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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14791
Title:: Three treatises on meteorological divination
Scope & Content:: Three treatises on the prediction of future events based on astronomical, meteorological and other natural phenomena. The contents of the volume are: (1) Fihrist Arisṭā[ṭā]līs (ff 1v-37r); (2) Treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel (ff 37r-64r); (3) Ramādī, Ibn M...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1295
Extent:: Codex; ff. i+69+i

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14791, ff 1v-37r
Title:: Fihrist Arisṭā[ṭā]līs Aristotle, Pseudo-
Scope & Content:: A treatise on meteorological divination attributed to Aristotle and perhaps related to the tradition of his Meteorologica (كتاب الأثار العلوية). Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-7): الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أثر و [!] المرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه أجمعين وبعد فهذا كتاب فهرست أرس...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1295
Extent:: ff. 1v-37r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14791, ff 37r-64r
Title:: Treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel
Scope & Content:: A treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel, divided into two parts: Part 1 (ff. 37r-48v); Part 2 ( فصل آخر على حكمة دانيال عليه السلام; ff. 48v-64r). Begins (f. 37r, lines 3-6) قال دانيال عليه السلام إذا أردت أنْ تعلم أحوال السنة من أولها إلى آخرها وما يحدث بها من...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1295
Extent:: ff. 37r-64r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14791, ff 64v-69v
Title:: ترصيد شهر المحرم المبارك Tarṣīd shaḥr al-Muḥarram al-mubārrak رمادي، ابن مراد Ramādī, Ibn Murād
Scope & Content:: A treatise on meteorological divination by Ibn Murād al-Ramādī. The manuscript was copied on 19 Ṣafar 1295 (22 February 1878) by an anonymous scribe from an autograph copy, dated 4 Muḥarram 1041 (2 August 1631; see colophon on f. 69v). Begins (f. 64v, lines 2-5): ... نبتدي بعون الله وتوفيقه ب...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1295
Extent:: ff. 64v-69v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15639
Title:: al-Qānūn al-waḍīḥ fī ‘ilm al-bayzarah القانون الواضح في علم البيزرة Waṭwāṭ, وطواط
Scope & Content:: Treatise on falconry focussing on the health and treatment of birds of prey attributed on the cover page (f. 1r) to al-Waṭwāṭ (الوطواط), presumably Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá (محمد بن إبراهيم بن يحى, d. 1318) the Mamluk bookseller and author of the encyclopedia of natural history Mab...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. i+42+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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 49/1(1)
Title:: 'Lord and Lady Curzon and Staff on the Tour [of the Persian Gulf].' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre/Subject Matter: Group portrait photograph taken on board ship in November 1903, during Lord and Lady Curzon’s Tour of the Persian Gulf. Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) and Lady Mary Victoria Curzon (1870-1906) sit at centre and immediately right ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Nov 1903
Extent:: 1 b&w silver gelatin print

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 49/1(2)
Title:: 'R.I.M.S. Hardinge accompanying Ships of the Royal East Indian Squadron.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre/Subject Matter: View showing R.I.M.S. Hardinge (at centre) accompanying ships of the Royal East Indian squadron on Lord Curzon's tour of the Persian Gulf in November 1903. At least seven craft – some steamers and at least one sailing boat – are visible along the horizon line. The precise ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Nov 1903
Extent:: 1 b&w silver gelatin print

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 49/1(3)
Title:: 'General View from R.I.M.S. Hardinge, Maskat.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre/Subject Matter: View of Muscat from on board R.I.M.S. Hardinge. This photograph was likely taken on or around 18 November 1903, the day that the fleet of ships participating in Lord Curzon’s tour of the Persian Gulf arrived at Muscat. Fort Al Jalali is visible along the horizon immediat...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18-19 Nov 1903
Extent:: 1 b&w silver gelatin print

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 49/1(4)
Title:: 'General View showing Inlet and Fort, Maskat.' Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre/Subject Matter: View from on board ship of Inlet (isthmus), between the rocky island that shelters the bay of Muscat and Fort Al-Jalali. This photograph was probably taken on or around 18 November 1903, the day that the vessels of Lord Curzon’s tour of the Persian Gulf arrived at Muscat. ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18-19 Nov 1903
Extent:: 1 b&w silver gelatin print

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