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§ 769. Kamāl al-Dīn M. b. Mūsā al-Damīrī died at Cairo in 808/ 1405 (see Brockelmann ii p. 138, Sptbd. ii p. 170; Ency. Isl. under Damīrī (D.B. Macdonald)).

Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān: see Brockelmann ii p. 138, Sptbd. ii p. 170.

Persian translations:

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Ḥayāt al-insān, dedicated to the Ottoman Sulṭān Sulaimān K̲h̲ān b. Salīm [reigned 926–74/ 1520–66] by Ḥakīm S̲h̲āh-Muḥammad b. Mubārak-S̲h̲āh Qazwīnī, whose translation of the Majālis al-nafāʾis, begun at Istānbūl in 927/1521 and completed in 929/1522–3, has already been mentioned (pl. i § 1094, where the words “and dedicated to Sulṭān Salīm” should be deleted): Ḥ. K̲h̲. iii p. 124, Blochet ii 816 (694 foll. ah 933/1526. Ornate ms. with Pictures, for which see Revue des bibliothèques 1898 p. 149).

(b)

Tarjamah i Ḥayāt al-Ḥayawān (beg. Ḥayāt i ḥayawān i ʿājil), composed in 1249/1833–4 for K̲h̲usrau K̲h̲ān, Wālī of Kurdistān [cf. pl. i § 174], by Mullā ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd FĀWJĪ [vocalisation?], who died soon after beginning the work, and Mullā Muḥammad, the ¶ grandson (ḥafīd) of Mullā Salīm: Majlis i 705 (397 foll. ah 1275/1858–9).

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Unidentified translations: Browne Suppt. 422 (2 vols. King’s 136–7), Lahore Panjāb Univ. (defective at both ends. 286 foll. See ocm. x/1 p. 97 no. 1).

Persian abridgments:

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K̲h̲awāṣṣ al-ḥayawān (beg. H. i bi-ḥ…. K̲h̲udāwandī rā kih mis̲h̲kāt), prepared in the reign of S̲h̲āh ʿAbbās ii (1052–77/1642–66) by M. Taqī Tabrīzī b. K̲h̲wājah M. (cf. Dānis̲h̲mandān i Ād̲h̲arbāyjān p. 330): Jonahn 257, D̲h̲arīʿah vii p. 272, Ivanow 1559 (ah 1079/1668–9), Majlis i i 710 (197 foll. ah 1096/1685), Rieu ii 842b (foll. 290–411. ah 1101/1609), Ethé 2796 (149 foll. ah 1121/1709).

Editions: Tabrīz 1275/1858–9 (D̲h̲arīʿah loc. cit. Mus̲h̲ār i 622.); [Persia] 1279–83/1862–6° (followed by Rāmī’s Anīs al-ʿus̲h̲s̲h̲āq. 102 foll.), place? 1305/1887–8 (Āṣafīyah ii p. 1752).

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K̲h̲awāṣṣ al-ḥayawān, a translation of parts of the Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān [possibly M. Taqī’s translation, though the translator’s name is not mentioned in the catalogue]: Āṣafīyah ii p. 950 no. 146 (where the sanah i wafāt i muṣannif is given as 1194, but this may be the date of transcription placed in the wrong column).

§ 770. Hidāyat Allāh b. M. Muḥsin Qurais̲h̲ī Hās̲h̲imī Jaʿfarī.

Farhang i ʿajāʾib al-ḥaqāʾiq i Aurang-S̲h̲āhī (beg. Ai ḥamd i Tu sar-daftar i tauqīʿ i kalām), a description, with illustrations, of the animals, plants, minerals, etc., of India, dedicated to Aurangzēb (ah 1069–1119/1659–1707): Ivanow 1367 (imperfect and disarranged. 601 foll. Early 18th cent.).

§ 771. For the Tas̲h̲rīḥ al-as̲h̲jār, descriptions of plants and their medicinal properties, completed in 1206/1792 by S̲h̲āh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Buk̲h̲ārī Qalandar, see pl. ii § 502.

§ 772. Riḍā Ṣāḥib mṛkī entitled (al-muk̲h̲āṭab bi-) Ḥakīm Bāqir Ḥusain K̲h̲ān, who has already been mentioned as the author of the Guldastah i Karnātak (pl. i § 1200) and as one of the collaborators in the ʿAẓīm al-tawārīk̲h̲ (pl. i § 652), died [in 1248/1832–3] before completing the Jāmiʿ al-as̲h̲yaʾ (on which others also had been engaged) and the work was brought to a conclusion by Nūr Muḥammad K̲h̲urāsānī.

