دعوة السباسب: The same volume contains, also, a piece entitled

Da'wet es-sabâsib, i. e. “The invocation of the feast of palms."

el-ighridh fy nasret el-karidh, i. e. "The book of the elegance of the palm

Kitab nahree,کتاب نضرة الاغريض في نصرة القريض [X]

ابو على المظفر بن blossom, on the superiority of poetry ; by السعيد ابي القسم الفضل بن أبي جعفر یحیی ابن ابی , على عبد الله بن ابی عبد الله جعفر العلوى الحسيني

Abu-'Aly El-Mudhaffer Ibn-Es-Sa'id Abû'l-Kasim El-Fadhl Ibn-Abû-Dja'fer Yahya Ibn-Abi-'Aly 'Abdallah Ibn-Abû-'Abdallâh Dja'fer El-'Alawy El-Huseiny. Date A. H. 1139, or A. D. 1726-27.

A treatise on the art of poetry. S. D'Herbelot: Bibl. Orient. p. 653.

Kitab diwan es sababet, i, e. The کتاب ديوان الصبابة [.XIII] شهاب الدین ابو book of the divan of tender sentiment; by -Shahab ed-din Abil-'ab, العباس احمد بن ابی جلة التلمساني

bás Ahmed Ibn-Abu-Hadjlet Tilimsány. Date A. H. 1123, or A. D. 1711-12. A collection of amatory poetry. S. Moeller: Catologus librorum Bibl. Gothanae. II. 235. The author of this collection died A. H. 776, according to Hadji Khalfa: Lexicon Bibliographicum et Encyclopedicum. ed. Fluegel. III. 290.

Laredmi el-asrir, لوامع الاسرار في شرح مطالع الانوار [.XIV]

fy sherḥ matali el-anwâr, i. e." The gleamings of mysteries, explanatory of

يوسف بن الشيخ على بن جعفر The risings of luminaries ," by -iscf Ibn-Es-Sheikh Aly Ibn-Djafer El-Barbiry El, البربوري الاوالي

Acdly. Date A. H. 1108, or A. D. 1696-97.

Matali' el-anwâr, i. e.

"The risings of luminaries,” is a work on moral and theological science,

Siraj ed-din Mah, سراج الدین محمود بن ابی بکر الارموی by

mud Ibn-Abu-Bekr El-Ormawy, as we learn from a comparison of Bibl. Bodl. Catal. II. 292, 93 (7) with the passage on folio 4 verso of this Ms.

قال بعد فهذا مختصر فى العلوم الحقيقية والمعارف : beginning

which is thus rendered by Prof. Nicoll of Oxford, one of the - الالهية

compilers of the Bodleian Catalogue: "Hoc est compendium de scientiis

quibus virtus exquiritur et cognitionibus divinis, quod inscripsi: Ortus Luminum, quodque disposui in duas partes. Harum altera est de Logica, altera verò continet quatuor partitiones, quarum prima est de rebus generalibus, secunda de substantiis speciatim, tertia de accidentibus speciatim." The author El-Ormawy died, according to Hadji Khalfa, A. H. 682. A commentary on Matâli' el-anwâr, having the same title of Lawâmi' el-asrâr is ascribed by Hadji Khalfa to Kutb ed-din Muhammed IbnMuhammed Er-Râzi. S. Bibl. Bodl. Catal. II. 582 (a note on I. 116).

[XV.] ;→↓| Ï, Ḥell el-múdjaz, i. e. “The explication of The compend" by, El-Akṣarány. Date A. H. 1126, or A. D. 1714-15. A commentary on El-mûdjaz, i. e. "The compend," which is an

ابو الحسن القرشي abridgement of the medical Canon of Avicenna, by ba'l-Hasan El-Karshy, knoten by the name of, المعروف بابن النفيس

Ibn-En-Nefis, who died A. H. 687, or 696.

This is the best commentary on a medical work of high repute among the Muhammedans. S. Wüstenfeld: Geschichte der Arabischen Aerzte und Naturforscher. p. 147; also: Steph. Evod. Assemann: Bibl. Mediceae Catalogus. p. 372.

A collection of Muhammedan coins has been received from John P. Brown, Esq., of Constantinople, of which a descriptive account may be given in some future number of our Journal.

F. G.

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY.

PREPARED FROM THE RECORDS.

