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1 copy of Durr al-tatwīj bi-taʻrīb muʾāmarāt al-zīj by Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449

Translator: Qāḍī Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad, fl.c.‏1605 ‏ قاضی حسن بن محمد

Title: Durr al-tatwīj bi-taʻrīb muʾāmarāt al-zīj

Arabic translation of the astronomical tables of Ulughbeg

Incipit: الحمد لله الذي خلق السموات والارض وجعل الظلمات والنور ... اما بعد فيقول العبد الفقير... حسن ابن محمد الشهير بقاضى حسن ... لما من الله تعالى على في ... عام اربع عشرة بعد الالف الهجرة بملازمة العلامتين

Language(s): Arabic

References

view the printed catalogue Gacek no.67

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 275 f.

Dimensions (leaf): 30 × 19.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 23 × 15 cm.

Layout

Hand(s)

Clear naskhi hand

History

Origin: 1194 AH; 1780 CE

Record Sources

"Manuscript description based on Adam Gacek : Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1981".

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact SOAS Archives and Special Collections Admissions. Contact docenquiry@soas.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript. Microfiche copy available for purchase from : Brill - IDC Publishers.

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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