Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 861Origin: As appears in colophon at the close of each book, copied by ʻAṭāʼ Allāh al-Ḥusaynī al-Hamadānī (عطاء الله الحسینی الهمدانی). As appears in colophon on p.108, transcription of first book (المجلد الاول) completed 14 Shaʻbān 1314 [ca. 18 January 1897]. As appears in colophon on p.205, transcription of the second book (المجلد الثانى) completed Rajab 1315 [November-December 1897]. As appears in colophon on p.332, transcription of the third book (المجلد الثالث) completed 25 Ramaḍān 1315 [ca. 17 February 1898]. As appears in colophon on p.435, transcription of the fourth book (المجلد الرابع) completed in Jumādá I 1316 [September-October 1898]. As appears in colophon on p.548, transcription of the fifth book (المجلد الخامس) completed 19 Shaʻbān 1316 [ca. 2 January 1899]. As appears in final colophon on p.670, transcription of sixth book (المجلد السادس), Khātimah and entire work completed Shawwāl 1316 [February-March 1899].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Slip with notes in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO. 5. Mas̲navī of Rūmī copied by ʻAṭāʼullāh al-Ḥusainī al-Hamadānī in 1316"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 10Binding: Boards covered in black leather with straight grain appearance (appears to have been grained by boarding) ; reminiscent of Type II binding with flap, though flap extends from upper cover and rests outside the lower cover where it is fixed with a metal clasp with pin catch closure ; board linings and hinges in shell marbled paper (mainly in pink, blue and yellow) ; upper and lower covers carry blind-tooled rule-borders ; fore edge of text block purple-flecked ; sewn in dark red and bright green thread, four stations ; stuck-on endbands in red leather ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion and staining.Support: European wove paper, beige in color, highly burnished.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of each book (mujallad / daftar) following the dībāchah (see pp.4, 112, 210, "438" [338], 438, 550) ; pieces vary in shape (though mainly large w-shaped pieces) but are similar in coloration, for example at opening on p.4, headpiece consists of a vertically elongated w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in lavender, orange-red and blue on a gold ground with white, blue and turquoise accents, set in an elaborate well of gold, blue, turquoise, red and black bands (others include rectangular piece setting off the basmalah) ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of a heavy gold band defined by black fillets with innermost red rule and outermost blue rule, divisions within (and outer margin) defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; section headings rubricated or in blue ink.Script: Naskh ; exquisite Persianate hand ; partially but irregularly seriffed with curvilinear descenders (some swooping), pointing in distinct dots, superscripting of final words and letters, mainly open counters, partially vocalized ; headings in seriffed tawqīʻ, fully vocalized.Layout: Written mainly in 24 lines per page, with written area divided to four columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV (8), 2 III+1(22), 10 IV(102), IV+1 (111), 6 IV(159), III (165), IV+2 (175), 5 IV(215), IV+2 (225), 6 IV(273), 2 IV+1(291), 4 IV(323), V (333), I (335), i ; chiefly quaternions ; catch title (المجلد الاول, المجلد الثانى, الخ) at the head of each page ; some leaves left blank between the close of one book and dībāchah of the next book ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "الحمد لله الذى وفقنى بتسويد وتحرير هذه النسخة الشريفة فى يوم السبت من شهر شوال المكرم في سنه ۱۳۱۶ وانا العبد المذنب عطاء الله الحسينى الهمدانى غفر الله له ولوالديه امين"Explicit: "قصه کوته کن که رفتم در حجاب هین خمش و الله اعلم بالصواب ... کرد شش باشد همیشه زان هوا"Incipit: "بشنو از نی چون حکایت میکند از جداییها شکایت میکند ..."Title from colophons on pp. 205, 332, and 548.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s celebrated didactic poetical work in double verses.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 293Origin: As appears in colophon for sixth book ("المجلدة السادسة") on p.345, copied by Tursūn Muḥammad ibn Musāfir Ṣarrāf under the patronage ("بسعي واهتمام") of Ḥāfiẓ Yūsuf al-Bukhārī. Date of transcription not specified though decoration, etc. suggests late 16th or early 17th century (compare Isl. Ms. 270).Accompanying materials: Scrap torn from a packet or advertisement with "بو مهره دقت اولنه" printed in black on one side and name only partially visible in gold [BAFRA ?]on reverse (between pp.166-167).Former shelfmark: "522 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "١٠٩" in ink on spine label.Binding: Pasteboards faced in dark green cloth with red leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (cloth faced and leather edged framed binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in shell marbled paper (mainly in dark green, red and yellow) ; false raised bands as ridges on spine ; hollow back ; now sewn in white thread, four stations ; stuck-on endbands in pale green and white ; text block has certainly been trimmed ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, some spine slant (slightly cocked), etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible ; transluscent and crisp though sturdy.