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Collection Area Oriental Manuscripts Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Chivalry--Early works to 1800

1. Add MS 7514

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Title:
Treatise on swordmanship, archery and other military skills [Dhikr al-ʿamal bi-al-sayf] [ذكر العمل بالسيف]
Scope & Content:
Anonymous compendium on military technologies and skills. The manuscript is defective at the beginning and the author's name is unknown. The assumed title 'On Using the Sword' (ذكر العمل بالسف) is taken from a heading on f. 1r. The copy was completed on 9 Rabī' I 739/24 September 1338 by an ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
9 Rabī' al-Awwal 739
Extent:
Codex; ff. iii+65+iii

2. Add MS 18866

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Title:
نهاية السؤل والامنية في تعلم أعمال الفروسية Nihāyat al-su’l wa-al-umnīyah fī ta‘allum a‘māl al-furūsīyah أقسرائي، محمد بن عيسى Aqsarā’ī, Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá ibn Ismā‘īl al-Ḥanafī
Scope & Content:
A Mamluk manual on horsemanship, military arts and technology by Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá ibn Ismā‘īl al-Aqsarā’ī (محمد بن عيسى بن إسماعيل الأقسرائي ; d. 1348, Damascus). The manuscript was completed on 10 Muḥarram 773 (25 July 1371) by the scribe Aḥmad ibn ‘Umar ibn Aḥmad al-Miṣrī (see colophon on f. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
10 Muḥarram 773
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+292+ii

3. Add MS 23487

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Add MS 23487
Title:
Kitāb al-sūl wa-al-umnīyah fī taʿallum aʻmāl al-furūsīyah كتاب السول والأمنية في تعلم أعمال الفروسية [Aqsarā’ī, Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsá أقسرائي، محمد بن عيسى]
Scope & Content:
A Mamluk manual on horsemanship, military arts and technology, also known as Nihāyat al-sūl wa-al-umnīyah fī taʿlīm ʿamal al-furūsiyya (نهاية السول والأمنية في تعليم عمل الفروسية), attributed to Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá ibn Ismā‘īl al-Ḥanafī al-Aqsarā’ī (أقسرائي، محمد بن عيسى بن اسماعيل) (died c.1349)....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
20 Shaʿbān 785
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+166+iv; f. 1 missing.