- Published / Created:
- 18th century.
- Call Number:
- Arabic MSS suppl. 584
- Image Count:
- 10
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- A collection of Islamic prayers, invocations and decorations, as follows: 1. Part of an invocation in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic (folio 1a). The first leaf seems to be missing. 2. Asmāʼ Allāh al-ḥusná (The 99 most beautiful names of God), written within gold squares (folio 1b-3a). 3. The name of the Prophet Muḥammad (folio 3a-4b). 4. Duʻāʼ istighfār kabīr (A prayer for seeking God's forgiveness) (folios 4b-5a). 5. Sharḥ muhr kabīr sharīf (An explanation of the noble seal of God) (folio 5b). 6. The seal itself written in large thulth script (folio 6a). 7. The word "Allāh, jalla jalāluh", written within a crescent moon surrounded by a decorative rectangle in gold and blue (folio 6b). 8. The word "Muḥammad, ʻalyhi al-salām" written in a similar fashion (folio 7a). 9. The name of "Adam" written within a circle surrounded by a decorative rectangle in gold and blue (folio 7b). 10. The names of Noah, Muḥammad, Abū Bakr, ʻUmar, ʻUthmān, ʻAlī, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn in a similar fashion (folios 8a-12a). 11. The names of the famous companions of the Prophet Muḥammad, written within decorative circles: Abū Bakr, ʻUmar, ʻUthmān, ʻAlī, Ṭalḥah, Zubayr, ʻAbd Allāh, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, Ibn ʻAwf, Saʻd, Saʻīd, Abū ʻUbaydah, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn (folios 12b-19a). 12. The names of "Ahl al-Kahf" (Seven sleepers of Ephesus): Yamlīkhā, Makshalīnā, Mithlīnā, Marnūsh, Bardanūsh, Shādhanūsh,Kafshaṭṭayyūsh and their dog "Qaṭmīr" (folios 19b-23a). 13. A prayer in the form of cypress trees (folios 23b-32a). 14. Invocation seals "muhrs": "Yā Ḥannān", "Yā Mannān" (Oh Merciful, Oh Generous), "Wa-huwa ʻalá kull shayʼ qadīr (He is able to do anything), Unity of God, Shifāʼ al-Qurʼān (Quranic medicine), seal of a prayer for getting well, seal for the great prayer of getting well, the seal of the Prophet, the seal of Sulaymān (Solomon), explanation of the seal of Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq (the sixth Shiʻī Imām, died 765), the seal of the Almighty, all written within decorative circles (folios 32b-38a). 14. Drawings of: "Hand of Faṭimah", "Dhū al-Fiqār" (ʻAlī's sword), foot of the Prophet Muḥammad, the Prophet's shoes, "Tawakkalū ʻalá Allāh" (Rely upon God), the staff of Moses, an ax, a rose, the banner of gratitude, the cloak of the Prophet Muḥammad, his rosary, his ewer and his basin, all drawn in gold (folios 39b-43a). 15. Decorative sketches of Mecca and Medina in gold and other colors (folios 43b-44a). 16. A prayer for attaining "al-Maqām al-Maḥmūd" (the Glorious Station "a place in Heaven") (folios 44b-45a). 17. Various Islamic flags drawn in gold (folios 45b-47a). 18. Various prayers for variety of occasions (folios 47b-69a). 19. Various talismanic numerology squares (folios 69b-72b). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
- Description:
- In Arabic and Ottoman Turkish., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: The first leaf seems to be missing., Secundo folio: al-rāfiʻ al-muʻizz al-mudhill., 12 x 19 cm; written surface: 6 x 10 cm; lines per page vary., Binding: In brown leather binding with flap; covers richly gilt with central medallion on both sides and corners decorations; edges slightly rubbed., In large and beautiful naskh or thulth scripts, in black ink on thin white paper; with headings in white ink on gold background; catchwords., and Colophon: Last page seems to be missing; ends with a magic square and the katchword "barkamsah".
- Subject (Topic):
- Islamic decorative arts, Prayer, and Islam
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Islamic prayers, invocations and decorations : manuscript
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- Published / Created:
- 1761-1815.