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening of fourth book / daftar on p.2 consisting of a large (wide) rectangular piece with gold cartouche filled with swirling arabesque in red and flanked by pendants in gold overlaid with floral vegetal accents in gold, yellow, red, white, etc. on a blue ground (approaching lapis lazuli) with border in white and turquoise bands outlining heavy gold interlace, surmounted by rectangular piece with row of swirling arabesque on fields of lapis lazuli and gold with black and red accents, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; another splendid illuminated headpiece at opening of fifth book / daftar on p.104, very similar to the opening headpiece but with scalloped triangular piece (or hasp or dome, head lost to trimming) set in the upper rectangular piece ; at opening of sixth book on p.218, still another splendid illuminated headpiece of similar composition to the previous two but with even more elaborate arabesque and floral motifs and incorporation of an additional band of lozenges and eight-pointed stars (mainly in black, red and gold on a dark green ground overlaid with floral vegetal motifs and outlined in white) between the lower rectangular piece and upper rectangular piece with inset triangular piece or hasp ; written area (and columns within) throughout surrounded by a frame consisting of narrow gold band defined by gold fillets with outermost blue rule ; section headings, prefaces (mainly) and marginal numerals (marking verses) rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant Transoxanian hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page with written area divided into four columns (excluding prefaces and headings) ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 1+IV (9), 7 IV(65), IV+3 (76), IV-1 (83), IV-1 (90), 10 IV(170), I+1 (173), i ; almost exclusively quaternions (several anomalous) ; leaves now carrying pp.147-150 mistakenly bound between pp.146-151 though they should be between pp.166-167 (compare catchwords and line numbering) ; catchwords present though occasionally cut off ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت المجلدة السادسة من المثنوى المعنوى المولوى من كلام سلطان العلماء والمحققين ملك الابدال ... جلال الحق والدين محمد بن محمد بن الحسن البلخى ... بسعى واهتمام جناب فضايلمآب سعادت اكتساب حافظ يوسف البخارى على يد العبد الضعيف ترسون محمد بن مسافر صراف غفر الله لهم"Incipit: "الصغن الرابع [؟] الى احسن المرائع واجل المنافع تسر قلوب العارفين بمطالعته كسر والرياض بصوت الغمام ... اي ضياء الحق حسام الدين توى كه گذشت از بنورت مثنوى ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the fourth through sixth books (daftar / mujallad) of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s didactic poetical work in double verses. Final lines of the third book also appear on opening leaf (p.1).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 292Origin: As appears in final colophon at close of sixth daftar on p.614, copied by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Fasāyī [al-Fasāʼī, reading first supplied in note by Muhammad Isa Waley dated May 1980 on catalogue card] with transcription completed Jumādá II 1243 [December 1827]. As appears in colophon on p.99, transcription of first daftar completed 1 Rabīʻ II (presumably of 1243 [ca. 22 October 1827]). As appears in colophon on p.299, transcription of third daftar completed in the latter part of Jumādá I 1243 [December 1827]. As appears on p.499, transcription of fifth daftar completed Jumādá I 1243 [December 1827].Former shelfmark: "174 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of opening leaf (p.1) ; "50 / 12" in brown ink on recto of opening leaf (p.1) ; "١" in pencil on recto of opening leaf (p.1).Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork with spine in red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; likely two-piece binding ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork with floral composition of three large blooms rising from a rooted stalk with leaves, all in gold on a red ground ; upper and lower covers carry central rectangular panel in brown with bronze flecks surrounded by borders of stalks and rules in bronze-gold as well as a band of delicate vegetal motifs with birds and fruits in shades of green, blue, white, red and orange ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations, reinforcements in dark blue thread ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, minor losses of laquer, etc. ; slightly ill-fitting and perhaps not original.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, quite distinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, transluscent and crisp though dense and sturdy, well-burnished to glossy, gray in color ; some cockling and creasing.