Or 5587 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Astrological treatises

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2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Islamic astrology

1. ff 1r-154r
Author: Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad, 14th/15th cent Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī Sayyid al-Munajjim محمد حسینی سید المنجم محمد حسینی
Title: Laṭā’if al-kalām fī aḥkām al-a‘vām
Title: لطائف الکلام فی احکام الاعوام

A treatise on astrology

Defective at the end

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 23.
2. ff 155v-165r
Author: Anonymous
Title: A fragment of a treatise on astrology

Imperfect at the beginning and end

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 23.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 246 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 19.4 × 12.5 cm.

History

Origin: 17th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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Subjects

  • Islamic astrology

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