121. IO Islamic 2171
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122. IO Islamic 2274
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 2274
- Title:
- Anonymous fragment on medicine
- Scope & Content:
- A fragment of a medical text. A note on the first flyleaf (f. i-r) attributes authorship to one Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāʾigh Ḥanafī (أحمد بن محمد بن صائغ حنفي), and the text makes reference to the authority of the 'Chief Shaykh' (الشيخ الرئيس, i.e., Ibn Sīnā [ابن سينا, d. 1037]), also invoking...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. i+32+i
123. IO Islamic 3810
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 3810
- Title:
- al-Mughnī fī tadbīr al-amrāḍ wa-maʿrifat al-ʿilal wa-al-aʿrāḍ المغني في تدبير الأمراض ومعرفة العلل والأعراض Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn سعيد بن هبة الله بن الحسين
- Scope & Content:
- Concise handbook of medicine by Abū al-Ḥasan Sa‘īd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn (أبو الحسن سعيد بن هبة الله بن الحسين; d. 1101), personal physician to the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadī (المقتدي, reg. 1075-94) to whom this work is dedicated (f. 3v, line 9). The title of the text is often abbreviated...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic and Syriac, Classical
- Date Range:
- 19 Jumādá II 567
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. ii+108+ii
124. IO Islamic 3811
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 3811
- Title:
- Maqālat khalq al-insān مقالة خلق الإنسان Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn سعيد بن هبة الله بن الحسين
- Scope & Content:
- Treatise on embryology, obstetrics, paediatrics and psychology by Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn (أبو الحسن بن هبة الله بن الحسين; d. 1101), personal physician to the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadī (المقتدي, reg. 1075-94). The text is divided into fifty chapters (أبواب), and ff. 1r-4v co...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 16 Rajab 611
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. ii+121+iv
125. IO Islamic 4419
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4419
- Title:
- Mukhtaṣar fī ṣanʿat baʿḍ al-ālāt al-raṣadīyah wa-al-ʿamal bihā مختصر في صنعة بعض الآلات الرصدية والعمل بها Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين and Risālat mukhtaṣarah shāmilah kayfīyat inshāʾ al-jadwal wa-istikhrāj aʿmālihi رسالة مختصرة شاملة كيفية إنشاء الجدول واستخراج أعماله
- Scope & Content:
- Two treatises on the construction and use of astronomical instruments. The manuscript was copied at Hyderabad Deccan in 1066/1656 for Qubād ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Ḥārithī al-Badakhshī (قباد بن عبد الجليل الحارثي البدخشي, d. 1083/1672-3), later known by the honorific title Diyānat Khān (ديانت خان,...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
- Date Range:
- 18 Ramadan 1066-2 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1066
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. iii+106+ii
126. IO Islamic 4608
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4608
- Title:
- Kitāb al-ʿamalīyāt al-jarrāḥīyah كتاب العمليات الجراحية anonymous
- Scope & Content:
- Anonymous handbook of surgical practice. The title appears on the cover of the volume (f. 1r) as the Book of Surgical Operations (كتاب العمليات الجراحية), but is given in table of contents (ff. 1v-4r, on f. 1v, line 1) as Blazes of Success Concerning the Surgeon’s Operations (كتاب غرر النجاح في...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. 216
127. Mss Eur A230
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur A230
- Title:
- Shakespear, William Henry Irvine: diary of journey across central Arabia
- Scope & Content:
- A diary written by Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear recording his journey across Arabia in 1914. The volume consists of: folios 2-14: 'Accounts of Journey into Central Arabia. February, March, April, May 1914': statements of expenses incurred on the journey; folio 19: a note of the altit...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1914
- Extent:
- 1 volume (328 folios)
128. 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
129. 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
130. 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