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated double-page opening (with illuminated headpiece / ʻunwān / sarlawḥ, gold cloud-bands and illuminated marginal decoration) at opening of each daftar (pp.6-7, 102-103, 188-189, 302-303, 394-395, 502-503), each unique but mainly involving rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by rich well with w-shaped piece or dome set down in filled with floral vegetal decorations in shades of pink, orange, white, blue, yellow, and red on grounds of gold and dark blue and marginal decoration of saz leaves and floral forms chiefly in gold with red and blue accents ; preface to each daftar set in almond shaped medallion outlined in red rules ; written area surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule (divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black) ; keywords and headings rubricated or in blue ink.Script: Naskh ; compact Persianate hand in a medium line ; chiefly serifless with fairly straight and vertical ascenders, pointing in combination of distinct (two dots, one above the other) and conjoined dots (three dots, two conjoined and third above), adhering to baseline, curvilinear descenders (some sweeping dramatically), ascender of kāf often curved back with shaqq / sarkash gently curving up, partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page with written area divided to four columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV+2 (10), 37 IV(306), II (310) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; final leaves ruled but left blank (pp.615-619) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "قد تم هذا المثنوی المولوی المعنوی بید عبد الله ابن احمد الفسایی فی یوم الخمیس شهر جمادی الاخری سنه ثلث و اربعون و مائتين بعد الالف من الهجره النبویة علیه واله تم م م م م م"Explicit: "دردل من آن سخن زان مینمنه است زانکه ازدل جانب دل روزنه استIncipit: "هذا کتاب المثنوی وهو اصول اصول اصول الدین فی کشف اسرار الوصول والیقین ..."Title from colophons on pp.99, 299, 499 and 614.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s didactic poetical work in double verses with Arabic preface. Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 295Origin: As appears in colophon at close of fourth book (on margin of p.208) and in colophon at close of second book (p.510), copied by Ḥamd Allāh ibn Qavām al-Dīn Niẓām Bayāsānī [?] with transcription of fourth book completed 15 Jumādá II 896 [ca. 25 April 1491] and transcription of second book completed 7 Shaʻbān 896 [ca. 15 June 1491]. As appears in colophon on p.676, transcription of sixth book completed in 897 [1491 or 2]. As appears in final colophon on p.696, copying of third book completed in 896 [likely 1491].Former shelfmark: "444 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in shell 'marbled' paper in red and blue ; lining of fore edge flap in block-printed textile (floral pattern in red and black) and same shell 'marbled' paper ; upper and lower covers carry scalloped mandorla (stamped gold onlays with symmetrical composition) and pendants, as well as gold-stamped guilloché border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; design continues on flap ; sewn in pink and then green thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink, yellow and dark blue, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition though likely not original and ill-fitting text block (flap too small) with some abrasion, minor pest damage, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (chiefly vertical, fairly indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, dense and sturdy though transluscent, dark cream to beige in color, well-burnished ; some moisture damage, staining and tide lines, pest damage ; repairs in non-European laid and wove paper.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of each mujallad, for the first three books being rectangular pieces gold or lapis cartouche carrying title in white surrounded by arabesques, interlace, and floral motifs on grounds of gold and lapis with black, red, light blue, white, and turquoise / pistachio accents (see pp.2, 226, 512) and for the final three books (appearing on the margins) more typically diamond shapes of similar composition (see pp.2, 210, 522) ; written area and ruled margins throughout surrounded by gold frame with divisions within defined by narrow gold bands (outlined in black) ; keywords and section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, sweeping descenders, pointing (somewhat casual) in distinct dots ; opening Arabic preface (and opening of fourth mujallad) in naskh, an elegant spacious hand, serifless with some sweeping descenders, adhering closely to baseline, pointing in distinct dots, extensively vocalized.Layout: Written in 20 lines per page in central written area, divided to two columns with an additional 42 lines on the diagonal in the margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv, IV+1 (10), 41 IV (338), 2 III ( 350), iii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique strokes in black in in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present (though occasionally lost to trimming) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: [fourth book] "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمه المجلد الرابع من المثنوی فی یوم الاربعا خامس عشر شهر جمادی الاخر سنه سته تسعین وثمانمایه کتبه الفقیر حمد الله نظام بیاسانی [؟]" ; [second book] "Scribal," triangular, reads تمه المجلد الثانی من کتاب المثنوی المعنوی فی یوم الخامس سابع شعبان المعظم سنه سته تسعین وثمانمايه العبد الخالی [؟] حمد الله ابن قوام الدین نظام بیاسانی [؟]""