion is the religion of a man. There is not, among my beloved, any one but who will ling for me, and quaff the goblet. Surely then I may enjoy myself, and be cheerful. Vol. II. ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. CVot. II. Literal Translation of the Persian Sonnet by James, given in Vol. 1, p. 380—Bj/ to fame. Where for I fix my habitation, I find thee my inmate—I can never move anywhere that I do not find thee there. Do I sleep at night, or wander lonely in my dwelling, I behold thee in my dreams, or see thee in my abode. In the company of the convivial, or in the assembly of the worldly minded, I see only thee, my beloved, and find thee the confessor of my heart. In whatever assembly the taper is lighted up, circling round it, I am sure to find thy mother. This is one of those odes which the Persians regard as expressive of divine love; I have often heard it sung to a very plaintive tune in India, by Howauh, a graver class of musicians, who chaunt the odes of the poets, and are tolerated by the most rigid devotees, upon whom the performance has sometimes a strange effect, producing the most extravagant extracts, which are called bawl or wavy; during these the persons affected are considered as inspired—they sing, they dance and jump, till nature is exhausted. The dance of Dervishes in Turkey is the bawl or uoujd. The moth flying round a taper is compared, by the Eastern poets, to a lover affidiously. Following his crossroads, Scott. No. II.] ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. If I visit the tavern without a goblet, I find it to be sure to find thine in the shallow, throw off my religious habit, and dive into the sea, the precious pearl, concealed in every field. It is not to be found in the last line of the original, read for a moment. Sanferit Roll, From a roll of Indian paper, seventeen inches long, and nearly two inches broad, the first twenty lines are represented, enlarged, on the plate annexed. This roll was brought from Bengal by Lady Chambers; the writing is divided into three parts, by flowers, my theological figures, &c. ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. From a roll of Indian paper, seventeen inches long, and nearly two inches broad, the first twenty lines are represented, enlarged, on the plate annexed. This roll was brought from Bengal by Lady Chambers; the writing is divided into three parts, by flowers, my theological figures, &c. ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. Catalogues of the Arabic, Persian and Turkish MSS. by W. Ous ELEY, M.D. Of the oriental manuscripts deposited in this great national museum, the titles of many were so scattered through voluminous folio and quarto catalogues, amid a multiplicity of Greek and Latin, French or English names, that it was with difficulty they could be found, and, when found, were in several languages almost unintelligible, from being expressed only in European charters, from typographical errors, and other circumstances. Since the publication of those catalogues, many valuable MSS. have been acquired by the Museum (received as donations or procured by purchase,) of which no lists have hitherto been printed: I have therefore undertaken to correct the errors of the old catalogues, by giving the titles in their proper charters, to add some short account of the most rare and curious MSS., some notices of their authors, etc., and to insert all those lately acquired; in short, to bring into one view all the Arabic, Persian and Turkish MSS. at present being. The catalogue of the Harleian Library, 2 large volumes, folio. Cottonian-i volume folio. King’s — 1 vol. quarto. Hoane and others (by Mr. Ayfeough) 2 vols. quarto. No. II.] ORIENTAL CULTURES. Longing to the Museum. I have not thought it necessary to crowd this catalogue, and perplex the reader with the numerical figures and figures of each manuscript. The Arabick MS. which I have given as first in my catalogue is properly marked Cotton: Vitellius: A. IV. The Shah Names, which I give as No. 2, is marked 5600. Plut XXXIV. B. It will be sufficient, however, for those who want any particular MS. to describe it merely by the number prefixed to it in the following catalogue—a key or index, referring to the original itself—marks, being in