Project / Collection: Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme / Subject: Chivalry--Early works to 1800 / Name: Kindī, philosopher, d c 873 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Chivalry--Early works to 1800 Name Kindī, philosopher, d c 873

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7514
Title:: Treatise on swordmanship, archery and other military skills [Dhikr al-ʿamal bi-al-sayf] [ذكر العمل بالسيف]
Scope & Content:: Anonymous compendium on military technologies and skills. The manuscript is defective at the beginning and the author's name is unknown. The assumed title 'On Using the Sword' (ذكر العمل بالسف) is taken from a heading on f. 1r. The copy was completed on 9 Rabī' I 739/24 September 1338 by an ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 9 Rabī' al-Awwal 739
Extent:: Codex; ff. iii+65+iii

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23487
Title:: Kitāb al-sūl wa-al-umnīyah fī taʿallum aʻmāl al-furūsīyah كتاب السول والأمنية في تعلم أعمال الفروسية [Aqsarā’ī, Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsá أقسرائي، محمد بن عيسى]
Scope & Content:: A Mamluk manual on horsemanship, military arts and technology, also known as Nihāyat al-sūl wa-al-umnīyah fī taʿlīm ʿamal al-furūsiyya (نهاية السول والأمنية في تعليم عمل الفروسية), attributed to Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá ibn Ismā‘īl al-Ḥanafī al-Aqsarā’ī (أقسرائي، محمد بن عيسى بن اسماعيل) (died c.1349)....
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20 Shaʿbān 785
Extent:: Codex; ff. iv+166+iv; f. 1 missing.

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