- Call Number:
- Arabic MSS suppl. 600
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Collection of treatises on magic, astrology, alchemy and Sufism: 1. On the magical qualities of the letters of the Arabic alphabet, their numerical values and their categorization into fire, air, water and earth letters, in Ottoman Turkish (folios1a-2a). 2. Talisman (folio 2a), in Arabic. The copyist (Tawakkulī Muṣṭafá) claims to have seen this talisman in the year 1162 Hijrī (1748/1749) and copied it in Jumād Thānī, 1175 Hijrī (1761/1762). 3. Miftāḥ Kitāb Sāmūr Hindī (Key to the book of the Indian Sāmūr" (folios 2b-22a), by Darwīsh Fatʹḥ Allāh Rūmī (could not be identified), in Ottoman Turkish, an elaborate work on numerology with magic squares. The alleged author "Sāmūr Hindī" (or "Shaykh Sāmūr") could not be identified (probably a fictitious name). Copied in Jumād Awwal, 1188 Hijrī (July/August, 1774). Name of copyist and place of copying not mentioned. 4. Chronology (Silsilah "Chain") of some Sufi order in Ottoman Turkish (folio 22b). 5. Sketch of the zodiac with several magical astronomical tables "zāyirjahs" (folios 23a-26b). 6. Alchemy recipes (27a-29b) on how to convert base metals into gold, in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish. Copied in Shaʻbān 1187 Hijrī (October/November 1773) by Tawakkulī Muṣṭafá. Place of copying not mentioned. 7. Second collection of alchemy recipes (folios 30b-33a). The author wrote at the beginning of these recipes that they were given to him by Sharīf Sayyidī Ḥasan of Diyār Bakr (Diyarbakır, Turkey) in the year 1172 Hijrī (September/October, 1758), at the rate of two words a month. The alleged Sharīf lived after that for fourteen years and died in Muḥarram 1185 Hijrī (April/May, 1771) before being able to finish the alchemy process. 8. Taswīdah (folio 33b), a short alchemy recipe copied on 22 Rajab, 1230 Hijrī (30 June, 1815) by ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad Luṭfī.
- Description:
- In Arabic and Ottoman Turkish., Title of the codex supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit of the Talisman : "Aqsamtu ʻalaykum ayyuhā al-arwāḥ al-ʻulwīyah wa-al-suflīyah al-mustakhrajūn min taksīr hādhihi al-ḥurūf al-sharīfah al-muwakkalūn wa-al-ḥākimūn ʻalayhā, yā Fakhāʼīl, yā Khaḍāʼīl ...", Incipit of Miftāḥ Kitāb Sāmūr Hindī: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī aẓhara dhawāt al-ʻālimīn bi-amrihi al-qadīm, wa-nawwara al-ʻārifīn bi-tilāwat asmāʼihi al-ʻaẓīm, wa-al-ṣalāh al-dāʼimah ʻalá muẓhir al-dhāt Nabīyih Muḥammad Dhī al-wajh al-karīm wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-awlādihi alladhīna uẓhirū min ʻālam al-rūḥ ilá ʻālam al-jism bi-al-faḍl al-ʻamīm ...", Secundo folio of Miftāḥ Kitāb Sāmūr Hindī: amīdh darkah bayn., Incipit of Alchemy recipes: "Mabqalah qarībah. Taʼkhudh ʻalá barakat Allāh, taʼkhudh min shaʻr ithnay ʻashar ūqiyah wa-min wa-min [repeated] al-ṣābūn [ṣābūn] al-ḥukamā qadr thalāthīn, yaʻnī thamāniyah wa-tisʻīn dirham, tusḥaq farādah thumma tusḥaq maʻa baʻḍ saḥqan balīghan ...", Secundo folio of Alchemy recipes: fī muddat laylah., Incipit of Second collection of alchemy recipes: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam. Talaqqaynā hādhihi [hādhā] al-ʻilm min Sharīf Sayyidī Ḥasan min Diyār Bakr fī sanat1172, ibtidāʼ kull shahr kalimatayn. ʻĀsha baʻda dhālika arbaʻat ʻashar sanah ḥattá kamulat asmāʼuhā ramzan. Wa-lam kamulat kulluhā, yaʻnī tarkībuhā. ʻAinda al-tarkīb tawaffā [tuwuffiya] fī Muḥarram sanat 1185.", Secundo folio of Second collection of alchemy recipes: ʻalá kānūn ʻalá nār., Incipit of Taswīdah: "Khudh ʻalá barakat Allāh taʻālá min al-kibrīt al-mistakkāwī ūqīyah wa-min al-zinjafr ūqīyah ...", 15 x 20.5 cm; written surfaces: vary ; lines per page vary., Binding: In brown cloth modern binding., In good naskh script in different hands, in black ink on white paper; headings, keywords and markings in red; catchwords., Title of Miftāḥ Kitāb Sāmūr Hindī from folio 2b., On