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Subject(s)

• Astrology, Arab—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Astronomy, Arab—Tables—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Astronomy, Arab—History—13th century—Sources [Browse]
• Calendars—Islamic Empire—History—13th century—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Related name

• Khujandī, ʻAbd al-Jabbār, active 13th century [Browse]
• خجندى، عبد الجبار، active 13th century [Browse]

Summary note

A collection of texts on astronomy and astrology.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in neat nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text framed in brown, blue, and gold with outer brown line in margin. Text 2 in two columns separated by brown lines. Rubrication and catchwords; some marginal notes. Numerous charts and diagrams. Notes on fol. 1a-2a; insert between fol. 59-60. Edges ragged. Light smudging; damp staining along outer edges, particularly on upper corner. Ink stain on outer edge of fol. 69-82. Binding almost completely detached.
• Incipit (text 1): الحمد لله رب العالمىن ... اما بعد اين مختصرىست که خواجه نصىر الدىن طوسى تصنىف کرده در معرفت تقوىم مشتمل بر سى فصل
• Incipit (text 2): مرد دانا سخن ادا نکند * تا بنام حق ابتدا نکند

Binding note

Limp brown leather.

Contents

• 1. fol. 2b-34a: Kitāb-i Sī faṣl / min taṣnīf-i Khvājah Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī.
• 2. fol. 34b-60a: Kitāb-i Madkhal al-manẓūm fī aḥkām ʻilm al-nujūm / min taṣnīf-i Malik al-Kalām Iftikhār al-Anām ʻAbd al-Jabbār Khujandī. Mas̲navī on astrology, usually anonymous but occasionally attributed to Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī.
• 3. fol. 60b-79a: [Jadwals].
• 4. fol. 79b: Aḥkām-i mawlūd-i farzandān. First page only.
• 5. fol. 80a-83b: [Poetry, notes, jadwals].

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Provenance

On fol. 1a, the date Muḥarram 1223 H. [March 1808] is noted. Ownership statement of Ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, several stamps, and birth record dated 1217 H. [1802 or 3] on fol. 2a. Owner's stamp dated 1227 H. [1812 or 13] on fol. 34b, 60a.

References

Storey, C. A. Persian literature, II, 55, 57

Other title(s)

• Madkhal-i manẓūm.
• مدخل منظوم.

OCLC

746794550

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