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1. Delhi Arabic 994 vol 1, ff 1-264

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 994 vol 1, ff 1-264
Title:
Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn كشاف اصطلاحات الفنون Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʻAlī تهانوي، محمد أعلى بن علي
Scope & Content:
Volume one of an encyclopaedia of technical terminology for self-teaching by the Mughal scholar Muḥammad Aʻlá ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Qāḍī Muḥammad Ḥāmid ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣābir al-Fārūqī al-Tahānawī (محمد أعلى بن علي بن القاضي محمد حامد بن محمد بن صابر الفاروقي التهانوي, d. after 1745). The text begins...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. ix+264+iii

2. Delhi Arabic 994 vol 2, ff 265-568

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 994 vol 2, ff 265-568
Title:
Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn كشاف اصطلاحات الفنون Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʻAlī تهانوي، محمد أعلى بن علي
Scope & Content:
Volume two of an encyclopaedia of technical terminology for self-teaching by the Mughal scholar Muḥammad Aʻlá ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Qāḍī Muḥammad Ḥāmid ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣābir al-Fārūqī al-Tahānawī (محمد أعلى بن علي بن القاضي محمد حامد بن محمد بن صابر الفاروقي التهانوي, d. after 1745). The foliation i...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. xi+304+iii

3. Delhi Arabic 1665, ff 1v-7r

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1665, ff 1v-7r
Title:
Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-rubʿ al-mujayyab رسالة في العمل بالربع المجيب Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad سبط المارديني، بدر الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise in 12 bābs on the use of the sine quadrant (ربع المجيب) by Badr al-Dīn Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Shāfi‘ī al-Miṣrī al-Dimashqī (بدر الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن محمد بن أحمد الشافعي المصري الدمشقي, b. 1423), known as Sibṭ al-Māridīnī (سبط المارديني), timekeeper (موق...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 17th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-7r

4. Delhi Arabic 1665, ff 7v-39v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1665, ff 7v-39v
Title:
[Kitāb al-asṭurlāb كتاب الأسطرلاب] Kūshyār ibn Labbān كوشيار بن لبان
Scope & Content:
A treatise in four chapters (fuṣūl) on the use and construction of the astrolabe, by Kūshyār ibn Labbān al-Jīlī (كوشيار بن لبان بن باشهري بن الجيلي, fl. 961). The text contains three diagrams (ff. 34r, 23v and 24v) and three tables: Solar declination to north and south (جدول الدرجات في الشمال ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 17th century
Extent:

Ff. 7v-39v

5. Delhi Arabic 1897, ff 1r-124v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1897, ff 1r-124v
Title:
Sharḥ mukhtaṣar al-Shaykh Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Mūsá al-Khwārizmī fī al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah شرح مختصر الشيخ أبي بكر محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي في الجبر والمقابلة Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad خزاعي، محمد بن أحمد
Scope & Content:
Commentary by Jamāl al-Dīn Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ʿUmar al-Khuzāʿī (جمال الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد بن عمر الخزاعي, fl. 13th century) on the Compendium of Algebra (كتاب المختصر في الجبر والمقابلة) by Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Mūsá al-Khwārizmī (أبو جعفر محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي, d. c...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
30 Rabī‘ II 1036
Extent:

Ff. 1r-124v

6. Delhi Arabic 1897, ff 125v-130v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1897, ff 125v-130v
Title:
Kitāb al-inshā’ fī ‘ilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah كتاب الإنشاء في علم الجبر والمقابلة Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad خزاعي، محمد بن أحمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise on practical examples of the use of algebra in inheritance calculations by Jamāl al-Dīn Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ‘Umar al-Khuzā‘ī (جمال الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد بن عمر الخزاعي). The title of the treatise does not appear in this manuscript. Begins (f. 125v, lines 2-7): ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1036
Extent:

Ff. 125v-130v

7. Delhi Arabic 1897, ff 130v-132v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1897, ff 130v-132v
Title:
Excerpt on magic squares (عدد الوفق) Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad خزاعي، محمد بن أحمد and other short extracts and notes (فوائد)
Scope & Content:
Excerpt from a text discussing the construction (إملاء) of magic squares (عدد الوفق) by Jamāl al-Dīn Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ‘Umar al-Khuzā‘ī (جمال الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد بن عمر الخزاعي). The treatise from which this text is an excerpt may be al-Khuzā‘ī's Introduction to Arith...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
2 Jumādá I 1036
Extent:

Ff. 130v-132v

8. Delhi Arabic 1919, f 10v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1919, f 10v
Title:
Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb خلاصة الحساب ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a popular textbook of arithmetic by Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي, d. 1621). 　 Begins (f. 10v, lines 3-4): نحمدك يا من لا يحيط بجمع نعمه عدد ولا ينتهي تضاعف قسمه إلى أمد ونصلي على سيّدنا محمد Ends (f. 10v, line 9): وسمو مكانه ورشاقة...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

F. 10v

9. Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 1v-3v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 1v-3v
Title:
Risālah fī sabab ẓuhūr al-kawākib laylan wa-khafā’ihā nahāran رسالة في سبب ظهور الكواكب ليلًا وخفائها نهارًا Abū al-Barakāt Hibat Allāh ibn ʻAlī أبو البركات هبة الله بن علي
Scope & Content:
Treatise on astronomy by Abū al-Barakāt Hibat Allāh ([ibn] ‘Alī) ibn Malkā al-Baghdādī al-Baladī (أبو البركات هبة الله [(بن) علي] بن ملكا البغدادي البلدي) written for the Seljuq sultan Muḥammad Tapar ibn Malikshāh (محمد تبر بن ملكشاه, reg. 1105-18). Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-6): وبعد حمد الله وال...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-3v

10. Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 4v-7r

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 4v-7r
Title:
Treatise on heat Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين الطوسي, d. 1274) written in answer to a question posed by Najm al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (نجم الدين علي بن عمر القزويني الكاتبي, d. 1276) about the actions of heat according Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, d. 1037). No title is given. 　 Begins ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Ff. 4v-7r