Details

Subject(s)

• Astronomy, Arab—Iran—History—13th century—Sources [Browse]
• Astrology, Arab—Iran—History—13th century—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Treatise on astrology, composed probably in, or not long after 690/1291 (Storey; but note erroneous date of 695 H. on fol. 4b), comprising two parts (maqālah): Dar kayfīyat-i aʻmāl-i tasyīrāt (4 bāb) and Dar aḥkām-i ṭāliʻ-i taḥvīl (8 bāb). See description of contents in the preamble of the text (fol. 4b-6b). For a more detailed description of contents and a longer incipit, see David King, Fihris. Text has two lacunae and breaks off in the middle of maqālah 2, bāb 8.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 4b.
• On front cover: Label reading "209" in Arabic script.
• On spine: Label reading "Aḥkām al-aʻwām 190" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Headings in red; catchwords. Some insect damage and paper repairs, particularly at beginning and end of text block. Marginal damp staining toward end of text block. Fol. 1b-2b, 199-200, 202-210, 213-216 blank; these pages appear to be replacements for the original leaves. Lacunae in text after fol. 198b and 201b. Incomplete at end.
• Origin: No colophon, but ms. appears to have been copied in India in the 17th century.
• Incipit: بسم ... الحمد لله الحكيم والصلوة على نبينا محمد الحليم العظيم وعلى آله واصحابه وسلم تسليما كثيرا مولف اين كلام ومصنف اين احكام العبد الفقير عليشاه بن محمد قاسم الخوارزمى المعروف بعلاء المنجم البخارى چنين مىنمايد كه از شهر همدان در اواسط شهر معظم رمضان سنه ثمان وثمانين وستمأته باميد زيارت كعبه اسلام

Binding note

Full red-brown leather with gold-stamped central mandorla, pendants and fillets; brown leather doublures. Some insect damage, particularly around edges. Much of the gold has worn off.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Owner's statements on fol. 3a dated 10 Muḥarram 1124 H. [18 February 1712], Shawwāl 1124 H. [November 1712], and Rabī II 1305 H. [December 1887].

References

• Kâtip Çelebi. Kashf al-ẓunūn. Ed. Fluegel, I, 170
• Storey, C. Persian literature, 1927-, vol. II, p. 61, no. 94
• King, D. Fihris (1981-1986), vol. 2, p. 1097 (5/3/10-2)
• King, D. Survey (1986), G32

OCLC

729588143

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