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1. Delhi Arabic 1919

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1919
Title:
Folios from four manuscripts on scientific subjects
Scope & Content:
Collection of unbound folios comprising four codicological units. Contents: (1) Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (أبو البركات البغدادي), Risālah fī sabab ẓuhūr al-kawākib laylan wa-khafā’ihā nahāran (رسالة في سبب ظهور الكواكب ليلًا وخفائها نهارًا; ff. 1v-3v); (2) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي), Treatise on heat ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
17th-19th century
Extent:

Codex [without binding]; ff. 10+ii

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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