Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I History Literature &c. 1868

Towards the end of the past century 4it.itu;t4iheOsufficiat-tiniehad elapsed since the death of Snlith the alisit-„tioet_Of the silver age of Persian literature there appeared the Ttluetalabitt ushalaara and the stupendous 13ahtir i 'Ajnm two works written by hindoos on the Istitunil i Nutaakhkharin or usage of the writers after Jami the last though not the least of the classics. [...] The sources used by the authors of the ten works which I consider absolutely necessary for the compilation of a reliable dictionary of the Persian languages are mostly forgotten. [...] The year of the compilation A. H. 1001 or A. D. 159:3 is given in the words rt.& Lpa4 the tfirikh of the book. [...] The metre of the compiler's Masuawi is the same as of the Shirin"1868.] Contributions to Persian rattricegraphy. [...] The compiler clearly gives the name of his father 'Ali Sh6r of Sirhind whilst the father of the poet is Shaikh Mubfirik of Nfig6r.