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1. Or 9265

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9265
Title:
Three treatises on archery and horsemanship
Scope & Content:
Three works on archery, horsemanship and military matters. The first two texts are by Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad al-Ṭabarī (أبو محمد عبد الرحمن أحمد الطبري, active ca 9th century), originator of the 'eclectic' (اختياري) approach to archery training which permitted the archer to recombine ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+118+i

2. Or 9265, ff 1r-55r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9265, ff 1r-55r
Title:
Kitāb al-shāmil fī al-ramy كتاب الشامل في الرمي Ṭabarī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad طبري، عبد الرحمن أحمد
Scope & Content:
Unique copy of the oldest surviving comprehensive treatise on military archery by Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad al-Ṭabarī (أبو محمد عبد الرحمن أحمد الطبري, active ca 9th century), missing the first part of the text. This treatise became a major source for subsequent furūsīyah texts. In nume...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
Ff. 1r-55r

3. Or 9265, ff 55r-96v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9265, ff 55r-96v
Title:
Kitāb al-wāḍiḥ fī al-ramy كتاب الواضح في الرمي Ṭabarī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad طبري، عبد الرحمن أحمد
Scope & Content:
A copy of a practical treatise on archery, very popular and widely-used especially in the Mamluk period, by Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad al-Ṭabarī (أبو محمد عبد الرحمن أحمد الطبري, active ca 9th century). The preface names the work (f. 55v, line 10) and mentions its structure in thirty bābs...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Ff. 55r-96v

4. Or 9265, ff 97r-118v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9265, ff 97r-118v
Title:
Untitled treatise on the arts of the lance and warfare Ṭabarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad طبري، عبد الرحمن أحمد
Scope & Content:
Incomplete text on horseback manoeuvres with the lance and general warfare (see f. 110v, lines 9-10: وقد ضمنت هذا الكتاب ما يوجب لمتعاطي الحرب...). A note on the volume's second flyleaf (ii-v) attributes this text to Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad al-Ṭabarī (أبو محمد عبد الرحمن أحمد الطبري, a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Ff. 96v-118v

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