folio 34a an ownership statement: "Ṣāḥibī wa-mālikī Nuʻmān Afandī Madanī al-Ḥanafī, khādim al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf. 1246 Hijrī (1830/1831)., Colophon of the Talisman: "Tammat. Naqaltuhu min risālah taḥrīran fī Jumāda Thānī sanat 1175, wa-raʼaytuhu fī sanat 1162, thumma naqaltuhu fī Jumād Thānī [signature] Tawakkulī Muṣṭafá.", Translation of the colophon of the Talisman: "It is completed. I copied it from a treatise in Jumād Thānī, 1175 [December 1761/January 1762], having seen it in 1162 [December 1748/January 1749] and copied it in Jumād Thānī [signiture], Tawakkulī Muṣṭafá.", Colophon of Miftāḥ Kitāb Sāmūr Hindī: Colophon missing. Ends with numerical calculations., Colophon of of Alchemy recipes: Colophon missing. Ends with: "... wa-in kāna yafḍulu fīhi shayʼ udmushu marratan ukhrah [ukhrá] ḥattá lā yafḍula fīhi min al-māʼ shayʼ wa-yaṣīr mithl al-isfīdāj dawwim minhā ʻalá 6 qamar yaṣīr ibrīzan kāmilan.", and Colophon of Second Alchemy recipes. Colophon missing. Ends with: "... wa-in lam yaghūṣ shammiʻhu bi-waznah min al-miftāḥ, shayʼ fa-shayʼ jarribhu, wa-in waqf awḍiʻ ʻalayh min al-miftāḥ waznah wa-qaṭṭirhu wa-rudda al-qāṭir ʻlayh thāniyan wa-thālithan, wa-ammā thālith marrah lam yaḥmil qābilat qizāz yaṭlīh raṣāṣ aw ṣīnī hindī, hādhā nuqṭat al-ḥāriqah ʻalá al-dhahab wa-al-fiḍḍah."
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Astrology, Magic, Magic squares, Numerology, Sufism, and Talismans
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Treatises on magic, astrology, alchemy and Sufism : manuscript
- Creator:
- Turmeda, Anselm, 1352-1432?
- Published / Created:
- 18th century-1886.
- Call Number:
- Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 440
- Image Count:
- 85
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Collection of three treatises, as follows: 1. Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb (folios 1a-34b), also called Tuḥfat al-arīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb, a polemic against Christians and the doctrines of Christianity, by ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Mayurūqī, the Arabic name used by the Franciscan monk Anselmo de Turmeda (Turmeda, Anselm, 1352-1432?), after his conversion to Islam. The text proper in this manuscript is preceded by an introduction by Abū al-Ghayth Muḥammad al-Qashshāshī (or al-Qushāshī, could not be identified), in which he titles the work "Taḥīyat al-asrār taʼlīf al-akhyār al-anṣār fī al-radd ʻalá al-Naṣārá min firaq al-kuffār". Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century. 2. Ḥikāyāt ʻan baʻḍ al-mutaqaddimīn (folios 35a-35b), popular tales and anecdotes by an anonymous author/compiler. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century. 3. Kamālat al-durr al-nafīs fī al-radd ʻalá al-laʻīn Iblīs (folios 36a-38b), a polemic against "Iblīs", an Arabic word for the Devil, by an anonymous author, copied on Saturday, 9 Jumād Awwal, 1303 of the Hijrah (13 February, 1886) by Makkāwī al-Sayyid. Place of copying not mentioned
- Description:
- In Arabic., Title of Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb from folio 3a., Title of Ḥikāyāt ʻan baʻḍ al-mutaqaddimīn from folio 35a., Title of Kamālat al-durr al-nafīs fī al-radd ʻalá al-laʻīn Iblīs from folio 36a., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit of Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb (folio 1b): "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn, wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbih wa-sallam. Wa-baʻd, fa-yaqūlu al-ʻabd al-faqīr ilá Rabbihi, subḥānuhu wa-taʻālá, Abū al-Ghayth Muḥammad al-Qashshāshī [or al-Qushāshī]: Lammā naẓartu hādhā al-taʼlīf al-ʻajīb wa-ʻalimtu mā fīhi min al-uslūb al-gharīb, wa-kāna min al-muqarrar fī al-maʻqūl wa-al-manqūl anna al-inṣāf awlá wa-aḥaqq mā taʻāṭathu ayādī al-fuḥūl, bādartu ilá imtithāl mā kāna ḥaqqan ʻalayya, wa-shahidtu bi-ḥusnihi ʻalá an yakūna min ṣāliḥ ʻamal bayna yadayya, fa-qultu: Mā