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111. 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

112. IO Islamic 4419, ff 1r-59v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4419, ff 1r-59v
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
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the construction and use of over twenty astronomical instruments by ‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Bīrjandī (عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين البيرجندي, d. 923/1525 or 26). At the end of the text, al-Bīrjandī explains that he took the descriptions of the construction and use of all...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
2 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1066
Extent:

Ff. 1r-59v

113. IO Islamic 4419, ff 68r-77r, 61r-67r, 79v-106r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4419, ff 68r-77r, 61r-67r, 79v-106r
Title:
Risālat mukhtaṣarah shāmilah kayfīyat inshāʾ al-jadwal wa-istikhrāj aʿmālihi رسالة مختصرة شاملة كيفية إنشاء الجدول واستخراج أعماله
Scope & Content:
Anonymous treatise on the construction and use of the sine quadrant (الربع المجيّب). The copy was completed at Hyderabad Deccan on 18 Ramaḍān 1066/30 June 1656 (see colophon, f. 67r, line 15, transcribed below) Qubād ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Ḥārithī al-Badakhshī (قباد بن عبد الجليل الحارثي البدخشي...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18 Ramaḍān 1066
Extent:

Ff. 68r-77r, 61r-67r, 79v-106r

114. 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

115. IOR/R/15/2/1329

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1329
Title:
File 8/2 B Liquor for other Consulates and Agencies
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the British Political Agency in Bahrain and other British consulates and agencies in Kuwait, Bandar ‘Abbās, Khorramshahr, Muscat, Sharjah and Bushire regarding the supply and distribution of alcohol to British officials. The file includes requests for alcohol permits, bank ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1945-4 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (205 folios)

116. Or 6670

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6670
Title:
Three Medical Treatises by Galen (جالينوس)
Scope & Content:
A copy of three medical treatises by the extremely influential Graeco-Roman physician Galen (Claudius Galenus of Pergamon, 129-c 200). The Greek texts were translated by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī, and the texts preserved here are probably his Arabic versions (see colophon of Item 2, f. 142v, li...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
580
Extent:
Codex; ff. ii+191+ii

117. Or 6670, ff 2v-82r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6670, ff 2v-82r
Title:
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī al-Buḥrānكتاب جالينوس في البحران Galen (Jālīnūs) جالينوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic translation, probably by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (c 809-873; see colophon of Item 2, f. 142v, line 8), of Galen’s (Claudius Galenus of Pergamum, 129- c 200) treatise on crises, De crisibus libri III. The manuscript was completed in Damascus 580 AH/AD 1184 by Ibrāhīm ibn Naṣr ibn Ibrā...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
580
Extent:
ff. 2v-82r

118. Or 6670, ff 82v-142v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6670, ff 82v-142v
Title:
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī ayyām al-Buḥrānكتاب جالينوس في أيام البحران Galen (Jālīnūs) جالينوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic translation, probably by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (c 809-873; see colophon, f. 142v, line 8, transcribed below), of Galen’s (Claudius Galenus of Pergamum, 129- c 200) treatise on critical days, De diebus decretoriis libri III (Περὶ κρισίμων ἡμερῶν βιβλία γ΄; أيام البحران). The manuscrip...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
580
Extent:
ff. 82v-142v

119. Or 6670, ff 143v-191v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6670, ff 143v-191v
Title:
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī aṣnāf al-ḥummayyāt كتاب جالينوس في أصناف الحميّات Galen (Jālīnūs) جالينوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic translation, probably by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (c 809-873; see colophon of Item 2, f. 142v, line 8), of Galen’s (Claudius Galenus of Pergamum, 129- c 200) treatise on the differences between fevers, De differentiis febrium libri II. The manuscript was completed in Damascus, 580 AH/AD...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
580
Extent:

ff. 143v-191v

120. Photo 174(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(1)
Title:
Picture of the Tents of the Turks. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the tents of the Ottoman Turkish troops at their camp at Medina. Despite the apparently secular nature of the subject, and the fact that the camp does not depict a stopping-off point on the hadj, the laudatory poetry and prose makes clear the relevance of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount