The script, ornamentation and binding of the volume indicate that it is part of a set comprising also manuscripts IO Islamic 923, IO Islamic 924 and IO Islamic 1249, all of which were transcribed in 1198/1784, probably for their owner Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal from 1772 to 1785. A collation note at the end of the first text (f. 7v) is dated 14 Shawwāl 1198/31 August 1784.A table of contents in Persian is given f. 1r.A date lable attached to the inside of the back cover (left board) shows that the manuscript was borrowed for two months in 1908 from the India Office Library by Eilhard Wiedemann (d. 1928), professor of physics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen. In 1911-12, Weidemann published a German translation of item 7 in this manuscript ('Die Schrift über den Qarasṭūn', in
Bibliotheca Mathematica, 12, pp. 21-39).Contents:(1) Anonymous treatise on the linear astrolabe (أسطرلاب خطّي) (ff. 2v-7v);(2) Ibn al-Haytham (ابن الهيثم),
Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf(مقالة في صورة الكسوف; ff. 8v-34r);(3) Anonymous,
al-Muʿādalāt(المعادلات; ff. 35v-180r);(4) al-Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum (الكوهي، ويجن بن رستم),
Risālah fī ʿamal ḍilʿ al-musabba‘ al-mutasāwī al-aḍlā‘ fī al-dā‘irah(رسالة في عمل ضلع المسبع المتساوي الأضلاع في الدائرة; ff. 182v-189r);(5) al-Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum (الكوهي، ويجن بن رستم),
Ṭarīq fī istikhrāj khaṭṭayn bayna khaṭṭaynwa-tatawālá ‘alá nisbah(طريق في استخراج خطّين بين خطّين وتتوالى على نسبة; ff. 189v-191r);(6) Ibn Sinān, Ibrāhīm (ابن سنان ، إبراهيم),
Kitāb fī misāḥat qaṭʿ al-makhrūṭ al-mukāfī(كتاب في مساحة قطع المخروط المكافي; ff. 191v-197r);(7) Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرّة),
Kitāb fī al-qarasṭūn(كتاب في القرسطون; ff. 198v-207r).Codex; ff. i+208+iMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 230 x 130 mm leaf [150 x 80 mm written]Foliation: India Office Library foliation stamped in black inkRuling:
Misṭarah; 12 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cmScript:
Nasta‘līqInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings and diagrams in redDecoration: Every opening and every page has a border in gold, black and red ink; the first opening (ff. 2v-3r) is extensively illuminated in gold, red, green and blueBinding: Hybrid binding with European and Islamic-style features; leather doublureCondition: Excellent condition; book block re-sewn, boards reattached and spine replacedMarginalia: Very few and all appear to be by copyistSeals: ff.1r and 208v
Watermark: Three crescents. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 24.Tables rubricated.Date from owner's mark on p. [1].Tables for sexagesimal multiplication and for astronomical observations.
Anonymous and untitled treatise on mathematics containing numerous diagrams.The copy was completed at Ajmer (أجمير) on Tuesday 10 Rabī‘ I 1041/7 October 1631 by Muḥammad Amīn ibn Mirzā Muḥammad Faḍl Allāh Kāshānī (محمد أمين بن مرزا محمد فضل الله كاشاني; see colophon, f. 14v, lines 15-21 and second line of Persian inscription by hand of scribe to left of colophon, transcribed below).Contents:Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-3):بدانکه اهل این صناعت را در اخراج مسایل طریقهای بسیار است وقانونهای درست که متقدمان بدستآورده اند چون اربعه مناسب وطریق جبر ومقابله وطریق خطایی ومانند این ...Ends (f. 14v, lines 13-14):... این قدر هدایت که کردیم کفایتباشد در چگونگی بیرون کردن مسایل اکنون برین اختصار کردیم تا دراز نگردد والسلمColophon (f. 14v, lines 15-21):تمت هذه النسخة الشريفة في يوم الثلثاء عاشر شهر ربيع الأولسنة إحدى وأربعين ألف من الهجرةالنبوية المصطفوية علىيد العبد الضعيفمحمد أمين بن مرزامحمد فضل اللهكاشانيInscription to right of colophon (by hand of scribe):شبهای فقر وفنا از ما و بخت و ملک وجاه از توچو دنیا را بقائی نیست خواه از ما وخواه از توInscription to left of colophon (by hand of scribe):در محلی که انقلاب روزگار این فقیر کم بضاعت رااز نیسانی ما ببلده اجمیر انداخته بود بر سبیل استعجال نوشته شدFf. 2v-14v
(1) Anonymous, Untitled treatise on mathematics (ff. 2-14);(2) Jamshīd al-Kāshī (جمشيد الكاشي),
Miftāḥ al-ḥisāb(مفتاح الحساب; ff. 15-122).Codex; ff. ix+123+ixMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 240 x 135 mm leaf [150 x 75 mm written]Foliation: India Office Library foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cmScript:
