Treatise on astrology, described by King as consisting of a muqaddimah, two maqālah, and a khātimah; this copy has an extra maqālah and the khātimah appears to be missing.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 5a.
On fol. 1a: "Ikhtiyārāt-i Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ min al-nujūm" in Arabic script.
On lower edge: "Ikhtiyārāt-i Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ" in Arabic script.
Ms. erroneously foliated beginning on the third folio. Record follows erroneous numbering.
Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in ruqʻah in black on glazed, laid European paper. Catchwords and rubrication. Text framed in double red lines on fol. 1b-36a. Contains numerous charts. Some gatherings have come loose but are not completely detached. In good condition.
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي بيد حكمته اذمة الاختيار و بقيضة قدرته اعنة الاقتدار
Binding note
Half leather with marbled paper covers and flap; yellow pastedowns.
Language note
Persian.
Provenance
Smudged owner's statement on fol. 1a dated 1221 H. [1806 or 7].
References
King, D. A. Survey, 159 (G57)
OCLC
730946346
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