possession of the librarians. No. 1. A, An ancient Arabic volume in quarto, containing the second of the four parts which compose the Tarikhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah Fortunately, however, this work is preserved in the Persian and Turkish translations; the former, made within several years after the author’s death, is enriched with many curious additions by the learned translator, particularly on the subject of Perfian history and antiquities. From the latter part of Tabari’s chronicle, Ehnakin compiled his history of the Saracens, published by Erpenius; and it would appear that this volume once belonged to that celebrated original, from the following note, written at the beginning of the MS. “Continet hoc volumen historiam propheticam a Sjuabio (qui vixit tempore Jacobi) Patriarchac ipso que Jacobo ad tempora ufque Muhammedis Abuh afimi pfcudoprophetac Arabum: ell que tomus fecundus ccleberrimi apud oientales histori Muhammedis Abu-joafaris qui floruit circa annum Christi 800, et in oriente Arabice am as yet (says Mr. Ockley) destitute of Turkidi, which I should not be so much concerned at, were it not for five volumes in that language in our public library (Cambriuge) which I behold with delight and concern at the same time: with delight, because they are ours, and so not to be described of, with concern because I do not understand them; they are a translation of the great Talari, who is the Livy of the Arabians, the very parent of their history, and as far as I could find by inquiry, given over for lost in Arabic. I formerly inquired of my predecessor Dr. Luke, concerning him, who said he had never met with him in the East, and that he was to be disposed of in Arabic: Monsieur d’Herchelot says the same,” Ockley's History of the Saracens. Vol. 11 Infr. &c. xxxiii. The Tarikh Tabari in Perfian there are three fine copies in my possession, one peculiarly valuable in two volumes folio, transcribed Anno Hvgirse H50. (A. D. 1446.) From these MSS. I hope to illustrate, in a future work, some curious points of ancient history. No. 11.] ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. "exhibiting perioste, et Perioste atque Tujec tantum est; hic " tatiiwii liber Arabicas est, et de quatuor tomis fecundus." Erpemus. There are also some marginal notes in Latin. Name the great heroic poem of Ferdou, comprising, in more than sixty thousand couplets, all the ancient traditions and romances of the Persian kings and warriors; from the time of Caiumeras, the first monarch of Iran, to the destruction of the Persian Empire in the seventh century of the Christian era, when Yezdegerd, the last king, was murdered, and the old religion and laws of the country abolished by the Mohammedan conquerors. Ferdoust, who died A.D. 1020, is said to have compiled this admirable work from some ancient chronicles in the Persian language. This MS. is decorated with ninety-one very beautiful miniature paintings, executed in the best style of Indian artists, of whom several have been employed, as appears from their names thus marked in the pictures, work of Shenuul, work of Behukotty of Benvariy. From the number and excellence of these paintings, the manuscript has been very highly valued; among the different Aliaticks who have in turn polished it, and marked it with their names and seals, one has noticed that he paid for it the sum of seven hundred rupees, (about $100); and another, in a more recent hand, remarks that it cost him 1500 rupees, (about $150). Shib Niime L oVlii a folio volume, containing the second part of the Shah Namah of Ferdouft. It begins with the History of the Shah of Ferdouft, and contains the following: "Oiiflitafp and Asfendyar, and contains to the end of, the work." The hand-writing of this MS. is neither accurate nor elegant; it was transcribed, according to the date at the end, in the year of the reign 1054, corresponding to the year of Christ 1654. On the back of the last page is written the pedigree of Rujia, the great Persian hero, and of Goli, who was the son of Rudam's sister. And on a slip of paper, parted under the genealogical tables, is written (in a different hand) some medicinal extracted from Aisu Ali Sim (Avicenna in which are mentioned mostly, white sandal, Armenian earth, etc.) P. Tarikh