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Oriental Manuscripts of the John Frederick Lewis Collection in the Free Library of Philadelphia. By Muhammed Ahmed Simsar. 10 × 7, pp. xix + 248, 48 ills. Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 1937.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

A. J. Arberry
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , January 1939 , pp. 149 - 150
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1939

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1 Ethé incorrectly states (col. 755) that “this copy was made for Sir Barry Close, 1810, by Munshî Mîr Ibn 'Alî”: the manuscript actually contains notes by former owners, one of which is dated 1157/1744. SirBarry, Close is stated (D.N.B., xi, pp. 122–123Google Scholar) to have been “an accomplished Arabic and Persian scholar.” A letter written by him in 1803 is contained in the India Office MSS. Eur. F. 18, pp. 35–40, see Catalogue of Manuscripts in European Languages, vol. ii, pt. ii, sect, i, pp. 712–713.