Incipit: "هذا کتاب المثنوی وهو اصول اصول الدین فی کشف اسرار الاصل والیقین ..."Title from colophon of second book on p.510.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s didactic poetical work in double verses with Arabic preface. Text of the first three books (mujallad / daftar) appears in the central written area with the text of the final three books provided concurrently on the diagonal in the margins. Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 885Origin: As appears in colophon on p.969 (and at close of باب الف ممدوده on p.978), copied by Mathurādās Khatrī, date not specified ; decoration, paper, etc. would suggest late 18th or early 19th century.Accompanying materials: a. Scrap cut from a Luzac catalog page with description and price for this manuscript "PERSIAN AND HINDUSTANI MSS. 175 Bahar i ʻajam. The well-known Persian dictionary. MS. Folio. Over 1000 pp. Leather binding. The colophon is dated A.H. 1243 ( = A.D. 1827), under the reign of Muhammad Akbar Shâh (II.) £2 10s." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Recycled card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith [?] "ʻunwān or illum. frontispiece or heading." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Scrap of paper with title in ink "Bahār i ʻAjam." (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" (paginated pp.7-8).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 34Binding: Pasteboards covered in deep red leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry delicate gold-tooled border in a rope pattern ; spine stamped "BUHARE | UJUM" ; now sewn in white thread over three cords ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and blue, good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover fully detached, some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, fairly distinct, some curving) and irregular chain lines faintly visible, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves / added leaves in wove paper.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche (carrying the basmalah) flanked by pendants and delicate swirling floral vegetal decoration in blue, red, orange, and white on a gold ground, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with more elaborate swirling floral vegetal decoration in red, orange, white, blue, green, etc. on grounds of gold with blue, green and white accents, itself surmounted by a pendant filled with similar decoration as well as fine vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, entire piece set into a well consisting of a rather heavy gold band outlined by narrow bands of orange and gold defined by black fillets ; written area throughout surrounded by a gold frame with innermost red rule, and outer red and blue rules, further blue rule defines margin ; keywords and headings rubricated ; overlining or two-teeth abbreviation symbol in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in distinct or conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 14 IV(112), III (118), IV+1 (127), 12 IV(223), IV+2 (233), 26 IV(441), II (445), IV+1 (454), 3 IV(478), IV-1 (485), iii ; chiefly quaternions ; lacuna on p.458 marked with "ص" ; p.970 prior to opening of Bāb-i alif-i mamdūdah left blank ; lacks proper catchwords but last word of final line on the verso of each leaf is usually repeated at the beginning of the first line on the following recto ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "الحمد لله والمنة که باتمام رسید منتخب کتاب بهار عجم تالیف استادی مخدومی تیک چند بهار بخط فقیر حقیر اضعف العباد متهراداس قوم کهتری فقط"Incipit: "مهار آفرینی که کلبرک ... دیباچه اصل بهار عجم سپاس و ستایش ایزد متعال را در خور که هريکى ار افراد انسان ..."Title from opening matter (p.11) and colophon (p.978).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the dictionary of words and idioms used by the Persian poets compiled by Tīk Chand Bahār (d.1766) with added preface.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.5Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; dated seal impression provides only rough terminus ante quem of 1723 ; paper, etc. may suggest late 17th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.5Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 5" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, spine leather detaching, minor delamination of boards, etc.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper (characterized in inscription on inner front flyleaf (p.3) as "كاغذ ایرانی") with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curving) and chain lines occasionally visible, dark cream to beige in color, thin and sturdy, well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a thin line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 3 VI(36), V+1 (47), 2 VI(71), 3 (74), 5 VI(134), II (138), VI (150), V+1 (161), 2 VI(185), V+1 (196), VI (208), IV-1 (215), ii ; chiefly senions ; sewing difficult to examine but middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes appear in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Incipit: "آرایش دیباجه مناقب و تاثیر [سلاطین] رفیع مقدار ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the fifth volume, addressing Chingiz Khān and his successors to the time of Tīmūr, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).