Akcury History of the great Acbar, Emperor of Hindostan; a quarto volume, in a good hand, transcribed in the year of the Hegira 1119, (A.D. 1707.) The introduction to this work contains the History of Adam, Seth, Enos, Mahaleel, Enoch, Methufaleh, Japhet, etc.; the authors of the Timour family, etc. A short vocabulary of Persian (with some Arabi words; finely written in the Taleck hand; octavo; bound in the same volume with the following article; P. Shinnuz Namab, or History of the City of Shirauz, with a description of the Province of Pars or Farissaun, in Persia; the History of the City of Shirauz, with a description of the City of Shirauz, and the City of Shirauz. Afabch or sovereigns of that country; Anecdotes of the learned and holy men of Shiraz, &c. &c. No. n.] ORIENTAL ELECTIONS. valuable and rare MS. handfomel, written. The author of this curious work is Sheikh Zarconh of Sifu, whom the learned Kompfer quotes in his account of Silliman Peifepolis. (Amenit. Exot. p. 301,302, &c.) The date of this transfer is 1099 of the Hegira, A.D. 1687. 7. P. KiJJcb Seif al dj^di The Romance of Se^ al Moluk ; an imperfect MS. containing part of a ftory whic|k*M. Petis de la Croix has tranflated in his Perfian Talcs, the “ Milk e£ un ; -— 8. ‘T, Sfikaffd^ Njmeb or Hiftoryof Alexander, in Turkifli ; probably imitated from the Perfian work of the fame title by l^jpami. This volume is a large quarto MS. fairly written, with the vowel accents marked. It was, accordingto a Latin note, tranfcribcd (or rather compofed) about the year of the Hegira 792, of Chrift 13S9* The various conquells of Alexander in Afia, his marches into Tartary, China, theiflands of Japan &c.; his pX^edition in fearch of the water of immortality, with anecdotes of Ar^ftotle, and the other Grecian pliilofophers ’ who attended him, Stpl here deferibed in heroick verfe.—-(Some pages of this MS. have been mifplaced in binding.) * The ifland wak %vai according to a late Turkifh work, intiticd 4 X;^I Tanih alHindal gharhy, or a Hiftory of the Weft Indies , thcic illands are fituatc in the %eft, and produce trees, which bear women as fruit, &c. &c. VoL. II. c r. 190 CMPlJENTAL COLLECTIONS. [Vol. II. — 9. P. Raffieddin, poems of kaffieddin, ^0 appears to have been a native of Hindooftan, and to have ^nifhed this work in the year of the Hegira loio, (A. D. 1601.) This volume contains near fifteen thoufand beiis or diftiches. —It has been already deferibed in the Oriental Colledions, Vol. I. p. 171, &c., where an extrad; from it, in praife of Cnfkmere, will be found. — 10. P. Farhang Jehangiri, LXliy A.W!^)ft ex¬ cellent Didionary of the Perfian language, compiled from forty- eight other lexicons, byj;^*! Hufein Anju, and dedicated to the Emperor of Hindoofian, Jehangeer. The various fenfes of each word are illuftrated by paflages from the beft poets—but the arrangement difters from that of the other lexico¬ graphical works, as the words mufl; be looked for under the fecond letter, and not ; thus, Pert, a fairy, muft be fought under the letter r, notp. — II. P. Tarikh Aulumgeer Nameh, iV«U^^ 0 ' A Hiftory of the Emperor Aurungzebe or Aulumgeer, to the thirteenth year of his reign.—Imperfed at the beginning. — 12. A. A large quarto volume, in Arabi’ck, intitled, AiJI ujU/ or, the PerfetUon of PhilologU cai Knowledge I a celebrated Arabick Didionary, being a fup- plcment to the Lexicon, called “ Sahahal loghat, or Purity of “ Language,'* by Jouari, who died Anno Hegirae 398, A. D. No. II.] ORIENTAL CX)LLECTIONiJ. 191 1007. This Aipplement is by Shcrifcddin 4 furnamed r al Sagani, who died in the year of the Hegira 6o6, AvD. 1209. — 13. A. Kitab Hekayatj A thin octavo volume, containing tales or romances in the Arabick language : it is divided into three parts j the firft begins (after the ufual bifmillahi, &c.) thus: j ajI ^ aJ j ^ ^ ^ &c. The fecond begins, ^ J\ju (jLcy \ The third (in a diflerent hand) aJIwiJOc^ ^ — 14. T. The Gulijian^ or Garden of Rofes, by the celebrated Sadi of Shirauz, c (^tXjuw This manufeript contains an excellent Turkifli commentary on the Guliftan, a work fufficiently known by the Latin tranflation of the learned Gentiiis, printed in folio, with the original Perfian text, under the title of “ Rofarium Politicum.