Astronomical tables completed in 1140 H and divided into three maqālah; the text is preceded by notes on fol. 1b-3a.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1a by a later hand.
Ms. erroneously foliated beginning on the second folio. Record follows erroneous foliation.
Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes. Numerous charts in red and black. Several sections of blank pages. Paginated in Arabic script. Some marginal damp staining. In good condition.
Incipit: ثناى که خرد خورده بىن مهندسان عقده گشاى در اداى دقىقه
Binding note
Full green leather over pasted boards with blind-tooled fillets and blind-stamped corner pieces; cloth spine.
Language note
Persian.
References
Storey, C. A. Persian literature, II, 94
Title given by Storey
Zīj-i jadīd-i Muḥammad Shāhī
OCLC
800111519
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