Or 7344 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
A collection of works on astronomy
Contents
3 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Islamic astronomy and Astronomy
A compilation from Persian and Indian works written for Shāh Fattāḥ, the son and successor of Sa’dullāh al-Ḥusaynī
References
This compilation of astronomical treatises is followed by several jadval
References
A number of appendixes with astronomical tables
In the margins are the horoscopes of people born under the influence of the various planets
The text is of a more technical and astronomical character
In all, there are 70 treatises, some very short, in this volume
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Physical Description
History
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Availability
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Subjects
- Islamic astronomy
- Astronomy--India--History
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