Jāmiʿ al-as̲h̲yāʾ mulaqqab bah Has̲h̲t c̲h̲aman (beg. Ba-nām i Ān-kih dar bālā u pastī *), descriptions of Indian animals and plants (being an appendix on supplement to the ʿAẓīm al-tawārīk̲h̲, for which see pl. i § 652) ¶ compiled by order of ʿAẓīm-nawāz K̲h̲ān Muftī Badr al-Daulah (cf. pl. i § 652) in and after the time of Nawwāb ʿAẓīm-Jāh, of the Carnatic, (1820–25) and divided into eight bābs: Ethé 430 foll. 218b–337 (n.d.), Madrās i 406 (n.d.).

Edition: Jamiul-ashiya [sic] critically edited with introduction by … Hakim Abdul Qadir Aḥmad Sahib … Madrās 1950 (Madras Government Oriental Series, 32. 369 pp.).

§ 773. M. Jawād Ās̲h̲tīyānī was a member of the Dār al-Tarjamah wa-’l-Taʾlīf in the Persian Ministry of Education (Wizārat i jalīlah i Maʿārif).

Tārīk̲h̲ i ṭabīʿī u ḥayawān-s̲h̲ināsī, composed in 1337/1918–19 for first year pupils in intermediate schools: Maʿārif ii 299 (63 foll. ah 1337/1918–19).

§ 774. Appendix

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ʿAjāʾib al-mak̲h̲lūqāt fī g̲h̲arāʾib al-ḥayawānāt, by M. Ḥamīd Allāh K̲h̲ān Islāmābādī: Lucknow 1282/1865° (184 pp.).

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Bāg̲h̲ i Razzāq, a metrical dictionary of trees and plants, by M. ʿAbd al-Majīd:¹ Delhi 1314/1896 * (Anṣārī Pr. 164 pp.).

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Dirak̲h̲tān i jangalī i Īrān, by Ḥabīb Allāh T̲h̲ābitī: Tihrān a.h.s. 1326/1947–8 (Univ. of Tihrān).

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Ḥas̲h̲arāt-s̲h̲ināsī (beg. jism i ḥayawānāt i mafṣilī murakkab az c̲h̲andīn mafāṣil), of unknown authorship: Majlis i 708 (60 foll. ah 1326/1908).

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Ḥayawān-s̲h̲ināsī, by S̲h̲āh-zādah Mīrzā Mahdī K̲h̲ān: printed Tihrān (D̲h̲arīʿah vii p. 128 no. 704).

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ʿIlm al-ḥayawānāt: Āṣafīyah ii p. 1222 no. 351.

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Jānwar-nāmah (beg. Mihīn Dāwarī rā st. bāyad), on the animals and poisonous reptiles of Persia, by Taqī b. Hās̲h̲im b. M. Ḥusain Anṣārī Kās̲h̲ānī: Majlis i 707 (179 foll., incomplete).

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Majmaʿ al-nūrain, a zoology, by Ismāʿīl Wāʿiẓ Sab-zawārī: Tabrīz 1302/1885° (335 foll.).

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Maʿlūmāt al-āfāq, on geography and natural history, by Amīn al-Dīn K̲h̲ān Harawī (see pl. ii § 213): [Lucknow] 1287/1870* (N.K. 198 pp.); Lucknow 1290/1873°* (N.K. 198 pp.).

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Maʿrifat al-as̲h̲yāʾ, on elementary natural history and science, by Āqā Mīrzā Abū Ṭālib K̲h̲ān: Bombay 1345/1926* (Muẓaffarī Pr. 2nd impression. 152 pp.).

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Nuzhat al-asfār, “Natural History”, by M. Samarqandī: Lindesiana p. 196 no. 343 (circ. ad 1600).

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¶ Tārīk̲h̲ i ṭabī‘ī, by Dr. G̲h̲ulām-Riḍā K̲h̲ān S̲h̲aik̲h̲: printed Tihrān (2 vols. D̲h̲arīʿah iii p. 262 no. 983).

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Tārīk̲h̲ i ṭabī‘ī, by Sāmī al-Ḥabībī: printed Tihrān (D̲h̲arīʿah iii p. 262 no. 982).

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“Tuḥfatu ’l-buzurriyya.² The Lavish Gift. (Natural History)”, by Badr [b.?] Karīm: Lindesiana p. 125 no. 788 (circ. ad 1790).

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