aḥaqqa hādhā al-taʼlīf al-mubārak an tusammá [yusammá] 'Taḥīyat al-asrār taʼlīf al-anṣār fī al-radd ʻalá al-Naṣārá min firaq al-kuffār' ...", Secundo folio of Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb: al-khayrāt mūriqah bi-saḥāʼib raʼfatih., Incipit of Ḥikāyāt ʻan baʻḍ al-mutaqaddimīn (folio 35a): "Ḥaká Ibn ʻAsākir anna Yaʻqūb al-Mājashūn, jadd ʻAbd al-Malik, ṣāḥib Mālik, mātā [māta] wa-wajiʻa fī al-sarīr, wa-ijtamaʻa al-nās lil-ṣalāh ʻalayhi, fa-wajada al-ghāsil ʻirqan taḥta rijlihi yataḥarraku, fa-qāla: Ará an yuʼakhkhara ghasluhu ilá ghad. Fa-lammā aṣbaḥū wa-ijtamaʻa al-nās ʻalayhi wa-jadahu al-ghāsil kadhālika ...", Incipit of Kamālat al-durr al-nafīs fī al-radd ʻalá al-laʻīn Iblīs (folio 36a): "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Ḥamdan lillāh subḥānuhu wa-taʻālá, wa-ṣalātan wa-salāman ʻalá man lā nabīya baʻdah. Ammā baʻd, faqad dhakara al-Jalāl al-Suyūṭī fī kitābihi 'al-Kanz al-madfūn wa-al-fulk al-mashḥūn', qāl: Li-ʻilm hādhihi al-shubhah allatī dhakarahā Iblīs, laʻanahu Allāh, min qawlihi 'Anā khayr minhu, khalaqtanī min nār wa-khalaqtahu min ṭīn', innamā dhakarahā ʻalá sabīl al-taʻannut, wa-illā fa-imtināʻuhu min al-sujūd li-Ādam, ʻalayhi al-salām, innamā kāna ʻan kibar wa-kufr, wa-mujarrad ibāʼ wa-ḥasad, wa-maʻa dhālik, fa-mā abdāhu min al-shubhah fa-huwa dāḥiḍ, li-annahu rattaba ʻalá dhālik annahu khayr min Ādam ...", Secundo folio of Kamālat al-durr al-nafīs fī al-radd ʻalá al-laʻīn Iblīs: min awṣāf al-arḍ fī al-Qurʼān., 16.5 x 22 cm; written surface: 10 x 16.5 cm; 22-24 lines per page., Binding: In marbled cardboard with brown leather spine., In good naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; headings in purple; some corrections on the margins in pencil; catchwords., On folio 1a: "Hādhā Kitāb Taḥīyat al-asrār taʼlīf al-akhyār al-anṣār fī al-radd ʻalá al-Naṣārá min firaq al-kuffār, wa-ayḍan tusammá Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb, taʼlīf al-Shaykh ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Mayurūqī, min madīnat Mayurūqah, athābahu Allāh al-Jannah. Āmīn", At the head of folio 35a: "Hādhihi Ḥikāyāt ʻan baʻḍ al-mutaqaddimīn.", At the head of folio 36a: "Hādhihi Kamālat al-durr al-nafīs fī al-radd ʻalá al-laʻīn Iblīs.", Colophon of Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb: "Ghafara Allāh wa-ʻafá ʻan kātibihi wa-muʼallifihi wa-qārīhi ilá abad al-ābidīn. Āmīn.", Translation of the colophon of: Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb: "May God forgive its copyist, its author and its reader, forever and ever. Amen.", Colophon of Ḥikāyāt ʻan baʻḍ al-mutaqaddimīn: No colophon., Colophon of Kamālat al-durr al-nafīs fī al-radd ʻalá al-laʻīn Iblīs: "Intahá mā yassara Allāh taʻālá jamʻahu fī hādhihi al-māddah fī ḍuḥá yawm al-Sabt, al-muwāfiq 9 khalat min shahr Jumād Awwal, sanat 1303, alf wa-thalāthumiʼah wa-thalāthah baʻd al-Hijrah [al-Nabawīyah] ʻalá ṣāḥibihā afḍal al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām, ʻalá [yad] kātibihi, al-faqīr ilá Mawlāh, Makkāwī al-Sayyid, ghafara Allāh la-hu wa-li-wālidayhi wa-li-jamīʻ al-Muslimīn wa-al-Muslimāt, al-aḥyāʼ minhum wa-al-amwāt, wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā wa-Mawlānā Muḥammad wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam. Āmīn. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn.", and Translation of the colophon of Kamālāt al-durr al-nafīs fī al-radd ʻalá al-laʻīn Iblīs: "Completed is what God Most High facilitated of the compilation of this material on the morning of Saturday, 9 Jumādd Awwal, 1303 of the Hijrah of the Prophet [13 February, 1886], may the best of prayer and peace be upon him, by the hand of its copyist, the poor to his Lord, Makkāwī al-Sayyid, may God forgive him, his parents, and all Muslim men and women, the living among them and the dead. May God pray on our Master and Lord, Muḥammad, on his family and companions and grant them peace. Amen. Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe."