Nasta‘līq; the scribe of ff. 2v-14v is Muḥammad Amīn ibn Mirzā Muḥammad Faḍl Allāh Kāshānī (محمد أمين بن مرزا محمد فضل الله كاشاني; see f. 14v, lines 19-21)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings and diagrams in redBinding: Red leather binding, blind-tooled with stamped medallions and pendants, corner pieces and cartouche all of which contain inscriptions; leather doublures and first flyleaf marbled at front and back; bound in Seringapatam (Srirangapatna) at library of Tīpū Sulṭān (ٹیپو سلطان) of Mysore (reg. 1782-1799) (see Stewart, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Library of the Late Tippoo Sultan of Mysore. To which are Prefixed, Memoirs of Hyder Aly Khan, and his Son Tippoo Sultan [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1809], p. v)Condition: Minor insect damageMarginalia: Few by more than one handSeal: ff. 1r and 122v
Contents:(1) al-Jurjānī الجرجاني)), al-Sharīfīyah fī sharḥ al-farāʾiḍ al-sirājīyah (الشريفية في شرح الفرائض السراجية; ff. 2v-88v);(2) al-Zamzamī (الزمزمي), al-Murshidah fī ṣināʿat al-ghubār (المرشدة في صناعة الغبار; ff. 89v-116v).Codex; ff. v+117+vPhysical characteristics:Material: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 220 x 150 mm leaf [160 x 105 mm written (item 1, ff. 2v-88v), 140 x 95 mm (item 2, ff. 89v-116v)]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: No ruling visible; 21 lines per page (item 1, ff. 2v-88v), 13 lines per page (item 2, ff. 89v-116v); vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cm (item 1, ff. 2v-88v), 9 lines per 10 cm (item 2, ff. 89v-116v)Script:
Naskh; the scribe is Ibrāhīm ibn Mullā Ayyūb ibn Gharīb ibn Ibrāhīm (إبراهيم بن ملا أيوب ابن غريب ابن ابراهيم, see f. 88v, lines 18-19)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings and tables in redBinding: British Museum binding with blind-tooled, green leather from earlier (Ottoman) boards pasted onto present boardsCondition: Water damage (especially f. 2v), some stains and foxingMarginalia: Very fewSeals: Ff. 2r and 89r
Contents:(1) Anonymous treatise on multiplication (ff. 1r-2v);(2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي),
Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(خلاصة الحساب; preface only, f. 4r);(3) Luṭf Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Muhandis al-Lahūrī (لطف الله بن أحمد المهندس اللهوري),
Sharḥ Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(شرح خلاصة الحساب; ff. 4v-69r).Codex; ff. v+69+iiMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 195 x 125 mm leaf [160 x 95 mm written (ff. 1r-2v), 100 x 57 mm written (ff. 4r-69r)]Foliation: India Office Library foliation in pencilRuling: no ruling visibile, 23 lines per page, vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cm (ff. 1r-2v);
Misṭarah, 13 lines per page, vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cm, (ff. 4r-69r)Script:
NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings, figures and diagrams in redDecoration: NoneBinding: Half-leather India Office binding; boards covered with marbled paperCondition: Minor insect damage worse towards front of volume, spine missing, dark tidemark in gutter margin towards back of volumeMarginalia: ManySeals: ff. 4r and 69v
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).Codex; ff. 158+iiiMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 200 x 130 mm leaf [135 x 75 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Margins ruled, but no line ruling; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cmScript:
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 redBinding: Eastern binding without flap; red leather spine, boards covered with yellow paperCondition: Tidemark at upper edge corner towards back of volumeMarginalia: Few, most in first itemSeals: None
A collection of five astronomical and mathematical treatises in Persian and Arabic. Folios 77v and 78r have been left blank.Contents:(1) al-Qūshjī (القوشجي),
Risālah dar ‘ilm-i hay’ah(رسالة در علم هيئة; ff. 1v-46r)(2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي),
Tashrīḥ al-aflāk(تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 46v-56v);(3) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي),