Collection of treatises and excerpts mostly by the Yemeni mathematician Jamāl al-Dīn Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ‘Umar al-Khuzā‘ī (جمال الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد بن عمر الخزاعي, fl. 13th century, see King, 'A Medieval Arabic Report on Algebra Before al-Khwārizmī' and idem,
Mathematical Astronomy in Medieval Yemen, appendix, no. 3) and related to algebra and inheritance calculations.Contents:(1) al-Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (الخزاعي، محمد بن أحمد),
Sharḥ al-mukhtaṣar fī al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah(شرح المختصر في الجبر والمقابلة; ff. 1r-124v);(2) al-Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (الخزاعي، محمد بن أحمد),
Kitāb al-inshā’ fī ‘ilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah(كتاب الإنشاء في علم الجبر والمقابلة; ff. 125v-130v);(3) al-Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (الخزاعي، محمد بن أحمد), Excerpt on magic squares (ff. 130v-132v).Codex; ff. iii+133+iMaterial: Western laid paperDimensions: 302 x 200 mm leaf [200 x 115 mm written]Foliation: India Office Library foliation stamped in black inkRuling:
Misṭarah; 35 lines per page; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and diagrams and overlinings in redDecoration: NoneBinding: Purple cloth India Office bindingCondition: Extensive insect damage especially towards ends of volume, but little damage to text block; f. 1 mutilated, but with minimal loss of text; ff. 1-6 severly trimmed; ff. 131 and 132 are guardedMarginalia: Numerous by many handsSeals: front flyleaf iii and ff. 2r and 132v
Anonymous epitome (تلخيص) of a lost treatise by Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213) on cubic equations fundamental to algebraic geometry (see the epitomiser's preface, f. 35, lines 2-7, transcribed below and edited by Rashed in Sharaf al-Dīn Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad Ṭūsī,
Œuvres mathématiques: algèbre et géométrie au XIIe siècle, vol. 1 [Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1986], p. 2).The text contains numerous diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 180r) following the text.Begins (f. 35v, lines 2-7):أما بعد حمد الله تعالى والثناء عليه والصلاة على رسوله محمد وآله فإني قصدتفي هذا الكتاب تلخيص صناعة الجبر والمقابلة وتهذيب ما وصل إليّ من كلامالفاضل الفيلسوف الأعظم شرف الدين المظفي بن محمد الطوسي وتحويل كلامهمن إفراط التطويف إلى حد العتدال وأسقطت الجداول التي رسمه في عمل الحسابواستنباط المسائل لبعده عن الطبع واستدعائه طول الزمان الموجب للملال ويثبتكيفية استخراج المسائل بالبحث وجمعت بين العمل والبرهان وسميته بالمعادلاتEnds (f. 179r, lines 5-9):... فإن استخرجنا المطلوب مسئلة مكعب وأموال يعدلعددًا فنزيد المطلوب الذي يخرج على المطلوب الأوّل فما حصل فهو الجوابالأعظم وإن استخرجنا المطلوب مسئلة مكعب وعدد يعدل أموالًا فينقصالمطلوب الذي يخرج من المطلوب الأوّل فما بقي فهو الجواب الأصغروذلك ما أردنا بيانهFf. 35v-180r
Astronomical handbook (زيج) by the Yemenī astronomer Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Kawāshī (محمد بن أبي بكر الكواشي, fl. 13th century, see King,
Mathematical Astronomy in Medieval Yemen[1982], p. 27). The text is dedicated to the Rasūlid ruler of Yemen al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Yūsuf (I) ibn ‘Umar (الملك المظفر يوسف بن عمر, reg. 1250-95, see f. 1v, lines 8-9), to whom the authorship of the treatise is sometimes erroneously attributed (e.g. Kâtib Çelebi,
