Or 16813 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Summary of Contents: Two works on astrology and geomancy. Other contents: 173v-175v, an excerpt from Asmār al-ashjār; 175v-176v, Dar bayān-i sahm al-sa‘āda; 177r, text on geomancy crossed out; 195v-196v, various short extracts. Undated: late 13th/19th or early 14th/20th century. Light blue paper watermarked ‘C. Millington London’. Purchased from Christie's (8 October 2010, part of Lot 22).

1. ff. 2v-48r, 50r-173r

A treatise on astrology, without chapter divisions. By Muḥammad Ḥusaynī, called Sayyid Munajjim (alive in 803/1400-1). See Storey PL II/1, C, pp. 65-66. BL copy: Or. 5587, text 1. This copy includes special charts (f. 152, 168) and diagrams.

Language(s): Persian

Title: Laṭāʾif al-kalām fī aḥkām al-aʿvām

Title: لطائف الکلام فی احکام الاعوام

Author: Sayyid al-Munajjim محمد حسینی سید المنجم

2. ff. 177v-195v

Author: Shīrvānī, ʿAbd al-Ghanī ‏شيروانى، عبد الغنى

Title: Anvār-i raml

Treatise on geomancy, comprising a muqaddima, two maqāla, and a khātima. By ‘Abd al-Ghanī Ḥāfiẓ Shīrvānī. See Storey, PL II/3, J, p. 483. Published Lucknow, 1294/1877. Very incomplete copy: beginning only.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 196 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 100 mm.

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Hand(s)

History

Origin: 19th-20th centuries CE ; India (?)

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in M.I. Waley, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts acquired 2000-2014.

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Subjects

Divination--Early works to 1800

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