Kitāb al-dalālāt ʻalá al-ittiṣālāt wa-qirānāt al-kawākib fī al-burūj al-ithná ʻashar wa-ashrāfihā wa-hubūṭātihā wa-istiqāmātihā wa-rujūʻihā wa-ẓuhūrihā wa-ghaybātihā wa-kawnihā maʻa al-raʼs wa-al-dhanab The Book of Significations of Communications and Conjunctions of Planets in the Twelve Zodiac Signs, Their Nominations, Descendants, Ascension, Return, Appearance, Occultation, and Being with the Head and the Tail
( كتاب الدلالات على الاتصالات وقرانات الكواكب في البروج الاثنا عشر وأشرافها وهبوطاتها واستقاماتها ورجوعها وظهورها وغيباتها وكونها مع الرأس والذنب)
| Title |
Kitāb al-dalālāt ʻalá al-ittiṣālāt wa-qirānāt al-kawākib fī al-burūj al-ithná ʻashar wa-ashrāfihā wa-hubūṭātihā wa-istiqāmātihā wa-rujūʻihā wa-ẓuhūrihā wa-ghaybātihā wa-kawnihā maʻa al-raʼs wa-al-dhanab The Book of Significations of Communications and Conjunctions of Planets in the Twelve Zodiac Signs, Their Nominations, Descendants, Ascension, Return, Appearance, Occultation, and Being with the Head and the Tail |
| Title Original
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كتاب الدلالات على الاتصالات وقرانات الكواكب في البروج الاثنا عشر وأشرافها وهبوطاتها واستقاماتها ورجوعها وظهورها وغيباتها وكونها مع الرأس والذنب
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| Publication Date: |
867 (AH, Hijri) |
| Type |
Book |
| Language |
Arabic |
| Digital |
Yes
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| Manuscript |
Yes
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| Pages Count |
1 |
| Library: |
Qatar Digital Library |
| Library Asset ID |
Or 5591, ff 23v-50r |
| Record ID |
vdc_100144149585.0x000005 |
| Library Location |
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts |
| Date |
867 (AH, Hijri) |
| Notes |
Handbook for making astrological predictions based on the conjunctions of the planets and the lunar nodes in the various signs of the zodiac. A marginalium beside the title at the head of f. 23v gives the text an alternative short title: The Book of Judgements.
Sezgin (
List of Arabic letters
, vol. 7 [Leiden: Brill, 1979], p. 144, item 5) suggests that the material in this book might be attributable to Abū Maʻshar al-Balkhī (Abu Maʻshar al-Balkhī, d. 886) or Abū al-Qāsim al-Balkhī (Abu al-Qāsim al-Balkhī, fl. ca 900), both of whom subsequently appear in the present manuscript (see ff. 162r-184v and 211v).
This text is numbered 4 (d) in the present collection.
Beginnings (f. 23v, lines 7-10):
Combinations in Aries Jupiter
Compare Saturn indicates the killing of a great king
The bad behavior of kings, with frequent and few droughts
Transplantation...
Ends (f. 50r, lines 13 and edge margin)
The moon indicates rain and humidity and invasion and abundance in the Levant
The water in the rivers and the abundance of birds and fish, and God knows best and is the wisest, were fulfilled by the praise and good grace of God Almighty |
