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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Navigation, Early works to 1800 Digitised Content Yes (available)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 2920
Title:: Nautical almanac
Scope & Content:: Nautical almanac containing tables, diagrams and short texts useful for navigation in the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea. A concise overview of the navigational methods discussed, without reference to this manuscript, can be found in Yacoub Yusuf al-Hijji, 'Arab Navigational Methods aft...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1260
Extent:: Codex; ff. ii+17+i+60+ix+1+i+21+vi+2+iv+23+i+1+i

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15643
Title:: Tuḥfat al-Fuḥūl fī tamhīd al-uṣūl fī ‘ilm al-biḥār تحفة الفحول في تمهيد الأصول في علم البحار Mahrī, Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad مهري، سليمان بن أحمد
Scope & Content:: A manual on the principles of navigational theory by Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān al-Mahrī (سليمان بن أحمد بن سليمان المهري, fl. 16th century), here called al-Muḥammadī (المحمدي), an Indian Ocean navigator from the city of al-Shiḥr (الشحر), Yemen. The treatise is arranged in seven parts (أبوا...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 15 Jumādá II 1153
Extent:: Codex; ff. 5+i

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