Details

Subject(s)

• Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn active 16th century—Bīst bāb dar taqvīm [Browse]
• Astrology, Arab—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Astronomy, Arab—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Commentary on Birjandī's Bīst bāb dar taqvīm, a short treatise on chronology and the computation of almanacs. Dedicated to the Safavid Shāh ʻAbbās (r. 1587-1629) (Storey, II, 82). This copy contains bāb 10-20.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Physical description: 18 lines per page; written in nastʻaliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Charts and diagrams in red and black. Marginal damp staining and a few paper repairs.
• Origin: 1063 H [1652 or 3] (fol. 95b).

Binding note

Quarter leather with paper covers..

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Owner's stamps on fol. 1a, 95b.

References

Storey, C.A. Persian literature, II, 81

OCLC

803984365

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