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1. Delhi Arabic 1665

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1665
Title:
Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-rubʿ al-mujayyab رسالة في العمل بالربع المجيب Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad سبط المارديني، بدر الدين محمد بن محمد and [Kitāb al-asṭurlāb] [كتاب الأسطرلاب] Kūshyār ibn Labbān كوشيار بن لبان
Scope & Content:
Two short works on astronomical instruments. (1) Sibṭ al-Māridīnī (سبط المارديني), Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-rubʿ al-mujayyab (رسالة في العمل بالربع المجيب, ff. 1v-7r); (2) Kūshyār ibn Labbān (كوشيار بن لبان), [Kitāb al-asṭurlāb] ([كتاب الأسطرلاب], ff. 7v-39v).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 17th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+40+i

2. Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 1v-3v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 1v-3v
Title:
Risālah fī sabab ẓuhūr al-kawākib laylan wa-khafā’ihā nahāran رسالة في سبب ظهور الكواكب ليلًا وخفائها نهارًا Abū al-Barakāt Hibat Allāh ibn ʻAlī أبو البركات هبة الله بن علي
Scope & Content:
Treatise on astronomy by Abū al-Barakāt Hibat Allāh ([ibn] ‘Alī) ibn Malkā al-Baghdādī al-Baladī (أبو البركات هبة الله [(بن) علي] بن ملكا البغدادي البلدي) written for the Seljuq sultan Muḥammad Tapar ibn Malikshāh (محمد تبر بن ملكشاه, reg. 1105-18). Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-6): وبعد حمد الله وال...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-3v

3. Delhi Arabic 1927

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1927
Title:
Sullam al-idrāk fī hayʾat al-aflāk سلم الإدراك في هيئة الأفلاك Riyāḍī Muhandis, Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Khayr Allāh رياضي مهندس، محمد علي بن خير الله
Scope & Content:
Treatise on cosmology by Muḥammad ‘Alī al-Rīyāḍī ibn Khayr Allāh Khān al-Muhandis ibn Luṭf Allāh Khān al-Muhandis (محمد علي الرياضي ابن خير الله خان المهندس ابن لطف الله خان المهندس, fl. 18th century). The author's intention is to produce a condensed treatise (رسالة وجيزة) that will allow Arabic...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1185
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+48+i

4. Delhi Arabic 1928

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1928
Title:
Sharḥ tashrīḥ al-aflāk شرح تشريح الأفلاك Sahāranfūrī, ʿIṣmat Allāh ibn Aʿẓam سهارنفوري، عصمة الله بن أعظم and al-Ijābah ʿalá taʿlīq al-Jawnbūrī الإجابة على تعليق الجونبوري Landanī, Ḥusayn لندني، حسين
Scope & Content:
(1) al-Sahāranfūrī (السهارنفوري), Sharḥ tashrīḥ al-aflāk (شرح تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 1r-129v); (2) al-Landanī (اللندني), al-Ijābah ʿalá taʿlīq al-Jawnbūrī (الإجابة على تعليق الجونبوري; ff. 130r-141r). Folios 141r, line 3-145v contain various Persian notes and extracts.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1245
Extent:

Codex; ff. v+147+v

5. Delhi Arabic 1934

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1934
Title:
Tawḍīḥ al-Tadhkirah al-Nāṣirīyah توضيح التذكرة الناصرية Nīsābūrī, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad نيسابوري، الحسن بن محمد
Scope & Content:
A commentary by al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Niẓām al-Dīn al-Aʿraj al-Nīsābūrī (الحسن بن محمد بن الحسين نظام الدين الأعرج النيسابوري; d. 1328 or 9) on the Kitāb al-tadhkirah fī al-hay’ah (كتاب التذكرة في الهيئة; see British Library, MS Or.11209) a treatise on the astronomical system prese...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Rabī‘ II 827
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+192+i

6. Delhi Arabic 1937B

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1937B
Title:
Four texts on astronomy
Scope & Content:
Contents: (1) al-Lāhūrī (اللاهوري), al-Taṣrīḥ fī sharḥ al-tashrīḥ (التصريح في شرح التشريح; ff. 1r-16r); (2) al-Landanī (اللندني), al-Ijābah ʿalá taʿlīq al-Jawnbūrī (الإجابة على تعليق الجونبوري; ff. 16v-22r); (3) Anonymous, Tarjamah-’i Sab‘ shidād (ترجمه سبع الشداد; ff. 23r-44v); (4) al-Ṭūsī (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+62+ii

7. IO Islamic 461, ff 2v-7v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 2v-7v
Title:
Anonymous treatise on the linear astrolabe
Scope & Content:
Anonymous treatise on the construction and use of the linear astrolabe (أسطرلاب خطّي), an instrument also known as 'al-Ṭūsī's Rod' (عصا الطوسي), named after its inventor Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213). The Persian table of contents (f. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 2v-7v

8. IO Islamic 461, ff 8v-34r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 8v-34r
Title:
Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf مقالة في صورة الكسوف Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the observation of solar eclipses through a camera obscura by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040). The text contains four diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 34r) following the text. Begins (f. 8v, lines...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 8v-34r

9. IO Islamic 622

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 622
Title:
Sullam al-samāʾ (al-Risālah al-kamālīyah) (سلم السماء (الرسالة الكمالية Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd كاشي، جمشيد بن مسعود
Scope & Content:
An astronomical treatise on the sizes and distances of the planets and fixed stars by Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd Ibn Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd al-Kāshī (غياث الدين جمشيد بن مسعود بن محمود الكاشي, d. 1429 or 1436). The text was composed in 1407 and was dedicated to the vizier Kamāl al-Dīn Maḥmūd (كمال الدي...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late Shawwāl 850
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+16+i

10. IO Islamic 681

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 681
Title:
Sharḥ al-Majisṭī شرح المجسطي Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين
Scope & Content:
Commentary by ‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī (عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين البرجندي, d. 923/1525 or 26) on the Taḥrīr al-Majisṭī (تحرير المجسطي), the edition by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274; see f. 3r, lines 17-18) of the Alma...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+369+ii