middle of the 18th century. On p .211 I found another poem by as-Südï (an-Nür as-safir p. 181, 2nd poem). This copy also has the introduction, but it is only partly legible as the paper is damaged by the acid ink. *pp. 233, numbered backwards* F.Or.A 41b IV. A fragment of an abridged recension of Dikir BSsar. It contains the first lines only of all the poems found in III p. 176-72. *f. 18-35 (22 omitted in numbering), 37-47, 49-54 and the lower half of one leaf without a number; c. 1800 A. D. ?* Or. 5724 V. Surat dikir. Microfilm copy of a MS. in the possession of Prof. Colin. This is another collection, without the introduction. Arabic and Persian verses only. Many notes and some pieces of text (not connected with the poems) in Malay. *ff. 71; Batavia early 19th c.* F.Or.A 41a VI. Fragment of a similar collection, written on paper of poor quality by an inexperienced scribe. *ff. 32; n. d. * Or. 5738bis(d) VII. Some of the MSS. described in the old Batavia catalogue (by L. W. C. van den Berg) p. 72-74 belong to this group. No. 70 was sent to Leiden for examination. It has 222 ff. f. 1-43 contain the MAWLID ÓARAF al-ANAM, f. 143-222 another Arabic MAWLID and some payers. The middle part, of which we have a microfilm, is comparable to the collections described here. Besides a third Mawlid and some pieces in prose, partly taken from KHULA§AT al- MAFAKHIR by al-Yafi'I, it contains prayers and poetry in Arabic, Persian, Tamil and Urdu. Several poems are in praise of 'Abd al-Qadir al-ÓIlarii. F. Or. A 45b VIII. Dikr in verse. FromAcheh. *ff. 16* 6890(3) Poems in praise of the Prophet and a litany. Microfilm copy of MS. KBG 420 Mal.f. 33v-38v;53v-54r. F.Or.A 59a(10,11, 14) Various formulae of dikr. *p. 122-137;Cat. Mai. p. 282* Or. 3370(4-6) A collection of litanies and prayers, recommended for recitatipn to reach various ends. The collection includes the 99 names of Allah, the 36th sürh of the Qur’an, Hizb al-bahr. Du'a’ kanz al-'aré, various short formulae in