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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Bayezid II, Sultan of Turkey, Ottoman sultan, 1447 or 1448-1512 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. Add MS 7515

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Add MS 7515
Title:
Kitāb fī al-shaṭranj wa-manṣūbātihi wa-mulaḥih كتاب في الشطرنج ومنصوباته وملحه
Scope & Content:
Anonymous handbook on chess, dealing with its legality, origins, symbolism, classes of players, poetry in praise of chess, poetry to be recited at various stages of play, and chess techniques. The sections on techniques cover chess problems (منصوبات), openings (تعبيات) and puzzles (مخارق). For a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
6 Jumādá II 655
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+132+i

2. Add MS 18866

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Add MS 18866
Title:
نهاية السؤل والامنية في تعلم أعمال الفروسية Nihāyat al-su’l wa-al-umnīyah fī ta‘allum a‘māl al-furūsīyah أقسرائي، محمد بن عيسى Aqsarā’ī, Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá ibn Ismā‘īl al-Ḥanafī
Scope & Content:
A Mamluk manual on horsemanship, military arts and technology by Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá ibn Ismā‘īl al-Aqsarā’ī (محمد بن عيسى بن إسماعيل الأقسرائي ; d. 1348, Damascus). The manuscript was completed on 10 Muḥarram 773 (25 July 1371) by the scribe Aḥmad ibn ‘Umar ibn Aḥmad al-Miṣrī (see colophon on f. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
10 Muḥarram 773
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+292+ii

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