May 24. 1847.-The Annual Meeting of the Society was held this day, at the Rooms of the American Academy in Boston. Rev. Dr. Jenks in the Chair.

The Treasurer presented his account for the past year, showing $507.15 received, $364.32 expended, and a balance on hand of $142.83, which having been audited by Mr. J. W. Jenks, was accepted.

The Annual Report of the Directors was presented by the Corresponding Secretary, in substance as follows:

THE Board of Directors of the AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY, respectfully submit a report of their proceedings, for the year 1846–7:

It is to be hoped that occasions similar to the present will be, hereafter, enlivened by the retrospect of important progress; but what we have to say at this time will relate chiefly to measures, adopted during the past year, to revive the drooping spirit of our Association. One of these has been the publication of some papers recently placed at our disposal, and the other the opening of communication with several kindred Societies in Europe and the East, as well as with individuals, at home and abroad, who are known to be interested in whatever concerns oriental researches.

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Our publication of the Swahere translation from Genesis may be considered as very opportune. For the only article relating to the Swahere dialect, previously published, which appeared last year in the first Number of the Journal of the German Oriental Society, though based upon communications received from the same source to which we are indebted for that paper, the missionary Dr. Krapf, and enriched as it is by the genius of Von Ewald, gives but a brief specimen of the dialect. We direct attention to this circumstance, merely to illustrate the sort of service which our Society may often render, indirectly, to the cause of learning, by publishing the materials of knowledge, even in a crude

state.

Letters have been addressed in the name of this Society, to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland; the Asiatic Society of Bengal; the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society; the SyroEgyptian Society of London; the Asiatic Society of Paris; and the German Oriental Society. To each of them has also been sent a copy of the last Number of our Journal. These letters were written with a view to intercourse between our Society and those abroad having similar objects, in the hope that the particular path for us to pursue might thus be made more plain, and that this intercourse might serve to strengthen and encourage our small beginnings.

Several distinguished foreign orientalists have also been written to, and invited to lend the light of their mature studies, through this Society, to the cause of oriental learning in the United States.

In conclusion, the Directors beg leave to add a word respecting the duties of those members of this Society whose avocations do not permit them to engage directly in oriental studies. For their cooperation is important to the prosperity of the Society, as they form a connecting link between the few in this country who give themselves to oriental researches, and the literary public of the country, at large, and may be expected to spread the interest in such pursuits, more widely, among our men of education. We hope from them, therefore, that while they liberally appreciate these branches of learning, they will also cherish them with some personal interest.

May we be allowed one word more? Possibly not a few of the members of this Society have friends commercially connected with the East,

if they are not so themselves; we would therefore submit, whether they might not very essentially promote the objects of the Society, by procuring, through their correspondents, information on various subjects, as well as books, manuscripts, and other things adapted to stimulate and aid oriental research.

In behalf of the Directors.

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This report having been accepted, the following persons, recommended by the Directors, were chosen members of the Society, viz. Signor Pascal de Gayangos, late Professor of Arabic in the Athenæum of Madrid; Dr. Holt Yates, late Corr. Secretary of the Syro-Egyptian Society; Rev. Dr. Krapf, missionary of the English Church Missionary Society in Abyssinia; Baron Mac Guckin de Slane of Paris; and Rev. Dr. John Wilson of Bombay,-honorary members; and Mr. Stanislas Hernisz; Dr. Azariah Smith, missionary in Turkey ;-Rev. David Stoddard, missionary in Persia;-Rev. Ebenezer Burgess, missionary in India; Rev. David O. Allen, missionary in India; Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, missionary in Turkey; Rev. Elias Riggs, missionary in Asia Minor; and Mr. John M. Forbes of Boston, -immediate members.

Letters were then read: From Rev. W. Adam, giving notice of a donation to the Society of Arabic and Persian books;-From Hon. Alexander H. Everett, accompanying two maps for the Society's Library, by a Chinese amateur in geography resident in Canton, which were placed at Mr. Everett's disposal by Rev. Dr. Bridgman;-and From Mr. John P. Brown, Dragoman of the Embassy of the United States at Constantinople, relative to an accompanying translation from the Turkish, of Et-Tabary's account of the conquest of Persia by the Arabs. The Corr. Secretary, Dr. Anderson and the Librarian then presented books for the Library, in the names of the donors.