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LIFE AND WORKS OF 'ABD-AL--LATIF AL--'ABBASI OF GUJARAT SAYYID AKBAR Au* ujarat under the Muslims was a great centre of cultural and literary activities.
"1 According to the author of 'Amal-e-Salih, 'Abd-al-Latif was engaged for sometime in recording the chronicles of the reign of Shah Jahan but was removed from the post because of the jealousy of his rivals.
In the preface of Khulasat-ash-Shuara 'Abd-al-Latif states the following works as his sources:- Tadhkira of Dawlat Shah Somarqandi .
Nizamad-Din of for him the title of</TD> Bhar-al-Ulum, Thus it can safely be said that of all the extant works on the Mathnawi written in India that of' Abd-al-Latif is the oldest.
&quot; 'Abd-al-Latif started his work on the Mathnawi in A.
'Abd-al-Latif compiled Lata'if-al-Lughat in view of his revised edition of the text-I mean Nuskha-e-N asikha and this glossary was the result of twelve years of study on the part of the author.
&quot; Thus it can be conjectured that 'Abd-al-Latif was working on this glossary while he was engaged in the recension of the text.
In his Mir' at-al-Hadaiq 'Abd-al-Latif states that he had completed his work on the Mathnawi in A.
3. In the preface of his Lata'if-al-Lughat &quot;Abd-al-Latif has enumerated the following well-known Arabic and Persian dictionaries and Sufi glos• saries which he had consulted.
According to the Mir'at-al-Hadaiq, 'Abd-al-Latif completed his work on the Mathnawi in A.
The India Office Ms. contains two prefaces one by Sanai and the other by 'Abd-al-Latif.