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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Delhi Arabic 1925

1. Delhi Arabic 1925

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1925
Title:
Two treatises on the sizes and distances of the celestial bodies
Scope & Content:
Composite manuscript; folios 1-14 and 15-25 were originally two separate manuscripts, and were written on different papers by different copyists. Front flyleaf i was a pastedown, and was detached from the inside right board (front-i) during conservation work to reveal the inscriptions of H. Wat...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th-18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+26+i

2. Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 1r-14r

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 1r-14r
Title:
Sullam al-samāʾ (al-Risālah al-kamālīyah) سلم السماء (الرسالة الكمالية) Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd كاشي، جمشيد بن مسعود
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the sizes and distances of the celestial bodies by Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd al-Kāshī (غياث الدين جمشيد بن مسعود بن محمود الكاشي, d. 1429 or 1436). This text was composed in 1407 and is also known as the Treatise for Kamāl (الرسالة الكمالية) because it was dedicate...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19 Muḥarram 1130
Extent:

Ff. 1r-14r

3. Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 15r-25v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 15r-25v
Title:
Safīr al-ghabrāʾ wa-al-khaḍrāʾ سفير الغبراء والخضراء Dashtakī Shīrāzī, Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr دشتكي شيرازي، غياث الدين منصور
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the sizes and distances of the celestial bodies by Amīr Sayyid Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad al-Dashtakī (أمير سيد غياث الدين منصور بن محمد الدشتكي, d. 1541). The treatise is divided into four chapters (أبواب), each subdivided into sections (فصول): Chapter One (الباب الأول, ff....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Ff. 15r-25v