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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

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14791, ff 1v-37r
Title:: Fihrist Arisṭā[ṭā]līs Aristotle, Pseudo-
Scope & Content:: A treatise on meteorological divination attributed to Aristotle and perhaps related to the tradition of his Meteorologica (كتاب الأثار العلوية). Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-7): الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أثر و [!] المرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه أجمعين وبعد فهذا كتاب فهرست أرس...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1295
Extent:: ff. 1v-37r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14791, ff 37r-64r
Title:: Treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel
Scope & Content:: A treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel, divided into two parts: Part 1 (ff. 37r-48v); Part 2 ( فصل آخر على حكمة دانيال عليه السلام; ff. 48v-64r). Begins (f. 37r, lines 3-6) قال دانيال عليه السلام إذا أردت أنْ تعلم أحوال السنة من أولها إلى آخرها وما يحدث بها من...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1295
Extent:: ff. 37r-64r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14791, ff 64v-69v
Title:: ترصيد شهر المحرم المبارك Tarṣīd shaḥr al-Muḥarram al-mubārrak رمادي، ابن مراد Ramādī, Ibn Murād
Scope & Content:: A treatise on meteorological divination by Ibn Murād al-Ramādī. The manuscript was copied on 19 Ṣafar 1295 (22 February 1878) by an anonymous scribe from an autograph copy, dated 4 Muḥarram 1041 (2 August 1631; see colophon on f. 69v). Begins (f. 64v, lines 2-5): ... نبتدي بعون الله وتوفيقه ب...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1295
Extent:: ff. 64v-69v

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 49/1(1)
Title:: 'Lord and Lady Curzon and Staff on the Tour [of the Persian Gulf].' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre/Subject Matter: Group portrait photograph taken on board ship in November 1903, during Lord and Lady Curzon’s Tour of the Persian Gulf. Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) and Lady Mary Victoria Curzon (1870-1906) sit at centre and immediately right ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Nov 1903
Extent:: 1 b&w silver gelatin print

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 49/1(2)
Title:: 'R.I.M.S. Hardinge accompanying Ships of the Royal East Indian Squadron.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre/Subject Matter: View showing R.I.M.S. Hardinge (at centre) accompanying ships of the Royal East Indian squadron on Lord Curzon's tour of the Persian Gulf in November 1903. At least seven craft – some steamers and at least one sailing boat – are visible along the horizon line. The precise ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Nov 1903
Extent:: 1 b&w silver gelatin print

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 392/37
Title:: Stein Collection: Albums A.85–92. Punjab, Iran and Swat, 1931–33
Scope & Content:: Eight albums containing a total of 492 prints, covering the following subjects: Prints 1–77 Expedition to Jhelum District, Punjab, November 1931-January 1932 Prints 78–254 First Expedition to Iran, January-May 1932 Prints 255–394 Second Expedition to Iran, November 1932-May 1933 Prints 395–4...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931-1933
Extent:: 492 photographic prints

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