** The Guliflan (in Perfian) has been “alfo printed at Calcutta, ^ith all the other works of Sadi, in the year 1791. — 15. P. Suhbet al Jbrar, C^Aas*** The Society of the ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. [Vol. 11. Just. A very fine moral poem, by Jami\ interfperfed with tales, anecdotes, &c. among others, is a story of Sadi, the celebrated poet, whom he styles “the Nightingale of the Groves of Shirauz.” This manuscript is elegantly written, and appears, by the date in the last page, to have been transferred in the year of the Hegira 1009, A. D. 1599. — 16. A. Sherab Guilla?i, A most excellent commentary in Arabik, on the Gulistan of the Persian poet.SW/, by Seid Ali who finished this work (as appears in the last page) at the city of Amajiu <x^UI cXXj in the year of the Hegira 957, (A. D. 1550.) This copy was transferred Anno Hegira; 982, A. D. 157/1. — 17. P. Pend Name/j, to The Book of Moral Catalogs, by the celebrated Persian poet. Sheikh Feridin Attar This copy is enriched with some marginal notes in the Turkish language, and a Turkish translation of the work is contained in the same volume. Some extracts from the Fend Namhy may be found In the Latin commentaries of Sir William Jones, other in the Anthologia Perfica; and others in the Oriental Collections. Vol. II. No. 11.] ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. — 18. P. Sekander Name The History of Alexander the Great; one of the most admired of the five great poems, of Isaiah who flourished in the twelfth century of the Christian era, and declares that he compiled his work from the most authentic sources. proved records of the ancient Persians, Jews, and Grecians. Intermixed with much fable, some curious anecdotes of real history may be discovered in this work; for a more particular account of which, see the “Persian Misfellants.” P. A. Almanac for the Wonders of Creation; a very rare and valuable work, treating of astronomy, zoology, botany, arithmetick, &c. deferibing the principal curiosities of nature, mines, rivers, mountains, seas, &c. by the Zdkun's al Cazvini, a celebrated author, who flourished in the thirteenth century of the Christian era. This volume is adorned with a variety of paintings, very neatly executed, representing the zodiacal plants, birds, fillies, beards, insects, monsters, genii, &c. deferibed in the work. For some account of the Ajaicb al Makhloiicai and extracts from it, see Oriental Collections, Vol. I, p. 131, 374. P. Durral Musi, The pearl or the most excellent of seas or alms; a work divided into thirty-three sections: treating of the creation, of Adam, of Abraham, Seth, Moses, Solomon, Jesus, etc.; also of Mohammed, Ali, &c.; with various legendary and historical records. anecdotes and curious traditions. [To be continued.] If we read this title Der al müssen (making the first word Persian,) it will signify the or entranct into the assembly. ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. Perfian Sonnet by Shahi. Oi y y * ^ Sjf CUX.13 J,i J ^Ojj {J^ Cio^ (jUm»I aJJ/ dS' ^,^Lg>i Ci^ (jly^ ^1 0^\y>^y £lti b >1 jcXjl t3 A v_jli OJit No. II.] ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. Turkijh So7tg, from a MS. in the MiiJeumJ yLw>J C ji dS' 4V^Lw 0 Ly..L^ qOoJjj, C._5^ jr^. cXitssh Jj^j^ (jiJu jj O^W O (Jy ‘Vj ^^UflLw iiXjcXs*^ (^OLo ^Lj l^' yt>fL. ^-^cXjI ♦ Sec the mufical notes of this fong, and an account of the MS. in the miscellaneous plate, and on the opposite page. 196 ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. [Vol. 11. ‘Arahicli Poem, hy Abul such as Zoheir ben Mo¬ hammed ben Ali A1 Mohalcbbi, (^jol (Sj^  found in houses, and appears to be a species of Woodloufe: from the same MS. The fly called Zerouah by the Arabians, and Ganch by the Persians; possessing many medicinal properties, from the same MS. A Turkish tune, of which the words have been given in page 195 of this Number; it is taken from a large collection of songs, set to music, in a thick oblong volume, (p. 197,) fairly written, belonging to the British Museum, and marked by Plot. The tunes begin from the right; the word corresponds to the prefixed to European airs; and signifies that this tune is in the same mode or key as the preceding; the beginning is marked by the Persian words the top of the house, or where the