Or 13718 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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1 copy of ʻAjāʼib al-ṣanāʻiʻ by Jazarī, Ismāʻīl ibn al-Razzāz, fl. 1181-1204
Title: ʻAjāʼib al-ṣanāʻiʻTitle: عجايب الصنائىTranslation from Arabic of Kitāb fī maʻrifat al-ḥiyal al-handasiyya ( كتاب في معرفة الحيل الهندسية ) , the treatise on automata by Jazarī, Ismāʻīl ibn al-Razzāz, fl. 1181-1204, الجزري، إسماعيل بن الرزاز for Nāṣir al-Dīn, King of Diyarbakır (Turkey) around 605/1205
Persian version by Shādiyābādī, Muḥammad ibn Dāʼūd, شادیابادی، محمد بن داود , for Nāṣir Shah Khaljī of Malwa, reg. 906-17/1500-11,
Language(s): Translation from ArabicReferences
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 34.Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 191 ffDimensions (leaf): 22 × 15 cm.Decoration
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Origin: 914 AH ; Malwa (Punjab), IndiaRecord Sources
Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998Availability
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