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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Alchemy--Early works to 1800 Digitised Content No

1. Add MS 23419, ff 2v-89v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23419, ff 2v-89v
Title:
Kashf al-asrār fī hatk al-astār كشف الأسرار في هتك الأستار Iznīqī, ʻAlī Bak إزنيقي، علي بك
Scope & Content:
A work on alchemy, in an introduction (مقدمة), five sections (أقسام), and a conclusion (خاتمة) attributed to the semi-legendary figure ʻAlī Bak al-Iznīqī (علي بك الإزنيقي, d. 1609), also known as ʻAlī Çelebī ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn al-Ṣarūkhānī (علي جلبي علاء الدين الصروخاني). The copy was completed on 19...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19 Ramaḍān 1215
Extent:

Ff. 2v-89v

2. Add MS 23419, ff 90v-233v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23419, ff 90v-233v
Title:
Kitāb al-khawāṣṣ al-kabīr كتاب الخواص الكبير Jābir ibn Ḥayyān جابر بن حيان
Scope & Content:
Complete copy of a treatise attributed to the alchemist Abū Mūsá Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (أبو موسى جابر بن حيان), concerning the occult properties (خواصّ) of animals, plants and stones, chemistry and other related subjects. The copy was completed on 1 Shaʻbān 1215/18 December 1800 by an un-named scribe...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1 Shaʻbān 1215
Extent:
Ff. 90v-233v

3. Or 8229

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8229
Title:
Six alchemical texts Ṭughrāʼī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī طغرائي، الحسين بن علي
Scope & Content:
Collection of alchemical texts by the Seljuq chancellor (صاحب ديوان الإنشاء) and vizier, poet and alchemist Muʼayyad al-Dīn Abū Ismāʻīl al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī al-Ṭughrāʼī (مؤيد الدين أبو إسماعيل الحسين بن علي الطغرائي, d. 1121). The copy was produced by Darwīsh ʻAlī ibn Shams al-Dīn al-Kāẓimī (دروي...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1091
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+200+i