^{page 481 note 1} Oriental Translation Fund, New Series, vol. xxx.

^{page 481 note 2} pp. x–xi.

^{page 481 note 3} Legacy of Islam, p. 341. Cf. Jayakar's, A. S. G. remarks in his translation of Ḥayāt al-Ḥayawān (Bombay, 1906), vol. i, p. xivGoogle Scholar.

^{page 481 note 4} Delhi Arabic, 1949. Foll. 217; 31 × 18 cm. (script 22 × 13 cm.); 11. 12. Seals on the first and last folios attest that its present state of imperfection dates back at least two or three centuries.

^{page 482 note 1} A note in a late hand on the wrapper attributes the work (which it calls Kitāb al-Ḥayawān) to Sharaf al-Zamān (sc. al-Dīn) Muḥammad al-llāqī, the well-known pupil of Avicenna. This ascription is, of course, incorrect. On fol. 210b the author relates an event of his own lifetime which he dates 514 a.h.

^{page 482 note 2} It may be noted that in the zoological section of 'Awfī's Jawāmi' al-ḥikāyat the first animal to be described is also the elephant. This raises the possibility, though difficult to reconcile with certain historical data, that the present work is to be identified with the lost Ṭabā'i' al-ḥayawānāt of Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir al-Marwazī. See Niẓāmu'd-Dīn, M., Introduction to the Jawámi'u' l-Ḥikáyát, pp. 88 fGoogle Scholar.