first; verse or part begins: some tunes are divided into three parts, and are marked the second part. The third part: near the conclusion of several we also find the Persian words scribe, from which, indeed, our has been derived. All these marks are such as the modern Persians use, from whom, indeed, the Turks have borrowed their music. Queries, Answers, and Notices. To the Editor of the Oriental Collections. Sir, PERMIT me to inquire, whether, in the manufacture of Arabia and Persia, of India and Turkey, any notice is taken of the first introduction of Tobacco and of Coffee to general use, and, what is the date of the oldest African Manufacturer in which they are mentioned? I am, Sir, May 1. Yours, &c. D. H. La mulka Turchéca, comme abbiamo vedute, e Perfiana modema. Toderini Litter. Turc. I, p. 232. ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. No. II.] The example of the celebrated Tychfen of Roftock, who published in his observations on the arrow-headed descriptions at Pesthagen, has induced two other learned professors, Muster at Copenhagen, and Herder at Weimar, to direct their studies to the investigation of those extraordinary monuments of antiquity; and the result of their inquiries may be soon expected. That it was the intention of the Editor of these Collections to visit the interesting ruins above mentioned, as well as to explore other curious monuments of Persian antiquity but little known to Europeans, appears from the introduction to his first work, (the Persian Miscellanies, p. xix,) published in 1795. Besides gratifying his antiquarian curiosity, inviting these ruins, it was his design to trace the route of Alexander, to ascertain, if possible, the scenes of various memorable transactions, and to fix some doubtful points in History and in Topography. He also designed to collect such information on the subjects of Botany, history, and Mineralogy, as might interest, in the success of his undertaking, the Naturalist as well as the Antiquary of such bulky or perishable articles as would not. Bear removal to this country, it was his intention to make most accurate drawings, and to compile, from authentic living evidences, or written documents, an exact account of the present state of Persia, its manufactures and commerce, arts, sciences, and literature. However delightful in theory such a project may be, he is aware of the experience and difficulties attending its accomplishment. Though disappointed in his hopes of patronage and support where it was reasonable to expect both, the encouragement he has received from lovers of antiquity and science in this country, and the flattering testimonies of approbation bestowed by learned societies on the continent, illustrate him to the undertaking, and will induce him to try whether zeal can supply the place of fortune, and triumph over dangers, difficulties, and fatigue. He will offer to the public, either in a future Number of these Collections, or in a distinct pamphlet, his thoughts on the utility of such an expedition, which it is his design to undertake as soon as two Works (an Aliatick Geography, and Persian History) now in a state of forwardness, shall have been completed. The Collection of Oriental Manufactures, deferred in the fourth Number of Vol. 1, and in the first Number of this volume (page 88), has, by private agreement, while these pages were in the press, become the property of the Editor. Letters and Communications for the Oriental Collections, to be directed to the Editor, at Messrs. C. dell and Davies’s, Booksellers, Strand, London. Vol. II. No. III. ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. The Oriental Emigration of the Hibernian Druids proved from their Knowledge of Algebra, collated with that of the Indians and Chaldeans—From Fragments of Irish MSS, By Lieutenant-General Vallancey, L. L. D. F. R. S. M. R. I. A. &c, — Continued from No. II p. 121. Bis. Beis, Baifc, Baifc, a cycle. Ch. pIDS P'M< periodus. Arab, bans, an anniverfixry, the festival of Easter. Perf. Baziy a fpherc; bazi jinn ^ a celestial sphere; bizire, an hour, a portion of a cycle. Ar. t/Ao bizat Sol, dualc ylbczan^ duo dies, vel duo menfes, (Gol.) which plainly shows beza means a cycle. Perf. piyaz% an onion, from its circular coatings; (fee Siobal^ Art. 