THE

HINDEE MORAL PRECEPTOR;

OR

RUDIMENTAL PRINCIPLES

OF

PERSIAN   GRAMMAR,

AS THE

HINDOOSTANEE SCHOLARS' SHORTEST ROAD

TO THE

PERSIAN LANGUAGE,

OR

VICE VERSA;

RENDERED AS PLAIN AND EASY AS POSSIBLE,

THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF

SIXTY EXERCISES IN PROSE AND VERSE;

INCLUDING THE CELEBRATED

TUNDNAMU OR ETHICS OF SHUEKH SU.UDEE ;

JVith a Hindoostanee literal  f^ersion, and an English Metrical

Paraphrase of each Poem : comprising in Part II a large English

and Hindee-Persic Vocabulary, which is also reversed for

the immediate use of the Students in these two most

essential Languages during the future Progress

of every Orientalist in British India.

PART I,
 

BY JOHN BORTHW^ICK GILCHRIST, LL.D.
 

" biruo damuni ilm geer oostoowar,
" ki ilmut rusanud bu dar ool qurar."

learn sterling knowledge first, and tlien complete the plan!
which forms at last, an honest, wise, and useful man.
 

SECOND EDITION.
 

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