- Published / Created:
- 19th century.
- Call Number:
- Arabic MSS suppl. 613
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- An elaborate astronomical calendar consisting of one long scroll. It was made by an astronomer (name not given) for the Hijrī year 1259 (1859-1860). On one side, it is written in the form of tables, on the other side is a list of different categories of male and female personal Islamic names arranged alphabetically. Beside the months and days, it gives the times of prayers, the times of fasting and breaking the fast during Ramaḍān, the direction to the holy city of Mecca "qiblah", and personal reading of one's fortune. Written by al-Sayyid al-Ḥājj ʻAbd Allāh al-Ṭarsūsī (could not be identified) who may also have been the author
- Description:
- In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., 108 x 10.8 cm., and In naskh/ruqʻah script in black, gold and red ink on white paper.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astronomy, Arab, Fortune-telling by names, Islamic calendar, Names, Personal, Islamic, Prayer, Islam, Qiblah, and Ramadan
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Calendar : manuscript
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- Creator:
- Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449
- Published / Created:
- 1779 or 1780.
- Call Number:
- Arabic MSS suppl. 592
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Zīj (astronomical tables) of Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449 (a Persian astronomer), in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish, presented to the Sultan ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd Khān ibn Aḥmad Khān (Abdülhamid I Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789), in 1193 Hijrī (1779 or 1780). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned
- Alternative Title:
- Zīj-i jadīd-i Sultānī 880-01, Zīj Kūrkānī, زىج جدىد سلطانى 240-01/r, and زيج كوركاني
- Description:
- In Arabic and Ottoman Turkish., Title from folio 1a., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī khalaqa al-arḍ wa-al-samāwāt wa-zayyanahā bi-al-kawākib al-thawābit wa-al-sayyārāt wa-qaddara manāzil li-yuʻlama bi-hā ʻadad al-sinīn wa-ḥisāb al-awqāt, wa-al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʻalá Rasūlihi Muḥammad ṣāḥib al-muʻjizāt wa-muẓhir al-ḥikam wa-al-āyāt wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-aṣḥābihi al-muqīmīn bi-aḥsan al-taqwīm wa-al-aḥkām al-bayyināt ...", Secundo folio: Ulugh Bik ribāṭ., 17 x 22.5 cm; written surface: 11 x 16.5 cm; lines per page vary., Binding: Unbound., In small naskh script, in black ink on white paper, headings and markings in red; some notes on the margins; some wormholes., and Colophon: Colophon missing.
- Subject (Name):
- Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789. and Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astronomy, Arab
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Zīj-i Gūrgānī : manuscript, زىج گورگانى : مخطوطة