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Or 13718

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1 copy of ʻAjāʼib al-ṣanāʻiʻ by Jazarī, Ismāʻīl ibn al-Razzāz, fl. 1181-1204
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191 ff
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Languages:
Persian
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Arabic
Start Date:
1509
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1509
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1509
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CE
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Names:
Jazarī, Ismāʻīl ibn al-Razzāz, 1181-1204,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081038836,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24833829
Jazarī, Ismāʻīl ibn al-Razzāz, 1181-1204,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081038836,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24833829
Nāṣir Shah Khaljī of Malwa
Nāṣir al-Dīn, King of Diyarbakır (Turkey), ca. 1205
Shādiyābādī, Muḥammad ibn Dāʼūd
Subjects:
Automata
Engineering
Science India History
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Oriental Manuscripts

Or 13718

Contents

1 copy of ʻAjāʼib al-ṣanāʻiʻ by Jazarī, Ismāʻīl ibn al-Razzāz, fl. 1181-1204

Author: Jazarī, Ismāʻīl ibn al-Razzāz, fl. 1181-1204 جزری، إسماعيل بن الرزاز
Translator: Translator Shādiyābādī, Muḥammad ibn Dāʼūd, شادیابادی، محمد بن داود
Title: ʻAjāʼib al-ṣanāʻiʻ
Title: عجايب الصنائى

Translation from Arabic of Kitāb fī maʻrifat al-ḥiyal al-handasiyya ( ‏كتاب في معرفة الحيل الهندسية ) , the treatise on automata by Jazarī, Ismāʻīl ibn al-Razzāz, fl. 1181-1204, الجزري، إسماعيل بن الرزاز for Nāṣir al-Dīn, King of Diyarbakır (Turkey) around 605/1205

Persian version by Shādiyābādī, Muḥammad ibn Dāʼūd, شادیابادی، محمد بن داود , for Nāṣir Shah Khaljī of Malwa, reg. 906-17/1500-11,

Language(s): Translation from Arabic

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 34.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 191 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 15 cm.

Decoration

Illustrated

History

Origin: 914 AH ; Malwa (Punjab), India

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998

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