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2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Islamic astrology

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Author: Qājār, Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, Shah of Iran, d. 1834 قاجار، فتح علي شاه خاقان
Title: FatḥʻAlī Shāh Qājār
Title: فتح علي شاه خاقان

A horoscope of the birth of Fath Ali Shah and astronomical tables relating to his life. Includes illuminated headings and various artistic forms of handwriting and rubrications

Incipit: ولادت کثیر السعادة شاهنشاه فلك
Colophon: قواعد فارسی که بخط مرحوم حاجی میرزا علی طاب ثراه است
Language(s): Persian
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Author: Anonymous
Title: Conclusions drawn from the information in the horoscope and astronomical tables relating to Fath Ali Shah
Incipit: چون بعون الله تعالی ویمن توفیقه از استخراج تواریخ و تصحیح درجه طالع همیون
Language(s): Persian

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Form: codex
1b-91a f. 91b-107a f.
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