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Or 6280
- Record Id:
- 032-003371648
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003371648
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042089576.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100078031956.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 6280
- Title:
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Three texts on mathematics and astronomy
- Scope & Content:
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Three texts on mathematics and astronomy related to Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي; d. 1621), two by al-‘Āmilī, and a commentary by his student Jawād ibn Saʿd ibn Jawād al-Kāẓimī (جواد بن سعد بن جواد الكاظمي, d. ca 1654-5 see al-Amīn, A‘yān al-shi‘ah, vol. 4, p. 271).
The three texts were transcribed in 1114/1702-3 by Ibn Muḥammad Riḍá Muḥammad Amīn (ابن محمد رضى محمد أمين, see ff. 131v, lines 6-9, 142r, lines 18-19, and 158v).
Contents:
- (1) al-Kāẓimī (الكاظمي), Sharḥ khulāṣat al-ḥisāb (شرح خلاصة الحساب; ff. 2r-131v);
- (2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Tashrīḥ al-aflāk (تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 132r-142r);
- (3) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb (خلاصة الحساب; ff. 142v-158v).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- 032-003371648
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- not applicable
- Contains:
- Or 6280, ff 2r-131v : Sharḥ khulāṣat al-ḥisāb شرح خلاصة الحسابKāẓimī, Jawād ibn Saʿd كاظمي، جواد بن سعد
Or 6280, ff 132r-142r : Tashrīḥ al-aflāk تشريح الأفلاك‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn عاملي،…
Or 6280, ff 142v-158v : Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb خلاصة الحساب‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn عاملي،…
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. 158+iii
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100042089576.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1702
- End Date:
- 1703
- Date Range:
- 1114
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Access:
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Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 200 x 130 mm leaf 135 x 75 mm written
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: Margins ruled, but no line ruling; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cm
Script: Nasta‘līq; the scribe is Ibn Muḥammad Riḍá Muḥammad Amīn (ابن محمد رضى محمد أمين, see ff. 131v, lines 6-9 and 158v next to colophon)
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and diagrams and overlinings in red
Binding: Eastern binding without flap; red leather spine, boards covered with yellow paper
Condition: Tidemark at upper edge corner towards back of volume
Marginalia: Few, most in first item
Seals: None
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from E. Hindamian, 26 October 1901
- Finding Aids:
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Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 40
- Publications:
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Studies:
- Hashemipour, Behnaz, ''‘Āmilī: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī'', in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, ed. by Thomas Hockey et al. (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 42-43
- al-Amīn, Muḥsin, A‘yān al-shī‘ah, 10 vols (Bayrūt: Dār al-ta‘āruf, 1983), vol. 4, p. 271
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)