Risālah sī faṣl(رساله سي فصل; ff. 56v-77r);(4) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي),
Bīst bāb dar ma‘rifat asṭurlāb(بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب; ff. 78v-103r);(5) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي),
Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(خلاصة الحساب; ff. 103v-135v).Codex; ff. iv+135+vMaterial: Eastern laid paper; blue paper ff. 94-101Dimensions: 195 x 90 mm leaf [ff. 1v-79r 140 x 45 mm written; ff. 79v-135v 140 x 50 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubrications and some diagrams and overlinings in redDecoration: Illuminated opening ff. 1v-2r; illuminated
‘unwānsff. 46v and 56v; titles in gold ink ff. 78v and 103vBinding: red leather binding mixing European and Islamic styles; blind-tooled medallion and pendantsCondition: Very good; some margins repaired (ff. 94-113); lower corner torn from f. 110Marginalia: Occasional notes and corrections; many on ff. 46v-59v and 104r-105rSeals: f. 1r
Collection of twenty-one treatises on mathematics, optics and related subjects.Contents:(1) Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرّة),
Kitāb fī sanat al-shams bil-irṣād(كتاب في سنة الشمس بالإرصاد) (ff. 1v-9v);(2) Abū Naṣr ibn ‘Irāq (أبو نصر بن عراق),
Istikhrāj mā bayna al-markaz min al-Majisṭī al-shāhī(استخراج ما بين المركز من المجسطي الشاهي) (f 10r);(3) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Qawl fī aḍwā’ al-kawākib(قول في أضواء الكواكب) (ff. 10v-12r);(4) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Qawl fī ḍaw’(قول في الضوء) (ff. 12v-17v);(5) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bil-quṭū‘(مقالة في المرايا المحرقة بالقطوع) (ff. 18r-21r);(6) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bil-dā’irah(مقالة في المرايا المحرقة بالدائرة) (ff. 21v-25r);(7) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Qawl fī al-makān(قول في المكان) (ff. 25v-27v);(8) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Qawl fī shakal Banī Mūsá(قول في شكل بني موسى) (ff. 28r-32r);(9) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Maqālah fī ḍaw’ al-qamr(مقالة في ضوء القمر) (ff. 32v-47v);(10) Omar Khayyam (عمر الخيامي),
Maqālah fī al-jabr(مقالة في الجبر) (ff. 48r-56r);(11) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Maqālah fī misāḥat al-mujassam al-mukhāfī(مقالة في المساحة المجسّم المخافي) (ff. 56v-69v);(12) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Maqālah mustiqṣāh fī al-shakl al-hilālīyah(مقالة مستقصاة في الشكل الهلالية) (ff. 70r-78v);(13) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf(مقالة في صورة الكسوف) (ff. 79r-86v);(14) Sijzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (سجزي، أحمد بن محمد),
Thabat barāhīn ba‘ḍ ashkāl kitāb Ūqlīdis fī al-Ūṣūl(ثبت براهين بعض أشكال كتاب أوقليدس في الأصول) (ff. 87r-100r);(15) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Qawl fī hay’at al-‘ālam(قول في هيئة العالم) (ff. 101r-116v);(16) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Risālah fī barkār al-dawā’ir al-‘iẓām(رسالة في بركار الدوائر العظام) (ff. 116v-118r);(17) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Qawl fī mas’alah ‘adadīyah mujassama(قول في مسئلة عددية مجسمة) (ff. 118v-119);(18) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Qawl fī qismat al-khaṭṭ alladhī ista‘maluhu Arshimīdas fī al-Kurah wa-al-usṭūwānah(قول في قسمة الخط الذي استعمله أرشميدس في الكرة والأسطوانة) (f. 119v);(19) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Mas’alah fī ikhtilāf manẓar al-qamr(مسئلة في اختلاف منظر القمر) (f. 120);(20) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Qawl fī istikhrāj mas’alah ‘adadīyah(قول في استخراج مسئلة عددية) (f. 121);(21) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم),
Faṣl fī muqaddimat ḍil‘ al-musabba‘(فصل في مقدمة ضلع المسبع) (ff. 122-123).Codex; ff. iii+123+vMaterial: PaperDimensions: 280 x 115 mm leaf [220 x 80 mm written]Foliation: India Office foliation in Western Arabic numerals stamped in black ink;Ruling:
Misṭarah; 37 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Black ink, with diagrams and overlinings in redBinding: British Museum bindingCondition: Some waterstains; because of extensive worm damage (not now visible) the entire manuscript has been disbound and each folio lined with silk, inlaid in western paper and attached to guards before being reboundMarginalia: Very fewSeals: f. 1r
