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1. Add MS 9690

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Add MS 9690
Title:
Kitāb al-ishārāt fī ʿilm al-ʿibārāt كتاب الإشارات في علم العبارات Ibn Shāhīn, Khalīl ابن شاهين، خليل
Scope & Content:
Manual of dream interpretation in eighty chapters (أبواب) by the mamluk historian Ghars al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Shāhīn al-Ẓāhirī (غرس الدين خليل بن شاهين الظاهري, d. 1468). A list of the chapters with their title and the folio on which they begin is given on ff. 4v-6v On the title page (f. 2r) and on...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+278+ii

2. Add MS 23409

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Title:
Kitāb al-‘umdah fī ṣinā‘at al-jirāḥah كتاب العمدة في صناعة الجراحة Ibn al-Quff, Abū al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qūb ibn Isḥāq ابن القف ,أبو الفرج بن يعقوب بن إسحاق
Scope & Content:
A general introduction to the the art of surgery 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; 630/1233-685/1286). The treatise it thought to be the earliest Arabic text devoted to surgery. It comprises twenty chapters (مقالات,...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1052
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+131+iv

3. Add MS 45158 A

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Add MS 45158 A
Title:
‘Diary of Gertrude Bell, 1911.’
Scope & Content:
The first of two oblong duodecimo volumes containing abbreviated notes recorded by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, during the course of a journey through Syria, Turkey and Iraq, from Damascus to Aleppo via Baghdad. The volume covers the period 9 February to 18 April 1911, covering Bell’s depart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1911-18 Apr 1911
Extent:
1 volume (33 folios)

4. Add MS 45158 A-C

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Add MS 45158 A-C
Title:
Oblong duodecimo notebooks, map and list of buildings, belonging to Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell
Scope & Content:
two volumes of notes, made on a trip from Damascus via Baghdad to Aleppo in 1911 (Add MS 45158 A-B) a map of the locations of villages in western Syria, possibly dating from 1905, and an undated list of buildings for David George Hogarth (Add MS 45158 C)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Ancient, and Syriac
Date Range:
1905-1911
Extent:
3 items (72 folios)

5. Add MS 45158 B

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Add MS 45158 B
Title:
‘Diary of Gertrude Bell, 1911.’
Scope & Content:
The second of two oblong duodecimo volumes containing abbreviated notes recorded by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, during the course of a journey through Syria, Turkey and Iraq, from Damascus to Aleppo via Baghdad. The volume covers the period 19 April to 23 May 1911, covering the journey from...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Ancient, and Syriac
Date Range:
19 Apr 1911-23 May 1911
Extent:
1 volume (37 folios)

6. Add MS 45158 C

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Add MS 45158 C
Title:
Map of the area west of Ma‘arrat an Nu‘mān, Syria; list of buildings for Dr David George Hogarth
Scope & Content:
Map of the area west of Ma‘arrat an Nu‘mān, Syria (f 1), and handwritten list of buildings, created by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, for which plans and notes were required by David George Hogarth (f 2). The list includes: Qasr al-Azarak [Qasr Azraq], Qasr al-Amra [Qasr Amra], Qasr al-Kharane...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

7. DEL IOR/L/PS/10/812/1, f 35

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DEL IOR/L/PS/10/812/1, f 35
Title:
Map of Railways and Main Roads in Persia and Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
A Stanford Geographical Establishment map of existing railways, projected railways, and main roads in Persia and Mesopotamia, with additional roads connecting Kasr-i Shirin [Qasr-i Shirin] to Senna [Sahneh], Tabriz, Resht [Rasht], and Meshed [Mashhad] marked in blue pencil
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1920
Extent:
I item(1 folio)

8. IO Islamic 1249, ff 1v-35r

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IO Islamic 1249, ff 1v-35r
Title:
تحرير كتاب المعطيات لأقليدس Taḥrīr kitāb al-mu‘tīyāt li-Uqlīdis Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Data (Δεδομένα; كتاب المعطيات) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The text was translated by Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (إسحق بن حنين; d. ca 910), revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901) and is presented here in the edition (تحرير) o...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 1v-35r

9. IOR/F/4/35/901

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IOR/F/4/35/901
Title:
Company's Broker at Muscat allowed a salary of 100 rupees per month
Scope & Content:
This item consists of extracts from letters from the Secretary to the Governor-General regarding the request from the East India Company's Broker at Muscat to allow the import of salt from Muscat to Bangal [Bengal]. In addition, the letter mentions some information regarding French and Dutch mer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1796-31 Jul 1797
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

10. IOR/F/4/92/1850

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IOR/F/4/92/1850
Title:
'Muscat: Captain D. Seton appointed Resident to the Imaun vice Mr Bogle deceased'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of extracts of correspondence and other papers relating to the appointment of British officials at Muscat and relations with the Imam of Muscat more generally. The extracts mostly concern the appointment of Captain David Seton as Resident in Muscat, including his instructions ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1800-10 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (18 folios)

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