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Delhi Persian 1450
- Record Id:
- 032-004380706
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380706
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000027
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1450
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works on astrology, 2 items (a-b)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- [{ "id" : "032-004380706", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 1450: Miscellaneous works on astrology, 2 items (a-b)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-004380706
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380706
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 155 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1706
- Date Range:
- 1600-1706
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, fl 16th century,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000079701520,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/7603024
Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, fl 16th century,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000079701520,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/7603024
Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108706241,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/12392936 - Subjects:
- Islam and science
Islamic astrology
Science India History - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1450
Miscellaneous works on astrology, 2 items (a-b)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of works on astrology, assembled from two separate fragments of heterogeneous date and origins. Volume not dated; item b dated (17 Rabīʿ al-Ākhirah (sic) 1118/29 July 1706, at Ahmadnagar). Scribal to calligraphic nastaʿlīq, by multiple hands. Annotations and scribal notes for rubrication (cropped) in margins. Pencil foliation. Lacking original binding. Folios mostly unbound; cropped, stains, wormholes, later repairs. Condition fragile.Language(s): Persian, Arabic
1. ff. 1v-107vLanguage(s): Persian, ArabicDelhi Persian 1450(a), ff. 1v-107v.
Substantial fragment of the untitled Persian abridged translation and commentary by Niẓām al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī (d. 932/1528) on the treatise on the science of astrolabes entitled Bīst bāb-i maʿrifat-i aʿmāl-i uṣṭurlāb by the polymath Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Ṭūsī (d. 672/1274).
The work comprises, as suggested by the title, twenty chapters termed bāb following a brief introduction.
Not dated at end. Datable to the early seventeenth century.
Cramped scribal nastaʿlīq tending to shikastah in later portions, partial diacritics.
Corrections and annotations in margins.
Spaces for diagrams left blank.
No rubrication.
2. ff. 108r-155vDelhi Persian 1450(b), ff. 108r-155v.
Fragment of an unidentified astrological treatise, beginning toward the end of the forty-third chapter and extending to the hundredth chapter, setting out in detail a particular astral calculations.
Dated colophon (f. 155v): completed by Fayz̤ Allāh while the imperial entourage was encamped at Aḥmadnagar, 17 Rabīʿ al-Ākhirah (sic) in RY 50 of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I equating to 1118/29 July 1706.
Calligraphic nastaʿlīq; rubrication.
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 155 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 171 × 113 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1600-1706-07-29 1600 - 29 July 1706 CE ; India, AhmadnagarProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
Government of India
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