Collection of twenty treatises (plus shorter notes and excerpts) relating to mathematics, philosophy, history and related subjects, including a number of Graeco-Arabic texts.The manuscript was copied in Dhū al-Qa‘dah 639/May 1242 at least in part from an exemplar that was copied in 'the west side of the city of Mahdīyah (بناحية المغرب بمدينة المهدية)' on 11 Rabī‘ I 531/7 December 1136 (see colophons of items sixteen, f. 172v, lines 11-16; and item eighteen f. 178r, lines 3-4).Contents:(1) Rāzī (رازي),
Kitāb al-sīrah al-falsafīyah(كتاب السيرة الفلسفية) (ff. 1v-5v);(2) Ibn Abī Thawr al-Mawṣilī (ابن أبي ثور الموصلي),
Maqālah fī al-nafs((مقالة في النفس (ff. 6r-12r);(3) Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرّة),
Min masā’il allātī sa’ala ‘anhā Abū Musá ‘Isá ibn Asad(من مسائل التي سأل عنها أبو موسى عيسى بن أسد) (ff 12v-16v);(4) Abū al-Najā al-Fāriḍ (أبو النجا الفارض),
Kitāb al-khamsīn mas’alah fī kasr al-manṭiq(كتاب الخمسين مسئلة في كسر المنطق) (ff. 16v-26v);(5) Sinān ibn Thābit (سنان بن ثابت),
Sīyāsat al-nufūs(سياسة النفوس) (ff. 26v-31v);(6)
Risālah tataḍammān ādāb wa-ḥikmah(رسالة تتضمن آدآب وحكمة) (ff. 31v-33r);(7) Ḥasan ibn Sahl (حسن بن سهل),
Qaul fī al-akhbār allātī yukhbir bihā kathīrūn(قول في الأخبار التي يخبر بها كثيرون) (ff. 33v-40v);(8) Zajjājī (زجاجي),
Sharḥ Risālat adab al-kātib(شرح رسالة أدب الكاتب) (ff. 41r-58v);(9) Ibn Abī Ṭāhir (إبن أبي طاهر),
al-Mukhtṣar fī al-qirānātالمختصر في القرانات (ff. 59r-63v);(10)
al-Juz’ al-awwal min kitāb al-jafar(الجزء الأول من كتاب الجفر) (ff. 64r-81r);(11) Ptolemy (بطلميوس)
Kitāb fī al-hay’ah al-musammá al-iqtiṣāṣ(كتاب في الهيئة المسمى بالاقتصاص) (ff. 81v-102v);(12) Zarqālī (زرقالي),
Kitāb al-‘aml bil-ṣafīḥah al-zījīyahكتاب العمل بالصفيحة الزيجية (ff. 103r-107v);(13) Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرّة),
Kitāb fī ḥisāb ru’yat al-ahillah(كتاب في حساب رؤية الأهلّة) (ff. 108r-113r);(14) Avicenna (ابن سينا),
Risālah fī lā taqarrara ‘indihi fī ḥujaj al-muthbitīn lil-māḍī mubdā’an zamānīyan wa-taḥwīlihā ilá al-qīyāsāt(رسالة في ما تقرر عنده في حجج المثبتين للماضي مبداءً زمانيًا وتحويلها إلى القياسات) (ff. 113v-121v);(15) Nicomachus of Gerasa (نيقوماخس الجراسيني),
al-Madkhal ilá ‘ilm al-‘adad(المدخل إلى علم العدد) (ff. 122r-164r);(16) Apollonius of Perga (أبلونيوس),
Fī al-ashkāl al-sanaubarīyah(في الأشكال الصنوبية) (ff. 164v-172v);(17) Abū Ma‘shar (أبو معشر),
al-Qawl fī al-namūdhārāt(القول في نموذارات) (ff. 173r-175v);(18) Kindī (كندي),
Risālah fī mulk al-‘arab wa-kamīyatihiرسالة في ملك العرب وكميته (ff. 175v-178v);(19) Abū al-Majd ibn ‘Aṭīyah (أبو المجد بن عطية),
Maqālah fī al-ḍarb wa-l-qismah bil-hindī min ghayr maḥw wa-la naql(مقالة في الضرب والقسمة بالهندي من غير محو ولا نقل) (ff. 179r-188r);(20) Avicenna (ابن سينا),
Maqālah fī al-nafs(مقالة في النفس;
De anima) (ff. 188v-198v).Codex; ff. i+198+iMaterial: PaperDimensions: 326 x 235 mm leaf [215 x 155 mm written]Foliation: Eastern Arabic foliation in black ink; British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 27 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Brown ink, with some headings in redBinding: British Museum bindingCondition: Minor water damage and foxing, wax drippings and some burn marks; some leaves damaged and repairedMarginalia: Very fewSeals: 1r
First part of a collection of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) editions (تحارير) of the so-called intermediate books (متوسطات), Arabic versions of ancient Greek mathematical texts and responses to them which were meant to be read after Euclid's
Elementsand in preparation for Ptolemy's
Almagest. The second part of this collection is found in manuscript IO Islamic 923.The script, ornamentation and binding of the volume indicate that it is part of a set comprising also manuscripts IO Islamic 923 and IO Islamic 924. Since the latter was transcribed in 1198/1784, probably for Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal from 1772 to 1785 (see front paper ii recto), the collation notes in this manuscript dated to the month of Jumādá I without indication of the year probably refer to 1198 (March-April 1784).Contents:(1) Euclid (أقليدس),
