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2481. Mss Eur F126/96

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/96
Title:
Chart of the Gulf of Persia. Constructed from the Trigonometrical Surveys Made by Order of The Hon.ble the Court of Directors of the United English East India Company; by George Barnes Brucks, Commander H.C. Marine
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Nautical chart of the Persian Gulf compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829, with place names given in both English and Arabic. The chart was first published in 1832 by James Horsburgh and engraved by Richard Bateman. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
after 1832
Extent:

1 map on 2 sheets

2482. Or 116

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 116
Title:
Kitāb fī maʿrifat al-ḥiyal al-handasīyah كتاب في معرفة الحيل الهندسية Jazarī, Ismāʿīl ibn al-Razzāz جزري، إسمعيل بن الرزّاز
Scope & Content:
Treatise on practical mechanics by Badī‘ al-Zamān Abū al-‘Izz Isma‘īl ibn al-Razzāz (بديع الزمان أبو العزّ إسمعيل بن الرزّاز; fl. 1181-1206), written for al-Ṣāliḥ Abū al-Fatḥ Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Qarā Arslān, Artuqid king of Diyarbakır (الصالح أبو الفتح محمود بن محمد بن قرا أرسلان زعيم ديار ب...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. 153+i

2483. Or 136

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 136
Title:
Kitāb al-adwār fī ʿilm al-mūsīqī كتاب الادوار في علم الموسيقي al-Urmawī, ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn Yūsuf أرموي، عبد المؤمن بن يوسف
Scope & Content:
The Book of Cycles (كتاب أدوار), a succinct but extremely influential treatise on musical theory by Ṣafī al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Mu’min ibn Yūsuf ibn Fākhir al-Urmawī (صفي الدين عبد المؤمن بن يوسف بن فاخر الأرموي, d. 1294). The title page gives the author's name as Ṣafī al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Mu’min (صفي الدين ع...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
792
Extent:

Codex; i+55+ii

2484. Or 1198

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1198
Title:
Kitāb manāfi‘ al-aḥjār wa-qīmatihā wa-usūlihā كتاب منافع الأحجار وقيمتها وأصولها Tīfāshī, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf تيفاشي، أحمد بن يوسف
Scope & Content:
A treatise on precious stones by Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf al-Tīfāshī. Transcribed by a single scribe who completed his work on 15 Jumādá II 799 AH (16 March AD 1397), and signed his name illegibly at the bottom of f. 60r. Al-Tīfāshī composed the text in 640 AH and gave it the title by which it is more ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15 Jumādá II 799
Extent:
Codex; ff. i+60+ii

2485. Or 1347

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1347
Title:
Taqwīm al-ṣiḥḥah تقويم الصحّة Ibn Buṭlān ابن بطلان
Scope & Content:
An elaborate presentation copy of Īwānīs al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbdūn ibn Saʻdūn's (إيوانيس المختار بن الحسن بن عبدون بن سعدون, known as Ibn Buṭlān [ابن بطلان], d. ca 1068) book on dietetic medicine produced for Saladin’s (صلاح الدين الأيوبي; d. 1193) son, al-Malik al-Ẓāhir (الملك الظاهر; ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá II 610
Extent:
Codex; ff. ii+44+iii

2486. Or 1348

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1348
Title:
Kitāb al-uṣūl fī sharḥ al-fuṣūl كتاب الأصول في شرح الفصول Ibn al-Quff, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq ابن القف ,أبو الفرج بن يعقوب بن إسحاق
Scope & Content:
Commentary by Amīn al-Daulah Abū al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qūb ibn Isḥāq ibn al-Quff (أمين الدولة أبو الفرج بن يعقوب بن إسحاق بن القف, d. 1286) on the Aphorisms (كتاب الفصول) of Hippocrates (أبقراط, d. ca 370 BC). Folio 1 has been bound into the volume upside down. The copy was completed on Friday 6 Sh...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
6 Shawwāl 787
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+179+i

2487. Or 1358

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1358
Title:
Ghunyat al-ṭullāb fī maʿrifat al-ramy bi-al-nushshāb غنية الطلاب في معرفة الرمي بالنشاب Ṭaybughā al-Ashrafī al-Baklamishī al-Yūnānī طيبغا الأشرفي البكلمشي اليوناني
Scope & Content:
An abbreviated copy of a technical treatise on archery, partly in verse, by Ṭaybughā al-Ashrafī al-Baklamishī al-Yūnānī (طيبغا الأشرفي البكلمشي اليوناني, d. c. 1394, see f. 2, lines 3-5, and f. 33v, lines 10-11). The title of the work is given at the end of the introduction (f. 11v, line 11). Th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Codex; i+223+i

2488. Or 1514

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1514
Title:
Ilḥāq Abī Isḥāq إلحاق أبي إسحق Kūbanānī, Abū Isḥāq ibn ‘Abd Allāh كوبناني، أبو إسحق بن عبد الله
Scope & Content:
Commentary on the first five books (maqālāt) of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī''s (نصير الدين الطوسي, d. 1274) recension of Euclid''s Elements by Abū Isḥāq ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Kūbanānī al-Yazdī (أبو إسحق بن عبد الله الكوبناني اليزدي, fl. mid- to late-15th century), also known as Shaykhzādah ibn al-Khādim al...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
886-888
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+174+ii

2489. Or 1523

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1523
Title:
Kitāb al-bayṭarah كتاب البيطرة Azdī, Aḥmad ibn ʿAtīq أزدي، أحمد بن عتيق
Scope & Content:
A treatise on hippiatrics, discussing their good and bad points, training, diseases and treatment. The text is an abridgement of the Kitāb al-furūsīyah wa-l-bayṭarah (كتاب الفروسية والبيطرة) by Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb Ibn Akhī Ḥizām (محمد بن يعقوب بن أخي حزام; see British Library, Add. MS 23416). Th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Rajab 620
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+111+i

2490. Or 1524

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1524
Title:
Kitāb ʿajāʾib al-aqālīm al-sabʿah كتاب عجائب الأقاليم السبعة Ibn Saʿīd, ʿAlī ibn Mūsá ابن سعيد، علي بن موسى
Scope & Content:
The earliest-known copy of a geographical manual, written after 1260 by Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Mūsá ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Saʿīd al-Maghribī al-Andalusī al-Gharnāṭī Nūr al-Dīn (ابو الحسن علي ابن موسى ابن محمد ابن عبد الملك ابن سعيد المغربي الاندلسي الغرناطي نور الدين, d. 1286). The p...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 1300
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+74+i

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