Keşf-el-zunun, vol. 1, p. 519).The manuscript is defective at the beginning. The title can be found on f. 2r, lines 7-8.The treatise is divided into three books (فنون), each divided into chapters (أبواب) and further subdivided into sections (فصول). A table of contents is found on ff. 2r-3r.Book One: The necessary prolegomena and introduction to the foundations upon which the principals are built (الفن الأول في التوطئة المحتاج إليها وتمهيد القواعد التي تبنى الأصول عليها, ff. 2v-20v);Book Two: Explanation of using the treatises and elucidation of the methods stipulated by the ancients (الفن الثاني في بيان العمل بالرسائل وإيضاح الطرق التي نصّت عليها الأوائل, ff. 20v-89r);Book Three: How the tables are laid out and making their purposes accessible to the user (الفن الثالث في كيفية وضع الجداول وتقريب غرضها من يد المتناول, ff. 89v-139v).The first two books are introductory while Book Three is composed almost entirely of tables. Further diagrams and tables are found in the first two books on ff.5r, 7r-8r, 19r, 23r, 24r, 26r-28r, 29v-30v, 32r, 33r, 34r, 42r, 44r, 45r, 51v-52r, 56v, 73v, 76v.Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-4, folio mutilated towards edge):ومغازيهم وأسفارهم وما يتأهبون له من لقاء عدو أو تجهيز جيش يرصدونالأوقات ويختارون لهم الطوالع ثم لا يخالفونهم في وقت يعينـ [...] ولا [...]في طالع يستخرجونه فالقوم يجرون لسوء بختهم على المثل المستعمل الشعير [...]ويذم ...Ends (f. 139v, lines 11-13):... ثم تقوم بعد الزيادة والنقصان بتلك التعاديليخرج مقومها على ما بيناه وبالله التوفيقوصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه أجمعينCodex; ff. ii+139+iiMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 235 x 160 mm leaf [180 x 130 mm text frame]Foliation: Eastern Arabic foliation in brown ink, British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Brown ink, with numerals, punctuation, some overlining and some elements in tables and diagrams in redDecoration: All pages framed in redBinding: British Museum binding with leather spineCondition: One or more folios missing from beginning, most folios mutilated and repaired at edge with little loss of text, insect damage from f. 43 towards back of volume most repaired with silk net or paperMarginalia: Numerous, by many handsSeals: f. iii-v (first end flyleaf)
A short treatise describing a geometrical method for precisely determining latitude by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan known as Ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن known as ابن الهيثم, d c 1039). The Arabic text is accompanied by a Latin translation produced by Jacobus Golius (1596-1667) in 1643 (f. 7v).The text were copied on 2 February 1646 in Leiden by Nicolaus Petri of Aleppo (نقلاوس بن بطرس; see title page, f. 1r). The Arabic text was presumably copied from Leiden MS Or. 14 (see Witkam, Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts of the Library of the University of Leiden, vol. 1, 2007, pp. 19-20), and the text of Golius' Latin translation is said to have been copied from a manuscript owned by the mathematician Samuel Keihel (see title page to the Latin text, f. 7v).The title page to the Arabic text (f. 1r) reads:2 Febr. st. n. 1646Leidae hoc descripsitNicolaus PetriAleppensiscuius ms. versio addita est àclariss. viro Dno JacoboGolio, et à me descritaiuxta exemplar Dni SamuelisKeihelii mathematiciingeniosissimiThe title page to the Latin text (f. 7v) reads:TractatusHazeni Hei-temidae ArabisDe accuratè inveniendaElevationePoliex Arabico in Lati-num conversus aclariss. viroIacobo GolioProfess. mathem. in Aca-dem. Lugd. Bat.Anno 1643The texts have two diagrams each (ff. 5v, 6v, 10v, and 11v).Contents:1) Ibn al-Haytham (ابن الهيثم),
Maqālah fī istikhrāj irtifā‘ al-quṭb ‘alá ghāyat al-taḥqīq(مقالة في استخراج ارتفاع القطب على غاية التحقيق; ff. 2r-7r)2) Jacobus Golius,