21.) Ch. ts baz^ Heb. f 3 bisy an egg, from its regular figure; Vsa bafal, an onion; (fee Art. 24.) From Baifc coq^es BalfcMuidirit the golden cycle or number; (fee Art. 6.) O /j*- beis, an cpycycle; (fee Eas. Art.) 3. Barbhis, Berbhis, a cycle, an anniverfary, (Shawe.) The word appears to be compounded of the two former, but I find it to be an Egyptian word for an anniverfary. Sheck Schemfedden Mohammed, in his book intitled The Wandering Sars, gives a description of the curiosities of Egypt, through which he travelled in the century: he says, “Among the curious monuments of Egypt, we must place the Berbis, At Deudira there is one, in which there is a dome that has as many windows as there are days in the year; each day the sun makes its entry by one of those windows, and does not return till The anniversary of that day in the following year. There are many words, says the translator (Monfieur De Sacy), whose significance I have not been able to determine with precision; many appear to have been entirely unknown to our lexicographers; of these is the word Berbis, which I thought myself obliged to preserve in the original, (MSS. of the King of France’s library.) Be, a turn, a round, a round of years, life. But the globe, the universe. The Hebrew K 3 is used by Moses, joined with the heavens, to denote the setting sun; whence by the night, as in Art. night, day; so so with the Druids expressed the East; the rising sun, a word joined also to as in Eccles. i. 5. Hit No. III.] ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS, 203 for the solar light, springing, rising, or coming out upon that hemisphere which is turning into morning; and in Judges it is joined to Christ the Druidical Cross, the sun, as in ch. 14. v. i 8. In which Parkhurst thinks should be rendered "before it" (the city or place) came towards the solar orb, i.e., to the meridian. With the Druids Be signified the night, which now is made to express the day, for the reasons assigned before; ex. gr. ar an bheoi-set on this day, today. Egypt, now phoou, hodie. Beacht, a cycle. Bagh, the same. Grian beacht, the cycle of the fun, i.e., Aimjtr ochdmbliaghnaar fithid mar imthighas an grian trid na da comharthadh deag^ i.e., the space of 28 years that the fun takes to go through the la figns. Perf. bakht^ a cycle. Sanferit, Bhagana^ a period. Phoenic, i,e., an namhag; the Phoenix or celestial cycle. It is thus described in my old Gloffary—Phenicftie, for eain alain, timehiol mead iola, agus aithrifteargo maireadh fi, fe cheud bliagham^agus nac bi achd aoin ean amhain an aimfher son domhan, don chineal ceadna; agus do ghnid li a nead do Ipiofaraibh folo/gthe, aus an tan chuireas an Grian an nead tre teine, feifidh fi le na Gathnaibh, agus loisgidh fi ifein ann, agus go neirghcan pcistog beag, as an luathreamhan do thugchum bheith na Phoenixile eile na dhiaigh—/. e. The Phoenix is a bird about the size of an Eagle, and, when restored to life, lives 600 years, or 600 turns of Beal, the fun; and there is but one of the species in the world, and she makes her nest with combustible spices; and when the fun sets them on fire. B £ 2 ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. [Vol. II. The fans the flames with her wings, and burns herself; and out of the alleys arises a small maggot, which becomes another Pha'nix. Una est qua reparaçant Ales, Aes, Phocnica vocant. (Ovid Met. 15, 392.) Pliny says the Pheenix lives 340 years; others, 460; but according to most writers, 500 years. Tertullian, Ambrose, Zeno and others, cite this bird as a rational argument of a resurrection; whereas it is no more than a cycle of the Chaldean astronomers, astronomers, and our Hibernian Brahmins; a name composed of the Chaldean astronomical numerals, as we shall presently show. Mr. Maurice has proved that this period of 600 years, and that of 19, was known to the Brahmins. Castini speaks in raptures of this cycle, and says, no intimation of it is to be found in the remaining monuments of any other nation, except the ancient Hebrews; and that it is the finest period ever was invented, since it brings out the solar year more exactly than that of Hipparchus; for in this period the sun and moon return to the same situation in the heavens, in which they were at the commencement of