Data(تحرير كتاب المعطيات لإقليدس; ff. 1v-35r);(2) Euclid (أقليدس),
Optica(تحرير المناظر لإقليدس; ff. 36v-56r);(3) Euclid (أقليدس),
Phenomena(كتاب ظاهرات الفلك لأقليدس; ff. 57v-86r);(4) Autolycus (أوطولوقس),
De ortibus et occasibus(كتاب أوطولوقس في الطلوع والغروب; ff. 87v-110r);(5) Hypsicles (إبسقلاوس),
Anaphoricus(كتاب في المطالع; ff. 111v-116r);(6) Archimedes (أرشميدس),
De sphaera et cylindro(كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة; ff. 118v-231v);(7) Archimedes (أرشميدس),
Dimensio circuli(مقالة أرشميدس في تكسير الدائرة; ff. 231v-238r).Codex; ff. viii+240+viiiMaterial: PaperDimensions: 209 x 120 mm leaf [130 x 58 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 12 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 lines per 10 cmScript:
Nasta‘līqInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in redDecoration: Every opening and every page has a border in gold, black and red ink; the first opening (ff. 1v-2r) is extensively illuminated in gold, red, green and blueBinding: Hybrid binding with European and Islamic-style features; gilt tooled; leather doublureCondition: Excellent condition; book block re-sewn, boards reattached and spine replacedMarginalia: Very few and all appear to be by copyistSeals: Ff. vii recto and 237v
Notable contents include:Commentary on Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) edition of Euclid's (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC)
Elements(الأصول) (ff. 86v-88r);Text by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) (ff.88v-89v);Commentary on Ptolemy's (بطلميوس, Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168)
Almagest(كتاب المجسطي) (f. 90r);A text on determining the
qiblah(في معرفة سمت القبلة) by Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (أبو الريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني, ca 973-1048) (ff. 91v-92r);A text on determining the
qiblah(في معرفة سمت القبلة) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) (f. 92v);A text on catoptrics, with elaborate diagrams (ff. 94r-95r);Commentry on Euclid (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) (ff. 95v-96r);Figure comprising all the figures in Euclid's (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC)
Elements(الأصول), Book One (ff. 97v-98r);Extract from Qāḍīzāde al-Rūmī's (قاضي زاده الرومي; d. after 1440) commentary on Maḥmūd al-Jaghmīnī's (محمود الجغميني; fl. first half of 13th century)
al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī ‘ilm al-hay’ah al-basīṭah(98v-99r);Extract from al-Qūshjī (القوشجي; d. 1474) (1092v-103r);Extract from Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī's (كمال الدين حسن الفارسي; d. 1319)
Tanqīḥ manāẓir Ibn al-Haytham(تنقيح مناظر ابن الهيثم; ff114v-115).Ff. 86v-117r
Second part of a collection of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) editions (تحارير) of the so-called 'intermediate [books] (متوسطات)', Arabic versions of ancient Greek mathematical and astronomical texts and Arabic responses to them which were meant to be read after Euclid's
Elementsand in preparation for Ptolemy's
Almagest. The first part of this collection is found in manuscript IO Islamic 1249.The script, ornamentation and binding of the volume indicate that it is part of a set comprising also manuscripts IO Islamic 924 and IO Islamic 1249. Since the latter was transcribed in 1198/1784, probably for Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal from 1772 to 1785 (see front paper ii recto), the collation notes in this manuscript dated to the months of Jumādá I and Sha‘bān without indication of the year probably refer to 1198 (March-April and June-July 1784).A descriptive title in Persian is found on front paper ii recto, and tables of contents in Persian and English are given on front paper iii recto.Contents:(1) Autolycus (أوطولوقس),
De sphaera quae movetur(تحرير كتاب الكرة المتحركة; ff. 1v-10r);(2) Theodosius (ثاوذوسيوس),
De habitationibus(تحرير كتاب المساكن; ff. 11v-21r);(3) Theodosius (ثاوذوسيوس),
De diebus et noctibus(كتاب في الأيام والليالي; ff. 23v-51r);(4) Aristarchus (أرسطرخس),
De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae(في جرمي النيرين وبعديهما; ff. 52v-69r);(5) Euclid (أقليدس),
Elements, Book 1 (مقالهٔ اولى از كتاب اقليدس; ff. 71v-95r)(6) Euclid (أقليدس),