- Subject (Name):
- Turmeda, Anselm, 1352-1432?
- Subject (Topic):
- Christianity, Devil, Islam, and Folk literature, Arabic
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb : manuscript, تحفة الأديب في الرد على أهل الصليب : مخطوطة
- Creator:
- Turmeda, Anselm, 1352-1432?
- Published / Created:
- 18th century.
- Call Number:
- Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 443
- Image Count:
- 70
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Tuḥfat al-adīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb, a polemic against Christians and the doctrines of Christianity, by ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Mayurūqī, the Arabic name used by the Franciscan monk Anselmo de Turmeda (Turmeda, Anselm, 1352-1432?), after his conversion to Islam. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
- Alternative Title:
- Kitāb Tuḥfat al-arīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb and كتاب تحفة الأريب في الرد على أهل الصليب
- Description:
- In Arabic., Title from folio 2a., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm wa-bi-hi thiqatī, wa-ʻalayhi iʻtimādī. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī khaṣṣanā bi-khayr al-adyān, wa-jaʻalanā min ummat al-Furqān, wa-akramanā bi-tilāwat al-Qurʼān, wa-ṣawm shahr Ramaḍān, wa-al-ṭawāf ḥawla al-Bayt al-Ḥarām, wa-al-rukūʻ ʻinda al-Rukn wa-al-Maqām, wa-sharrafanā bi-Laylat al-Qadr, wa-al-wuqūf bi-ʻArafāt, wa-jaʻalanā min ahl al-ṭahārah wa-al-ṣalāh wa-al-zakāh ... Wa-baʻd, fa-yaqūlu al-Shaykh ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Tarjumān, jaʻala Allāh maḍjiʻahu wa-maʼwāhu fasīḥ al-jinān ...", Secundo folio: ʻalá ʻĪsá ʻalayhi al-salām., 16.5 x 25 cm; written surface: 10.5 x 18 cm; 25 lines per page., Binding: In marbled cardboard with flap; brown leather on spine and flap., In clear naskh/ruqʻah script, in black ink, on white paper; some headings in red; markings in purple; some notes and corrections on the margins in pencil; catchwords., On folio 1a: "Hādhā Kitāb Tuḥfat al-arīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb ʻalá al-tamām.", On folio 2a: "... sammaytuhu Tuḥfat al-arīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb ...", Colophon: "Wa-ḥasbunā Allāh wa-niʻma al-wakīl, wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā qūwata illā billāh al-ʻAlī al-ʻAẓīm, wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad, wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallama taslīman kathīran ilá Yawm al-Dīn, wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn.", and Translation of the colophon: "God suffices us, He is the best advocate. There is no power nor might except in God, the Most High, the All Powerful. May God pray on our Master Muḥammad, his family and his companions and grant them abundant peace until Judgment Day. Praise be to God Lord of the Universe."
- Subject (Name):
- Turmeda, Anselm, 1352-1432?
- Subject (Topic):
- Christianity and Islam
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tuḥfat al-arīb fī al-radd ʻalá ahl al-ṣalīb : manuscript, تحفة الأريب في الرد على أهل الصليب : مخطوطة
- 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