Or 8374 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Sharḥ-i bīst bāb by Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent

A commentary on Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṭūsī’s Bīst Bāb, a treatise on the astrolabe, also known as Bīst bāb dar maʻrifat-i asṭurlāb

Autograph

Language(s): Persian

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 25.

Form: codex

Extent: 105 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 13 cm.

Origin: 912 AH

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

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