De levi et ponderoso(في الثقل والخفة وقياس الأجرام بعضها إلى بعض; ff. 98v-101r).Codex; ff. vi+101+ivMaterial: PaperDimensions: 209 x 120 mm leaf [130 x 58 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 12 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 lines per 10 cmScript:
Nasta‘līqInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in redDecoration: Every opening and every page has a border in gold, black and red ink; the first opening (ff. 1v-2r) is extensively illuminated in gold, red, green and blueBinding: Hybrid binding with European and Islamic-style features; gilt tooled; leather doublureCondition: Excellent condition; book block re-sewn, boards reattached and spine replacedMarginalia: Very few and all appear to be by copyistSeals: Ff. 1r and 101v
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 685Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.123b (p.246), transcription of first work finished ("qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min taḥrīrih wa-tanmīqih...") in latter Ṣafar, 1021 [April 1612] ; name of copyist is unclear, though he appears to have been muʼadhdhin (müezzin) in the Gazi Ali Bey mosque, likely of Vučitrn [Vıçıtırın], Kosovo. As appears in colophon on fol.179a (p.357), transcription of second work finished on the first of Muḥarram 1029 [ca. 8 December 1619] ; name of copyist (and perhaps also place of transcription) was recorded but later effaced and now illegible.Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas. -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From spine label and inscription on fol.1a (p.1), "IL 215" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Heavy, thick, dark brown leather without boards (limp binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; upper and lower cover bear blind-tooled border and diamond design (slightly off-center) in four cross-like rosettes ; same cross-like rosettes appear in decorative border along upper and outer lengths of the cover ; entire design appears some what off-center, as though cover was decorated for larger codex and then cut to fit this ms. ; exposed interior of leather covers serve as "doublures" ; sewn in blue thread, two stations ; in fair condition, though quite worn, with leather cracked and abraded, but still well-attached to text block.Support: European laid paper with laid lines running vertically spaced roughly 8 laid lines per cm., chain lines (horizontal) spaced 27-28 mm. apart, and watermark of anchor in circle (single line) with leaf or trefoil above (see p.6, 12, 256, etc.), sturdy, heavily burnished ; same paper appears to have been used for both works ; countermark "B C" below trefoil is visible in p.254, etc.Decoration: Textual dividers in the form of red discs, three dots, etc. appear throughout ; text rubricated with textual dividers, overlinings (marking transcribed verse being commented upon, etc.), and section headings ("بيت" introducing verse, "رحمه", etc.) in red.Script: Copied in two distinct hands, one for each work, though hand at close of opening work is similar to that of second work and possibly supplied by the same copyist: [1] Naskh ; Turkish / Balkan hand ; virtually serifless with mainly closed counters, kāf mashkūlah preferred, final kāf having kāf ṣaghīrah (hamzah-like form) repeated twice, in typical position and above the vertical stroke ; occasional extremely slight effect of words descending to baseline and final letters or final word of line superscript ; [2] Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; Turkish / Balkan hand ; virtually serifless, though a left-sloping head serif on lām of definite article rarely appears, strong effect of words descending to baseline, final letters or words superscript or line curving up, mainly closed counters, point of final or free-standing nūn set down in or near return stroke of tall, wide bowl.