Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or 7858 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

A volume of astronomical and astrological tracts

Contents

9 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Islamic astronomy and Islamic astrology

2. ff 34r-46v

Anonymous mas̲navī on astrology dedicated to Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Maḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Ghūrī

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 24.
4. ff 47r-49v

Beginning with some verses

Ru’yat al-hilāl written at the bottom of 49v 49v and 50v-52r

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 24.
5. ff 49r-50v

In verse

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 24.
6. ff 53r-72r

Called in the text Tuḥfat al-faqīr li-Ḥaẓrat al-Amīr

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 24.
7. ff 73v
Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 24.
8. ff 73r-74v
Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 24.
9. ff 74r-99r

Composed probably at Iṣfahān in 697 by Naṣīr al-Dīn Shīrāzī

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 24.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 99 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 14 cm.

Condition

First folio restored

History

Origin: 728 AH

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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Funding of Cataloguing

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Subjects

  • Islamic astronomy
  • Islamic astrology

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