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512. IO Islamic 2171, ff 366r-368v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 2171, ff 366r-368v
- Title:
- Two lists of weights and measures
- Scope & Content:
- Names and definitions of various weights and measures, following Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, 980-1037; ff. 366r-366v, line 1). This is followed by a similar list, alphabetically arranged and taken from a text...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
-
Ff. 366r-368v
513. IO Islamic 2274
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 2274
- Title:
- Anonymous fragment on medicine
- Scope & Content:
- A fragment of a medical text. A note on the first flyleaf (f. i-r) attributes authorship to one Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāʾigh Ḥanafī (أحمد بن محمد بن صائغ حنفي), and the text makes reference to the authority of the 'Chief Shaykh' (الشيخ الرئيس, i.e., Ibn Sīnā [ابن سينا, d. 1037]), also invoking...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. i+32+i
514. IO Islamic 3810
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 3810
- Title:
- al-Mughnī fī tadbīr al-amrāḍ wa-maʿrifat al-ʿilal wa-al-aʿrāḍ المغني في تدبير الأمراض ومعرفة العلل والأعراض Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn سعيد بن هبة الله بن الحسين
- Scope & Content:
- Concise handbook of medicine by Abū al-Ḥasan Sa‘īd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn (أبو الحسن سعيد بن هبة الله بن الحسين; d. 1101), personal physician to the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadī (المقتدي, reg. 1075-94) to whom this work is dedicated (f. 3v, line 9). The title of the text is often abbreviated...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic and Syriac, Classical
- Date Range:
- 19 Jumādá II 567
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. ii+108+ii
515. IO Islamic 3811
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 3811
- Title:
- Maqālat khalq al-insān مقالة خلق الإنسان Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn سعيد بن هبة الله بن الحسين
- Scope & Content:
- Treatise on embryology, obstetrics, paediatrics and psychology by Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn (أبو الحسن بن هبة الله بن الحسين; d. 1101), personal physician to the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadī (المقتدي, reg. 1075-94). The text is divided into fifty chapters (أبواب), and ff. 1r-4v co...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 16 Rajab 611
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. ii+121+iv
516. IO Islamic 4419
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4419
- Title:
- Mukhtaṣar fī ṣanʿat baʿḍ al-ālāt al-raṣadīyah wa-al-ʿamal bihā مختصر في صنعة بعض الآلات الرصدية والعمل بها Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين and Risālat mukhtaṣarah shāmilah kayfīyat inshāʾ al-jadwal wa-istikhrāj aʿmālihi رسالة مختصرة شاملة كيفية إنشاء الجدول واستخراج أعماله
- Scope & Content:
- Two treatises on the construction and use of astronomical instruments. The manuscript was copied at Hyderabad Deccan in 1066/1656 for Qubād ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Ḥārithī al-Badakhshī (قباد بن عبد الجليل الحارثي البدخشي, d. 1083/1672-3), later known by the honorific title Diyānat Khān (ديانت خان,...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
- Date Range:
- 18 Ramadan 1066-2 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1066
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. iii+106+ii
517. IO Islamic 4419, ff 1r-59v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4419, ff 1r-59v
- Title:
- Mukhtaṣar fī ṣanʿat baʿḍ al-ālāt al-raṣadīyah wa-al-ʿamal bihā مختصر في صنعة بعض الآلات الرصدية والعمل بها Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين
- Scope & Content:
- Treatise on the construction and use of over twenty astronomical instruments by ‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Bīrjandī (عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين البيرجندي, d. 923/1525 or 26). At the end of the text, al-Bīrjandī explains that he took the descriptions of the construction and use of all...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
- Date Range:
- 2 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1066
- Extent:
-
Ff. 1r-59v
518. IO Islamic 4419, ff 68r-77r, 61r-67r, 79v-106r
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4419, ff 68r-77r, 61r-67r, 79v-106r
- Title:
- Risālat mukhtaṣarah shāmilah kayfīyat inshāʾ al-jadwal wa-istikhrāj aʿmālihi رسالة مختصرة شاملة كيفية إنشاء الجدول واستخراج أعماله
- Scope & Content:
- Anonymous treatise on the construction and use of the sine quadrant (الربع المجيّب). The copy was completed at Hyderabad Deccan on 18 Ramaḍān 1066/30 June 1656 (see colophon, f. 67r, line 15, transcribed below) Qubād ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Ḥārithī al-Badakhshī (قباد بن عبد الجليل الحارثي البدخشي...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 18 Ramaḍān 1066
- Extent:
-
Ff. 68r-77r, 61r-67r, 79v-106r
519. IO Islamic 4608
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4608
- Title:
- Kitāb al-ʿamalīyāt al-jarrāḥīyah كتاب العمليات الجراحية anonymous
- Scope & Content:
- Anonymous handbook of surgical practice. The title appears on the cover of the volume (f. 1r) as the Book of Surgical Operations (كتاب العمليات الجراحية), but is given in table of contents (ff. 1v-4r, on f. 1v, line 1) as Blazes of Success Concerning the Surgeon’s Operations (كتاب غرر النجاح في...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. 216
520. IOR/F/4/35/901
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/35/901
- Title:
- Company's Broker at Muscat allowed a salary of 100 rupees per month
- Scope & Content:
- This item consists of extracts from letters from the Secretary to the Governor-General regarding the request from the East India Company's Broker at Muscat to allow the import of salt from Muscat to Bangal [Bengal]. In addition, the letter mentions some information regarding French and Dutch mer...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 30 Sep 1796-31 Jul 1797
- Extent:
- 1 item (9 folios)
