Author
Sharaf al-Din Muhammad bin Masoud bin Muhammad al-Masoudi al-Marwazi
Author Original
محمد بن محمد بن مسعود المسعودي
Publication Date
1281
Publication Place
National Library (Paris) -
ʿAlī ibn Shāh-Amīr ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥusaynī ibn Ṭabāṭabā
Subject
Naskh | Two Parts (Essay) divided into 23 and 14 Chapters (chapters). The first essay is about the composition of the planets and their bodies and shapes, and explaining the number of the heavens and the state of movement of each one, and explaining their proximity and distance to each other, and memorizing the conditions of the stars, and explaining the amount of each one and the amount of distance between the earth and them. It is used and it is necessary to know it, and there is no way to remember some of the basics of it. Chapter 2. Explaining the types of bodies through the third chapter. Explaining the types of heavens through the fourth chapter. Proof that the shape of the sky is spherical, as well as the shape of the earth and the shape of each of the simple objects such as fire, air, water, and dust. 7th in the description of the quality of the constellation Bijjab, 8th in the description of some circles, when to assume the planets and remember the name of each one, the 9th chapter in the description of the composition of the sun and the characteristics of its movements in the 10th chapter, in the description of the composition of the moon and its movements, the 11th in the description of the composition of the upper planets and those are Saturn, Jupiter and Mars, and the description of the composition of the Venus and the movement of each of the 12th chapter in the statement The constellations of Mercury and the state of movement of the 13th chapter in explaining the latitudes of these stars and the quality of the 14th chapter in remembering the degrees and what is related to the rise and fall of the moon 15th in the description of the turning and persistence of the 16th moon in the sunrise and sunset of the 17th moon in the description of the parallax of the moon 18th in the explanation of why the moon was thin and thin on the first night and every night It gets bigger until the end of the full moon, then it will decrease again until it can no longer be seen. The 19th chapter is due to the reception of the sun. The 21st chapter is due to the reception of the moon. He is, and in this chapter, knowing the amount of land is also necessary. The second article is about the definition of the land and how much is known to him and what is not known to him, and the present length and study and what belongs to him, and stating the dates and values of time. The seas and how they are located with the climates of the third chapter. In mentioning the equator and the conditions of the special place, the fourth chapter. Chapter 7 explains the meaning of horoscopes and studies Chapter 8 Explains the time of east and west and the meaning of Nahar adjustment Chapter 9 Explains the degree of the passage of the sun Chapter 11 Explains the state of the meridian Chapter 11 Explains the meridian line, who calls it the line of declination Chapter 12 Knows the direction of Qibla Chapter 13 Explains the meaning of dawn and dusk Chapter 14 Explains the meaning of the date, year, month, and day and hours | None
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI)
Record ID
27292
Library Location
National Library (Paris)
Date
1281
Notes
None | fol. 134a: ?Done? It was liberated at the time of Maghrib on Friday, the seventh of Shawwal, in the year seventy-nine hundred and seventy-nine of the Prophetic Hijri, by the grace of God Almighty and the good facilitation of it at the hands of the weak servant Ali bin Shah Amir bin Al-Hasan Al-Husseini Ibn Tabataba. May God forgive him, his parents, and all the believing men and women.
Sample Text
fol. 1b: Thanks be to God, who is the creator of the world and the creator of the earth, the sky, the place and the space... but then the author of this book, Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Masoud al-Masodi, says that when I finished writing the book Al-Kifaya fi ilm tawawa, a group of friends saw it as appropriate that you ask me to translate this book... and I asked you to translate the book, and its name is Jahan Danesh Nahzam - fol. 134a: ... it became clear and we brought this issue to the end of this chapter and we ended the book with God's grace and good grace.