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311. Or 14376

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14376
Title:
Kitāb fī ʿilm al-zardaqah كتاب في علم الزردقة Bayṭār, Abū Bakr ibn Mundhir بيطار، أبو بكر بن المنذر
Scope & Content:
Veterinary manual on the medical treatment of horses, consisting of a summary of the fifth and sixth chapters (مقالات) of the Kitāb kāmil al-ṣināʻatayn fī al-bayṭarah wa-al-zardaqah (كتاب كامل الصناعتين في البيطرة والزردقة), also known as Kāshif hamm al-wayl fī maʻrifat amrāḍ al-khayl (كاشف هم ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
2 Āb 1838
Extent:
Codex; ff. i+95+ii

312. Or 14791

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14791
Title:
Three treatises on meteorological divination
Scope & Content:
Three treatises on the prediction of future events based on astronomical, meteorological and other natural phenomena. The contents of the volume are: (1) Fihrist Arisṭā[ṭā]līs (ff 1v-37r); (2) Treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel (ff 37r-64r); (3) Ramādī, Ibn M...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1295
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+69+i

313. Or 15639

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15639
Title:
al-Qānūn al-waḍīḥ fī ‘ilm al-bayzarah القانون الواضح في علم البيزرة Waṭwāṭ, وطواط
Scope & Content:
Treatise on falconry focussing on the health and treatment of birds of prey attributed on the cover page (f. 1r) to al-Waṭwāṭ (الوطواط), presumably Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá (محمد بن إبراهيم بن يحى, d. 1318) the Mamluk bookseller and author of the encyclopedia of natural history Mab...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+42+i

314. Or 15643

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15643
Title:
Tuḥfat al-Fuḥūl fī tamhīd al-uṣūl fī ‘ilm al-biḥār تحفة الفحول في تمهيد الأصول في علم البحار Mahrī, Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad مهري، سليمان بن أحمد
Scope & Content:
A manual on the principles of navigational theory by Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān al-Mahrī (سليمان بن أحمد بن سليمان المهري, fl. 16th century), here called al-Muḥammadī (المحمدي), an Indian Ocean navigator from the city of al-Shiḥr (الشحر), Yemen. The treatise is arranged in seven parts (أبوا...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15 Jumādá II 1153
Extent:

Codex; ff. 5+i

315. Photo 112

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 112
Title:
Visit of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to England
Scope & Content:
Two official photographs of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr, during his visit to England in 1938. The photographs were taken on April 1 and April 4 respectively. The visit was part of the Sultan’s world tour 1937–38. Each photograph was taken by a separate press agency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
2 loose, unmounted, b&w photographs with captions on reverse.

316. Photo 174

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174
Title:
Album: 'Views of Mecca and Medina' by H. A. Mirza & Sons, Photographers
Scope & Content:
The album contains historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, which relate to a South Asian Muslim perspective of the hadj. Contents: 1 'Picture of the Tents of the Turks' 2 'Picture of the Sanctuary of Medina the Radiant' 3 'Picture of the City of Mecca the Grea...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:
13 b/w photographic prints within blue card mounts, bound into one volume

317. Photo 392

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 392
Title:
Stein Collection
Scope & Content:
Photo 392/1 47 prints Album A.2: 'Kashmir 1895, Punjab 1890-91.' Photo 392/2 48 Prints Album A.3: 'Kashmir 1891, Aug.' Photo 392/3 46 prints Album A.4: 'Kashmir 1891, Sept.' Photo 392/4 48 prints Album A.5: 'Kashmir 1891, Sept. 1892, Aug.' Photo 392/5 47 prints Album A.6: 'Punjab 1892.' Pho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890-1939
Extent:
1191 slides, 3202 negatives, 7841 photographic prints

318. Photo 430

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 430
Title:
Curzon Collection
Scope & Content:
Collection of eighty-nine albums and batches of prints recording the career of George Nathaniel Curzon (1859-1925), 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1899–1905. Elements Photo 430/1 141 prints Album, Eton photographs, 1876-78. Photo 430/2 94 prints Album, 'Afghan War 1878-7...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1904
Extent:
89 albums of photographic and other material

319. ST 393

Reference (shelfmark):
ST 393
Title:
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society
Scope & Content:
The Transactions cover the following geographic regions: India, the Middle East (especially Arabia and the Persian Gulf), East Africa (including Zanzibar), and Japan. The subjects covered by the Transactions include the following: geography; meteorology; languages; travel and exploration; histo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, German, Kanarese, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1836-1873
Extent:
20 volumes (approximately 6245 pages)

320. WD1348

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1348
Title:
'From Calcutta to Bombay (by B. I. steamer).' By: Kate Toynbee (fl. 1879-80)
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains landscape views of locations along the Indian coast from Calcutta to Bombay, as well as at Aden and along the Red Sea coast. The watercolour drawings are rendered directly onto watercolour paper and captioned in ink, usually on the verso of the preceding...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1879-Jan 1880
Extent:
Album of 29 drawings of views along the Indian coast from Calcutta to Bombay, and of views in Bihar, Calcutta, Aden and Suez.

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