Excerpt from A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum Since 1894The descriptions have been classified in sections according to the subjects of which the mss. Treat. Within these limits they are arranged according to the alphabetical order of the names of the works, disregarding however such prefixes as Kitab and Risdlah, prepositions, and the definite article. In the case where a ms. Contains only a commentary or supercommentary upon an original work, the name of the latter determines the place in which the description of it is to be found. Full indexes of the names of works, authors, and other persons have been appended.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.