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1. Or 2920

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

2. Or 15643

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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