IO Islamic 4051 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Three works on esoteric and occult science
Contents
Collection of three works on the esoteric science of jafr or divination by numbers and letters; various dimensions of each part
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Hand(s)
History
a
Contents
Fragment of an untitled translation of the well-known treatise on jafr or numerology and isopsephy, the Kāfī of Abū ʿAlī Sīnā, into simple and understandable Persian prose
Translator not identified
The work is organised into 7 faṣl
Diagrams
Not dated and lacking colophon
Notes at end with numerological charts ascribed to a certain Mawlavī Ibrāhīm ṣāḥib
William Irvine number 332
Physical Description
History
b
Contents
Treatise on jafr or numerology and isopsephy written in 870/1465-66
Folios tinted pale pink
Diagrams
Colophon (f. 446r): completed Thursday, 9 Rabīʿ I 1159/1 April 1746, by Ṣaff Allāh (sic) ibn Ḥusayn ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Qādir Jīlānī
William Irvine number 333
Physical Description
History
c
Contents
Illustrated astrological treatise, showing signs of the zodiac and the famous constellations
Illustrations (47 in total) mostly in poor quality, dilute pigments, and a naïve style. Details of costume locate the paintings from early- to mid-nineteenth-century India
Not dated
William Irvine number 334
Physical Description
History
Additional Information
Availability
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