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al-Fatḥ al-ẓāhir wa-al-naṣr al-bāhir fī fann ramy al-ṭūb wa-al-qunburah.The apparent conquest and brilliant victory in the art of throwing bricks and bombs.
( الفتح الظاهر والنصر الباهر في فن رمي الطوب والقنبرة)

Title	al-Fatḥ al-ẓāhir wa-al-naṣr al-bāhir fī fann ramy al-ṭūb wa-al-qunburah.The apparent conquest and brilliant victory in the art of throwing bricks and bombs.
Title Original	الفتح الظاهر والنصر الباهر في فن رمي الطوب والقنبرة
Author	ʻAṭṭār, Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1764-1827 or 1828.
Publication Date:	1233
Subject	Artillery--History., Artillery., History., Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918., Turkey.
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	21 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 216 x 156 mm bound to 218 x 158 mm
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	1059578349
Record ID	9969738073503681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1233
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from title page (f. 1r)., Foliation: Foliated in upper left recto in contemporary Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, 37-57, modern foliation in pencil in western numerals added, 1-21, upper left recto. All references in the record are to modern foliation., Layout: 13 long lines with wide margins for illustrations., Script: Written in later naskh in black ink; pointed, unvocalized., Decoration: Contains 8 diagrams (f. 4r, 5r, 7v, 10r, 11v, 12r, 13r, 21v) and two tables (f. 14v, 19v)., Binding: Brown leather over paperboard (Type III); blind stamped mandorlas on front and back covers., Origin: Written in the Middle East, possibly Syria by Muḥammad ʻAṭṭār in A.H. 1233 (1818). The fraction date in the colophon works out to Ṣafar 24, 1233 (January 3, 1818)(f. 21r), and the date of beginning the copy works out to Muharram 15, 1233 (November 25, 1817) (f. 2v). \| Arabic. \| Formerly owned by Mohamed Makiya., Sold at auction at Christie's (South Kensington) as part of the Mohamed Makiya collection, 18 April 2016, lot 172.
Sample Text	Short treatise on artillery containing an introduction, three topics, and a conclusion (f. 2r). Contains eight diagrams (f. 4r, 5r, 7v, 10r, 11v, 12r, 13r, 21v) and two tables (f. 14v, 19v); composition dates given in fractions (f. 2v and 21r).
Atıf Şekli	UPenn Ms. Codex 1893.
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al-Fatḥ al-ẓāhir wa-al-naṣr al-bāhir fī fann ramy al-ṭūb wa-al-qunburah.The apparent conquest and brilliant victory in the art of throwing bricks and bombs.

( الفتح الظاهر والنصر الباهر في فن رمي الطوب والقنبرة)

Author ʻAṭṭār, Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1764-1827 or 1828.

Publication Date 1233

Subject Artillery--History., Artillery., History., Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918., Turkey.

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 21 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 216 x 156 mm bound to 218 x 158 mm

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 1059578349

Record ID 9969738073503681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1233

Notes Ms. codex., Title from title page (f. 1r)., Foliation: Foliated in upper left recto in contemporary Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, 37-57, modern foliation in pencil in western numerals added, 1-21, upper left recto. All references in the record are to modern foliation., Layout: 13 long lines with wide margins for illustrations., Script: Written in later naskh in black ink; pointed, unvocalized., Decoration: Contains 8 diagrams (f. 4r, 5r, 7v, 10r, 11v, 12r, 13r, 21v) and two tables (f. 14v, 19v)., Binding: Brown leather over paperboard (Type III); blind stamped mandorlas on front and back covers., Origin: Written in the Middle East, possibly Syria by Muḥammad ʻAṭṭār in A.H. 1233 (1818). The fraction date in the colophon works out to Ṣafar 24, 1233 (January 3, 1818)(f. 21r), and the date of beginning the copy works out to Muharram 15, 1233 (November 25, 1817) (f. 2v). | Arabic. | Formerly owned by Mohamed Makiya., Sold at auction at Christie's (South Kensington) as part of the Mohamed Makiya collection, 18 April 2016, lot 172.

Sample Text Short treatise on artillery containing an introduction, three topics, and a conclusion (f. 2r). Contains eight diagrams (f. 4r, 5r, 7v, 10r, 11v, 12r, 13r, 21v) and two tables (f. 14v, 19v); composition dates given in fractions (f. 2v and 21r).

Atıf Şekli UPenn Ms. Codex 1893.

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