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; impression of ruling board evident.Collation: V-1 (9), 7 V (79), III+1 (86), I (88), 3 V (118), IV (126), 5 V (176), II (180) ; chiefly quinions ; copy is acephelous with first leaf of first quire missing ; several leaves between the two works and following the second are left blank (though without loss of text) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).Colophon: [1] Scribal, triangular, reads: "قد وقع الفراغ من تحريره وتنميقه عن يد [اضعف؟] العباد الله هدايته [؟] الله عن قصه بلون [؟] المؤذن بجامع غازي على بيك تحريرا في اواخر صفر المظفر في يوم خميس في وقت الظهر سنة احدى وعشرين والف من هجرة النبوية عليه افضل التحية م م م" ; [2] Scribal, triangular, reads: "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب في يوم الاحد من الشهر المحرم الحرام الشريف في وقت العصر سنة تسع وعشرين والف من هجرة النبوية عليه افضل التحية كتبه الحقير هدايته الله ..."Explicit: [1] توفيق حقه رفيق اولوب آلت اولمغه سعى اتمك كركدر والسلام تمت النسخة الشريفة المباركة [المسمى] بشرح جزيرة المثنوي المكين [؟] بلمحات لمعات المثنوي وهي مرآت للسالكين ... وهو الله في السماء والارض لا اله الا هو عليه توكلت وهو رب العرش العظيم [2] رحمه ما دام كه اغح[؟] بود غن دبره در باد صبا ياخود سو ندرردوه حادي نغمتي تمتIncipit: [1] صلوات صافيات وتحيات وافيات بي غايات اول شاه كزيده [2] الحمد لله الذي جعل النظام لانتظام الكلام والصلوة والسلام على محمد سيد الانام وعلى اله العظام واصحابه الكرام وبعد بو عبد فقير ورق حقير قليل البضاعة عديم البراعة حضرت فخر العابدين قطب الواصلين الموفق من عند الله رب العالمين شيخ سعد الله الخلوتيTitle from inscription on fol.1a.Ms. codex.4. fol. 179b-fol.180b : [blank].2. fol. 127a-fol.179a : Şerh-i kaside-yi Bürde/ Şeyh Sadullah Halvetî.2. fol.124a-fol.126b : [blank].1. fol.1a-123b : Şerh-i Cezire-yi Mesnevi/ Bağdadlı İlmî Dede.Two works, the first being İlmî Dede's Turkish commentary on on the Persian Jazīrah-i Mas̲navī, a selection by Yusuf Sinaneddin Sineçak (d.953/1546) of 360 verses from Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī's Mas̲navī and the second being Şeyh Sadullah Halvetî's Turkish commentary on al-Būṣirī's (d.694/1294) Arabic poem in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad, al-Burdah, or al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ Khayr al-barīyah. Copy is acephelous with first leaf of first quire missing.
Watermarks: Three hats (?); initials AG in roman.Contains geometrical diagrams and mathematical tables.No rubrication.Problems and calculations in geometry and trigonometry noted by an anonymous person. On the first few pages the notes are in Arabic, after which they are in Turkish.
Compendium containing treatises on astronomy, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and shorter extracts and notes on related topics. The title page (f. 7r), which is written by a later hand than that of the main scribe, calls the volume 'a compendium of seven treatises accompanied by various studies (مجموعة سبع رسائل مع مبحثات متفرقة)', and lists only the following seven works:صفيحة الإمكان في أصطرلابما لا بد للفقيه من الحسابكتاب الأكبر [!] لثاودوسي اوس [!]كتاب الكرّة لأوتولوقوسكتاب لثاودوسي اوس [!] في الليل والنهاركتاب لثاودوسي اوس [!] في المساكنفوائد الجمالي في أصول الهندسةThe scribe is Ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥīm Abū al-Qāsim Yaḥyá al-Astar’ābādī (ابن عبد الرحيم أبو القاسم يحيى الأسترآبادي; see ff. 12r, 24r and f. 62r), who copied the manuscript for his own use in Jumādá II 1014/Oct.-Nov. 1605 at Yazd (see f. 62r) and Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1018/Jan.-Feb. 1610 at Qom (see f. 24r)Contents:(1)
(Fā’idah) min Sharḥ shamsīyat al-ḥisāb([فائدة] من شرح شمسية الحساب) (ff. 2v-3v);(2) Short extracts and notes in Persian and Arabic (ff. 4v-6a);(3) Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي),
Ṣafīḥat al-imkān fī aṣṭurlāb(صفيحة الإمكان في أصطرلاب; ff. 7v-12r);(4) Two short extracts on astronomy in Arabic and Persian (ff. 12v-13r);(5) Abū al-‘Alā’ Muḥammad al-Bihishtī al-Isfarā’aynī (أبو العلاء محمد البهشتي الإسفرايني),
Mā lā budda lil-faqīh min al-ḥisāb(ما لا بد للفقيه من الحساب; ff. 14r-24v);(6) Anonymous, Treatise on geometry (ff. 25v-28r);(7) Anonymous, Treatise on ascertaining the levelness of surfaces (ff. 29v-30r);(8) Theodosius (ثاوذوسيوس),
De sphaericis(كتاب الأكر; ff. 30r-62r)(9) Autolycus (أوطولوقس),
De sphaera quae movetur(كتاب الكرة المتحركة; ff. 62r-69v);(10) Theodosius (ثاودوسيوس),
De diebus et noctibus(كتاب ثاوذوسيوس في الليل والنهار; ff. 70r-75r);(11) Theodosius (ثاودوسيوس),
