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97. Al-Mawaiz wa al-Itibar bi-Dhikr al-Khitat wa al-Athar fi Tarikh Misr Admonitions and Considerations Concerning the Regions and Monuments of the History of Egypt by Sheikh Taqi al-Din Ahmed f. Ali al-Maqrizi, died 845. A most famous work of greatest authority on the history of Egypt, which has become more famous through copious excerpts from it, which the famous de Sacy published in his Anthology and the version of Abd al-Latif, than through the catalogs of the Royal Library of Paris and the Escorial mentioning it. Divided into seven parts: 1) On the land of Egypt. 2) On its cities and inhabitants. 3) On Fustat or ancient Misr. 4) On Al-Qahira Cairo. 5) On the vicissitudes that the city of Cairo has experienced. 6) On the Kings. 7) On the causes subverting Egypt. Our copy is complete in two clearly written volumes, of which the first is under the present number, and under the number:
98. The second volume of the same work.
99. Wafayat al-Ayan fi Anba' Abna' al-Zaman Deaths of Illustrious Men to Inform the Sons of the Age. By the judge Shams al-Din Ebilabbas Ahmed f. Mohammed, famous under the name Ibn Khallikan, died in the year 981. A most famous work, the primary among the sources of Oriental history, about which one may consult the aforementioned catalogs of the Royal Library of Paris and the Escorial, d'Herbelot, and finally the table of its contents, which was last published in the Belgian provinces. It was translated into Persian for Sultan Selim I and continued by several authors. Our copy consists of three volumes, of which the first is under this number.
100. The second volume of the same work.
101. The third volume of the same work.
102. Al-Sakardan The Sugar-Box. By Ibn Abi al-Khodja Ahmed f. Yahya al-Tilimsani, died 776, who composed it in the year 757 for King Nasr. It treats in seven chapters of Egyptian affairs: 1) On the properties of the number seven. 2) On the predilection of Sultans for this number. 3) On the relation of climates to this number. 4) On the seventh Sultan. 5) On his deeds. 6) On marvelous events. 7) On the interpretation of a few places of the Quran; an appendix added again subdivided into 7 parts.
103. Muruj al-Dhahab fi al-Tawarikh al-Arab Meadows of Gold in the History of the Arabs. The title of an excellent historical work by the author al-Masudi. The famous Deguignes first noticed its utility in the most precious collection Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la bibliothèque du Roi. But this is part