that cycle. Josephus, from the traditions of his nation, asserts it to have been known to the antediluvians, and stated by him to have been their Annus magnus. “One of the characters attributed to the great year,” says Boulanger, “was the Phoenix, an apocalyptical dogma, enveloped in an allegory, “becomes by its fable unintelligible. Pluche derives the name from the Phoenician word phanag, to be in delight and abundance; but it is more rational to draw it from phanasm, pronounced phanach, which signifies to return; and this agrees better with the story of the Phoenician, which might be expressed by the word a wheel, or rather by phonography that which returns or turns round. Boulanger is near the truth, for in truth phanism is a circle or ring; hence it signifies an liable or any great bird that flies in circles, as those birds do, whence the Egyptian phanasmus, periodum, sevum, (Seel.) The word also signifies a raven, for the above reason; whence the raven became sacred in the Eastern countries, and of great request in the Mithratic mysteries. The Phoenix of Japan is called Kiang, says Herbclot, which is the Cruin or cycle of our Druids. The Phanix, continues Boulanger, is nothing more than a cyclic symbol, which has been performed like Mithras and many others, to whom, in after times, they adapted histories applicable to The opinions the ancients entertained of these periods: the multitudes of these cyclic deities have given great room for fable, and led many antiquaries aftray, and gave room for astronomical mysteries that never entered the heads of the original authors. In a former publication I have shown, that the mystical words, Abraxas, Bclenus, Janus, Neilas, Lebnes, were no more than a jen de mots, formed of the Chaldean numerals or aftronomical characters composing the numbers to be expressed by the name. I shall here repeat a few, and produce the authorities. Baffilides Qui omnipotentem deum, portentofo nomine appellant ABRAXAS, & cundem fecundum Groccas literas, Al annui ciirfus numcrum dicit si soils cireulo, contineri, quern ethnici sub codem numeru aliarum literarum vocant MEITHRAM. (St. Jerome.) See Art. The Chaldeans wrote Abrakas and Mitbrak, which not corresponding to the Greek numerals, they altered to Abraxes and Mitbraks. Chaldean Numerals. Coptic and Greek A N T A 1 B 3 2 B a R 1 200 P 200 A N I A 1 A I R 1 200 P 200 A N I A I S 0 60 A N 1 A I S 0 60 A N 1 A I S 0 60 X 200 365 3^5 M 13 40 U 40 E n 5 E 5 I 1 10 I 10 TH 9 e 9 R n 200 p 100 A K i A I K P 100 X 200 365 3^5 M 13 40 U 40 E n 5 E 5 I 1 10 I 10 TH 9 e 9 R n 200 p 100 A K i A I K P 100 X 200 ORIENTAL COLLECTIONS. No. III.] Abraxas is a jeu de mots on aby father, and rikasy fire: Mithras, on the Chaldee "HIDD and the Druidical Mithry which signifies the rays of the sun, a revolution, &c. In like manner, of heiy the fun, and Airy a cycle, they formed BeloaneSy as E. Schedius rightly conjectures, to signify the sun's apparent annual revolution; whence Belain in Irish, a year. In the same manner Phenic makes up the cycle of 600. Chald, In the same manner Phenic makes up the cycle of 600. The Chaldeans had another name for the Phoenix, viz. Cala (Buxtorf); and these letters, used as numerals, make up the same number; whence, perhaps, the Cali Jug of the Brahmins. The Seafgiy or cycle of 60 of the Hibernian Druids, I think was the tenth of this great cycle; the Sas or Safas of Berofius, which was no more than a word expressed by the letter D=60. Sonnerat says, the cycle of 600 was only the HafrCy or multiple by 10, of the sexagenary cycle. Mr. Maurice thinks it is the Lufcly or cycle of 5, multiplied by 12, the cycle of Jupiter, that makes the great cycle of 60. I do not see the application. When the ancients found out the true cycle of the Sun, says Boulanger, "they coined names by a Jen de motsy or words signifying its heat or its course that made up the number 365, as they had done before, to make up 360. The name says he, "that has so much perplexed antiquaries and chemists, is no more than a numerical name which was given to Jupiter and to Bacchus, as periodical deities. When the suppliant was initiated into the mysteries of Sabasius, a scarcity the symbol of revolution was thrown upon his breast. TO LABOR, which the Greeks repeated IONS. 