De habitationibus(كتاب ثاوذوسيوس في المساكن; ff 76r-82r);(12) Two short texts on astronomy (ff. 83v-85r);(13) Short mathematical texts, notes and diagrams in Arabic and Persian (ff. 86v-117r);(14) Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Samarqandī (محمد بن أشرف السمرقندي), Fawā’id al-Jamālī fī uṣūl al-handasah (فوائد الجمالي في أصول الهندسة; ff. 117v-133v).Codex; ff. iv+136+ivMaterial: PaperDimensions: 169 x 69 mm leaf [117 x 50 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 16 lines per 10 cmScript:
Nasta‘līq; copied by Ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥīm Abū al-Qāsim Yaḥyā al-Astarābādī for his own useInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings and diagrams in redBinding: Morocco leather binding; boards with blind-tooled borders, medallion and pendantsCondition: Minor water damage to upper marginMarginalia: Numerous throughoutSeals: Ff. 2r (erased), 7r, 14r, 30r, 62r, 70r, 76r and 117v
The good manners and quatities of the the great Imam Abu Hanifah, one of the 4th Sunnite Islamic sects. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2619053Condition: Good condition.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 294Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.353a (p.705), transcription finished in Rabīʻ I "shahr Mawlid al-Nabī" 901 [Nov-Dec 1495].Binding: Pasteboards covered in fine dark brown leather; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in light brown leather ; upper and lower covers feature a large rectangular central field with intricate, repeating geometrical/vegetal pattern, bordered by a relatively narrow frame ; frame contains a series of small panels, in which elements of the central pattern are featured ; pattern continues onto flap ; doublures feature a central medallion with two smaller pendants and corner pieces, all with filigree design over a background of lapis lazuli and outlined in gold paint ; edges of textblock gold-flecked and carry gold-painted vegetal decoration ; sewn in white thread, two stations ; endbands in green and gold ; in very poor condition with lower cover completely detached at spine, front cover and flap both on the verge of detaching, though decoration is in good shape ; evidence of made endpapers in red marbled paper, now removed ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and no chain lines visible ; lightly burnished ; relatively thin ; in good condition with some repairs and reinforcements.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpieces (ʻunwān/ʻanāwīn) found at the openings of each of the six books of the work (pp.4-5, 116, 214, 350, 458, 576) ; illuminated marginal decoration surrounds the prose dībāchah (pp.2-3) with lapis lazuli frame filled with a repeating, rectilinear vegetal pattern in gold, white, black, turquoise, and red and tīghs executed in blue ; frontispiece at the opening of the first book carries the first verses set apart in a double-page illumination with exquisite decoration matching the style of the dībāchah pages, but more elaborate ; aside from initial folia, written area surrounded by heavy gold frame and outermost blue fillet ; chapter headings often rubricated or chrysographed and set in cloud-bands of pink and yellow (gold?) cross-hatching ; text of dībāchah and colophon chrysographed.Script: Naskh ; headings and text of opening pages (dībāchah) done in tawqīʻ.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; incipit and facing page in 18 lines per page ; verses in frontispiece for opening book in 7 lines per page ; written area divided mainly into four columns, except on the initial pages of each book, which feature only a single column.Collation: i, III+2 (8), 9 V(98), IV+1 (107), 24 V(347), IV-2 (353), ii ; chiefly quinions, with one anomalous ternion and two anomalous quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," in Arabic, reads: "تم الکتاب المثنوی المعنوی المولوی بحمد الله و منه في شهر مولود النبی علیه السلام سنه احدي وتسعمایه الهجریه"Explicit: "قصه کوته کن که رفتم در حجاب هین خمش و الله اعلم بالصواب"Incipit: "هذا کتاب المثنوی وهو اصول اصول اصول [كذا] الدین فی کشف اسرار الوصول والیقین ..."Title from opening (p.2).Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī's didactic poetical work in double verses. Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.
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."