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Subject(s)

• Astronomical instruments—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Astronomy—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Astronomy, Arab—Tables—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Letter writing, Persian—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Timekeeping—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4481Y [Browse]

Contains

• Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1423- Raqāʼiq al-ḥaqāʼiq fī maʻrifat ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāʼiq. [Browse]
• سبط المارديني، بدر الدين محمد بن محمد، 1423- رقائق الحقائق في معرفة حساب الدرج والدقائق. [Browse]
• Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449. Zīj-i jadīd-i Sultānī. [Browse]
• الوغ بگ، 1394-1449. زيج جديد سلطاني. [Browse]
• Ḥumaydī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, -1765 or 1766. Risālah fī al-ālah al-musammāh bi-dhāt al-kursī. [Browse]
• حميدي، محمد بن علي، -1765 or 1766. رسالة في الالة المسماه بذات الكرسي. [Browse]

Notes

• Ms. composite codex.
• Layout: 19-37 lines per page.
• Origin: [Zīj Ulūghbey] Copied Rabīʻ II, 1196.
• Incipit: [رقائق الحقائق] الحمد لله حمد الشاکرين ... وبعد فيقول ... ليس فى حساب الاعمال الفلکية احسن -- [زيج الوغ بك] تبارک الذى جعل فى الاسماء بروجا ... المقالة الاولى فى معرفة التواريخ -- [رسالة في الاله] نحمدك يا من يدور الفلك الدوا

Language note

Ottoman Turkish and Arabic.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b-24b: Raqāʼiq al-ḥaqāʼiq fī maʻrifat ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāʼiq.
• 2. fol. 27b-45b: Zīj Ulūghbik.
• 3. fol. 47b-49a: Risale fi heyet.
• 4. fol. 53b-58b: Risālah fī al-ālah al-musammāh bi-dhāt al-kursī. Incomplete at end.
• 5. fol. 63b-68b: Münşeât.

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Provenance

Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts (Yahuda Section), 4954, 4989, 5030.
• Brockelmann, GAL, II, 117 (no. 11); S II, 216; II, 276, S II, 298; II, 472 (21: no. 1); S II, 487

Other title(s)

• Risale fi heyet.
• رساله في حياه.
• Münşeât.

OCLC

1401980458

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