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A qasīdah ingeniously contrived so as to offer examples of all the Persian metres
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About 200 in number
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A manual of astronomy
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Elements of geometry, consisting of a few theorems from the first book of Euclid, with diagrams
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An alchemical treatise, written for Sulṭan Jalāl al-Dīn Iskandar
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A manual of Shīʻah law, according to Imām ʻAlī b. Mūsā al-Riz̤ā
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A treatise on the law of religious observances
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A treatise on the computation of the calendar and the use of the astrolabe, with tables of the conjunctions of the planets
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An extensive treatise on astrology, in fifteen Maqālahs
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containing select pieces of upwards of three hundred poets, from the Hijri-qamari fifth to the ninth century, classed according to their subjects or metrical forms
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The original work was brought down to the reign of Abū Saʻīd, Ilkhān of the Mongols, fl. 1316-1335, son of Uljāytū Khudābandah, Ilkhan of Iran, ca. 1280-1316 and written by Bayḍāwī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmar, d. 1286?
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An anonymous compilation, in twenty-eight Bābs, treating of the properties and hidden virtues of natural substances, of various magical and cabalistic operations, and of ingenious devices and recipes for purposes of utility or amusement
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A manual of astrology in mas̲navī rhyme
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A manual of medicine
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Written in nine chapters (aṣl)
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Compiled by order of Sulṭan Jalāl al-Dīn Iskandar
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A theological treatise in Mas̲navī rhyme, containing an exposition of the Sunni creed, with Sufi comments and a refutation of heretical doctrines
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Minute naskh
Muḥammad al-Ḥalvāʼī al-Jalālī al-Iskandarī , محمد هلوائی ال جلالی الاسکندری
Minute nastaʿlīq
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Ornamented ʿunwāns
Gilt headings
Illuminated borders
21 whole page miniatures
Some coloured drawings
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Subjects
- Persian poetry
- Epic poetry, Persian
- Qasidas, Persian
- Muḥammad, Prophet, d. 632
- Imams (Shiites)
- Islamic astronomy
- Euclid -- Euclid. Elements
- Geometry -- Early works to 1800
- Alchemy
- Islamic law
- Shīʻah
- Calendars
- Astrolabes -- Early works to 1800
- Astrology Early works to 1800
- Persian poetry 747-1500
- Sufi poetry, Persian
- Iran -- History -- 640-1256
- Mongols History Sources
- Curiosities and wonders -- Early works to 1900
- Islamic astrology
- Masnavis, Persian
- Medicine, Persian
- Medicine, Medieval
- Horses -- Diseases
- Alchemy -- Early works to 1800
- Sunnites
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