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Kitāb al-Tawākiz al-muḥarrarah wa-al-ḍamāʼir al-mustakhbarah.The book of liberated tawāqās and intelligible pronouns.
( كتاب التواكز المحررة والضمائر المستخبرة)

Title	Kitāb al-Tawākiz al-muḥarrarah wa-al-ḍamāʼir al-mustakhbarah.The book of liberated tawāqās and intelligible pronouns.
Title Original	كتاب التواكز المحررة والضمائر المستخبرة
Author	ʻAjamī, Kurdī Sayyidī Maḥmūd.
Publication Date:	1181
Publication Place	[Egypt?], A.H. 1181 (1767) -
Subject	Divination--Early works to 1800., Islamic magic--Early works to 1800.
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	232 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 220 x 155 (160 x 110) mm bound to 220 x 155 mm.
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	1083523186
Record ID	9977459940903681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1181
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from title page and introduction (f. 7r, 7v)., Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. One blank quire at the beginning and end of the work., Layout: 19 long lines; frame ruled., Script: Written in naskh in dark brown ink; pointed, unvocalized., Decoration: Rubrications in red. Five labeled diagrams in green, yellow, red (f. 21-24r) and 39 letter tables in red and brown (f. 35r, 45r, 53r, 54v, 56v, 62r, 63r, 66v, 71v, 76v, 81v, 86v, 91v, 96v, 101v, 106v, 111v, 116v, 121v131v, 136v, 141v, 146v, 151v, 156v, 161v, 166v, 171v, 181v, 186v, 191v, 196v, 201v, 206v, 211v, 216v, 221v, 224v)., Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II). Blind stamped green paper onlay mandorla and cornerpieces. Blind stamped frame. Front cover is loose of the spine. Endbands in red and yellow thread in a chevron pattern., Origin: Copy completed on 4 Ṣafar in the 309th year since Kait Bey began his rule (min tawliyat al-Sulṭān Qāʼit Bīk), which was in A.H. 872, so the copy was probably completed in A.H. 1181 (2 July 1767) (f. 226v). \| Arabic. \| Formerly owned by Carl Frederick Haussmann, given to the University of Pennsylvania 30 September 1910 (note in pencil, f. 225v). \| Access to this item is subject to staff review.
Sample Text	Work on divination of events and people; includes divination by letters, horoscopes, time keeping, planetary movements, etc. The work references 40 other books on similar topics at the beginning and lists their authors (f. 9v-15r); also contains several illustrations and numerous tables.
Atıf Şekli	UPenn Ms. Codex 1898
Tür	codices (bound manuscripts), diagrams, tables (documents), Manuscripts, Arabic -- 18th century.

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Kitāb al-Tawākiz al-muḥarrarah wa-al-ḍamāʼir al-mustakhbarah.The book of liberated tawāqās and intelligible pronouns.

( كتاب التواكز المحررة والضمائر المستخبرة)

Author ʻAjamī, Kurdī Sayyidī Maḥmūd.

Publication Date 1181

Publication Place [Egypt?], A.H. 1181 (1767) -

Subject Divination--Early works to 1800., Islamic magic--Early works to 1800.

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 232 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 220 x 155 (160 x 110) mm bound to 220 x 155 mm.

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 1083523186

Record ID 9977459940903681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1181

Notes Ms. codex., Title from title page and introduction (f. 7r, 7v)., Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. One blank quire at the beginning and end of the work., Layout: 19 long lines; frame ruled., Script: Written in naskh in dark brown ink; pointed, unvocalized., Decoration: Rubrications in red. Five labeled diagrams in green, yellow, red (f. 21-24r) and 39 letter tables in red and brown (f. 35r, 45r, 53r, 54v, 56v, 62r, 63r, 66v, 71v, 76v, 81v, 86v, 91v, 96v, 101v, 106v, 111v, 116v, 121v131v, 136v, 141v, 146v, 151v, 156v, 161v, 166v, 171v, 181v, 186v, 191v, 196v, 201v, 206v, 211v, 216v, 221v, 224v)., Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II). Blind stamped green paper onlay mandorla and cornerpieces. Blind stamped frame. Front cover is loose of the spine. Endbands in red and yellow thread in a chevron pattern., Origin: Copy completed on 4 Ṣafar in the 309th year since Kait Bey began his rule (min tawliyat al-Sulṭān Qāʼit Bīk), which was in A.H. 872, so the copy was probably completed in A.H. 1181 (2 July 1767) (f. 226v). | Arabic. | Formerly owned by Carl Frederick Haussmann, given to the University of Pennsylvania 30 September 1910 (note in pencil, f. 225v). | Access to this item is subject to staff review.

Sample Text Work on divination of events and people; includes divination by letters, horoscopes, time keeping, planetary movements, etc. The work references 40 other books on similar topics at the beginning and lists their authors (f. 9v-15r); also contains several illustrations and numerous tables.

Atıf Şekli UPenn Ms. Codex 1898

Tür codices (bound manuscripts), diagrams, tables (documents), Manuscripts, Arabic -- 18th century.