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Language Arabic Subject Alchemy--Early works to 1800

1. Add MS 23419, ff 2v-89v

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Add MS 23419, ff 2v-89v
Title:
Kashf al-asrār fī hatk al-astār كشف الأسرار في هتك الأستار Iznīqī, ʻAlī Bak إزنيقي، علي بك
Scope & Content:
A work on alchemy, in an introduction (مقدمة), five sections (أقسام), and a conclusion (خاتمة) attributed to the semi-legendary figure ʻAlī Bak al-Iznīqī (علي بك الإزنيقي, d. 1609), also known as ʻAlī Çelebī ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn al-Ṣarūkhānī (علي جلبي علاء الدين الصروخاني). The copy was completed on 19...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19 Ramaḍān 1215
Extent:

Ff. 2v-89v

2. Add MS 23419, ff 90v-233v

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Add MS 23419, ff 90v-233v
Title:
Kitāb al-khawāṣṣ al-kabīr كتاب الخواص الكبير Jābir ibn Ḥayyān جابر بن حيان
Scope & Content:
Complete copy of a treatise attributed to the alchemist Abū Mūsá Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (أبو موسى جابر بن حيان), concerning the occult properties (خواصّ) of animals, plants and stones, chemistry and other related subjects. The copy was completed on 1 Shaʻbān 1215/18 December 1800 by an un-named scribe...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1 Shaʻbān 1215
Extent:
Ff. 90v-233v

3. Delhi Persian 861

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Delhi Persian 861
Title:
Miscellaneous works on alchemy, medicine, and genealogy, 8 items (a-h)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Persian
Date Range:
1769-1831
Extent:
205 ff.

4. Delhi Persian 1474

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Delhi Persian 1474
Title:
Miscellaneous works on alchemy, occult, and talismans, 13 items (a-m)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Persian
Date Range:
1774-1775
Extent:
125 ff.

5. Or 4041

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Or 4041
Title:
Kitāb al-khawāṣṣ al-kabīr كتاب الخواص الكبير Jābir ibn Ḥayyān جابر بن حيان
Scope & Content:
Treatise attributed to the alchemist Abū Mūsá Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (أبو موسى جابر بن حيان), concerning the occult properties (خواصّ) of animals, plants and stones, chemistry and other related subjects. For a resumé of the diverse subject matter see Kraus, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān. Contribution à l'histoire ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+99+ii

6. Or 8229

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Or 8229
Title:
Six alchemical texts Ṭughrāʼī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī طغرائي، الحسين بن علي
Scope & Content:
Collection of alchemical texts by the Seljuq chancellor (صاحب ديوان الإنشاء) and vizier, poet and alchemist Muʼayyad al-Dīn Abū Ismāʻīl al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī al-Ṭughrāʼī (مؤيد الدين أبو إسماعيل الحسين بن علي الطغرائي, d. 1121). The copy was produced by Darwīsh ʻAlī ibn Shams al-Dīn al-Kāẓimī (دروي...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1091
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+200+i

7. Or 13006

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Or 13006
Title:
Compendium of alchemical treatises in Arabic, Persian and Ottoman
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises two manuscripts. The first (ff. 3-112) was the notebook of Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī, who copied into it thirteen alchemical texts between 919 AH/AD 1513 and 925 AH/AD 1519, first at Fez and then at Damascus (see colophons on ff. 11r, 14r, 57r and 66r). The second (f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
919-1177
Extent:
Codex; ff. 159+i