Tractatus Hazeni Heitemidae arabis de accuratè invenienda elevatione poli(ff. 7v-12r).Arabic text begins (f. 2r, lines 2-6):مقالة للحسن بن الحسين (!) بن الهيثم في استخراج ارتفاع القطبعلى غاية التحقيق ليس واحد من المعاني السماوية المدركة بالإرصاديستغني في رصده عن استعمال ارتفاع القطب عن أفقموضع الرصد ولا يتم وجود الحركات السماوية إلا بالآلات وبتحقيقوضعها على الأفق ...Arabic text ends (f. 7r, lines 8-17):... فالساعات التي توخذ من البنكامتكون محققة والساعات التي تستخرج من الارتفاع ومن موضع الكوكبغير متيقن فالزمان الذي يستخرج بالحساب من ارتفاع الكوكبليس يكون محققًا ولا موثوقًا بصحّته فهذا الذي بيناه هو الطريقإلى معرفة ارتفاع القطب علىغاية التحقيق وذلك ما قصدنافي هذه المقالة تمتوالحمد لله ربالعالمينتمLatin text begins (f. 8r, lines 1-7):Heitemidae seu Al-hazeni Tractactus de accuratèinvenienda elevatione poli.Rerum astronamicarum, quae qui-dem per observationes indagari solent, vix utlae (!)quae ad hoc ipsuim non requirat Altitudinem Po-li ...Latin text ends (f. 12r, lines 21-26):Cum itaque locus stellae certus et accuratus haberi nequeat, nectempus ex altitudine stellae computandum certò ac praecisèdefiniri potest. Atque haec quidem ad cognoscendam ac-curatiorem Elevationem Poli nobis declarandafuerunt.FinisCodex; ff. xxvii+12+iiMaterial: PaperDimensions: 250 x 150 mm leaf [164 x 110 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; pagination in black ink; front papers are paginated in balck ink pp. 946-993, but not continuously or in orderRuling: Margins ruled, but not lines; 25 lines per page and vertical spacing 16 lines per 10 cm (Arabic); 32 lines per page and vertical spacing 21 lines per 10 cm (Latin)Script:
Naskh; the scribe is Nicolaus Petri (نقلاوس بن بطرس) of AleppoInk: Black ink, with one book title in red (f. 8r)Binding: British Museum bindingCondition: Excellent condition; some bleed-through of ink, minor foxingMarginalia: Three marginal correction by hand of scribe (ff. 4r, 6r and 11r)Seals: None
Excerpt from a text discussing the construction (إملاء) of magic squares (عدد الوفق) by Jamāl al-Dīn Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ‘Umar al-Khuzā‘ī (جمال الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد بن عمر الخزاعي). The treatise from which this text is an excerpt may be al-Khuzā‘ī's
Introduction to Arithmetic for All New Secretaries(مقدمة في الحساب لعامة أحداث الكتاب; see Rosenfeld and Ekmeleddin,
Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th-19th c.), p. 211, no. 604, text M1 and King,
Mathematical Astronomy in Medieval Yemen, appendix A, no. 3.2, p. 55) or his
Gems of Arithmetic(جواهر الحساب; see King,
Mathematical Astronomy in Medieval Yemen, appendix A, no. 3.3, p. 55).The copy of the excerpt was completed on 2 Jumādá I 1036/19 January 1627.This exterpt is followed by shorter excerpts and notes (فوائد) mostly related to inheritence calculations from various sources.Begins (f. 130v, lines 17-19)ومما أملأه الفقيه محمد بن أحمد الخزاعي في عدد الوفق قال ونرسمه بصورة تأتلف منأعداد محمولة لأشكال موضوعة فكل شكل ينكسر بقدر مربع جانبه موضوعات في كل موضوع محموللها من العدد لأعلى الترتيب إلا الشكل الفرد ...Colophon of excerpt on magic squares (f. 131r, lines 16-17):... تم الإملاء بحمد لله ومنهبتأريخ 2 شهر جمادى الأولى سنة 1036 والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على من لا نبي بعده وآله وصحبه وسلمEnds (f. 132v, lines 8-11):شخص مات وخلف خمسة عشر ذكورًا فورث خمسة النصف وخمسة الثلث وخسمة السدس والجواب والله أعلمأن يكون عشرة لأم فيرثوا الثلث فيصير لكل خمسة السدس وخمسة من هؤلاء العشرة بنواعم والخمسة الباقينبنواعم أيضًا فيرهوا الثلثين فيصير مع الخمسة بني العم الذين هم أخوة لأم الثلث مع السدس المتقدم فيصير معهم النصفويرثوا مع الخمسة بني العم الذين ليسوا بإخوة لأم الثلث وللخمسة الأخوة للأم فقط السدس والله أعلمFf. 130v-132v
Abstract: "A manuscript commentary on the AlmagestAbstract: the classical 2nd-century mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary pathsAbstract: probably prepared by Mirza Qazi bin Kashif al-Din al-Yazdi (d. 1664/5 CE)Abstract: Sheikh al-Islam and son of a physician to Shah 'Abbas I."