Kitāb al-ḥiyal fī al-ḥurūb wa-fatḥ al-madāʾin wa-ḥifẓ al-durūb The Book of Tricks in Wars, Conquest of Cities, and Preservation of Paths Ibn Mankalī, Muḥammad Ibn Mankalī, Muhammad
( كتاب الحيل في الحروب وفتح المدائن وحفظ الدروب ابن منكلي، محمد)

Title	Kitāb al-ḥiyal fī al-ḥurūb wa-fatḥ al-madāʾin wa-ḥifẓ al-durūb The Book of Tricks in Wars, Conquest of Cities, and Preservation of Paths Ibn Mankalī, Muḥammad Ibn Mankalī, Muhammad
Title Original	كتاب الحيل في الحروب وفتح المدائن وحفظ الدروب ابن منكلي، محمد
Publication Date:	16th century-17th century (CE, Gregorian)
Subject	1
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	1
Physical Dimensions	267 x 182 mm
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	Add MS 14055
Record ID	vdc_100000000046.0x000086
Library Location	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date	16th century-17th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	A manual on the military arts supposed to have been discovered in the tomb of Alexander the Great at Alexandria and translated from Greek into Arabic (see ff. 2v, line 7-3r, line 2). In fact, the author is thought to be the mamluk general and tactician Muḥammad Ibn Mankalī or Ibn Manjlī (محمد بن منكلي or ابن منجلي, active 1362-1376). The title of the work is found on f. 2v, lines 5-7). A list of twenty-one chapters (أبواب) into which the text is said to be divided is given on ff. 3r-4r, but many other subdivisions (also called أبواب) are found in the work. The volume contains one table of inflammable oils (f. 71r-v) and fifteen diagrams of mechanical devices (ff. 148r, 149, r, 150r, 151r, 152r, 153r, 156r-v, 157v, 158v, 160r, 161r, 162v, 163v, and 164v), all of which diagrams appear in the 'Chapter on gears (باب الدواليب, begins on f. 146v)'. The title page (f. 1r) gives the title as ' The Book of War Machines found amongst the Treasures of Alexander Son of Dārāb the Byzantine (al-Rūmī), known as the Two-Horned (Dhū al-Qarnayn), translated from Greek into Arabic (كتاب الحيل في الحروب مما وجد في دخائر الإسكندر بن داراب الرومي المعروف بذي القرنين ونقل من اليوناني إلى العربي)'. Begins (f. 1v, line 2-7): الحمد لله دي النعم والألاء والإفضال والكرم خالق البرايا وبارئ النسم الذي أوجد الوجود بحكمته من العدم وعلمنا منه بلطفه ما لم نكن نعلم وفضلنا بكرمه على سائر الأمم برسوله المصطفى سيد العرب والعجم صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم ... Ends (f. 224v, lines 5-8): ... فإن أسلحتهم رثة واعتمادهم على الرجلة الأماكن من بلاد كابل والدبيل والزابلين وجل عتماد الهند على التراس والخفة عند الرجلة وخفة الأيدي باستعمالهم السيوف ... Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 224v, lines 8-9): ... تم الكتاب بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları	Cureton, William and Charles Rieu, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum 1846-71), Item 1155, pp. 527-8
Edinme Kaynağı	Purchased at the sale of the Earl of Munster's library, 6 April 1843 (lot 151)
Seçilmiş kaynakça	Edition: Ibn Manjlī, Muḥammad, al-Ḥiyal fī al-ḥurūb wa-fatḥ al-madāʾin wa-ḥifẓ al- durūb , Nabīl Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Aḥmad, ed., (al-Qāhirah: Maṭbaʿat Dār al-Kutub al- Miṣrīyah, 2000)

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Kitāb al-ḥiyal fī al-ḥurūb wa-fatḥ al-madāʾin wa-ḥifẓ al-durūb The Book of Tricks in Wars, Conquest of Cities, and Preservation of Paths Ibn Mankalī, Muḥammad Ibn Mankalī, Muhammad

( كتاب الحيل في الحروب وفتح المدائن وحفظ الدروب ابن منكلي، محمد)

Publication Date 16th century-17th century (CE, Gregorian)

Subject 1

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 1

Physical Dimensions 267 x 182 mm

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID Add MS 14055

Record ID vdc_100000000046.0x000086

Library Location British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Date 16th century-17th century (CE, Gregorian)

Notes A manual on the military arts supposed to have been discovered in the tomb of Alexander the Great at Alexandria and translated from Greek into Arabic (see ff. 2v, line 7-3r, line 2). In fact, the author is thought to be the mamluk general and tactician Muḥammad Ibn Mankalī or Ibn Manjlī (محمد بن منكلي or ابن منجلي, active 1362-1376). The title of the work is found on f. 2v, lines 5-7). A list of twenty-one chapters (أبواب) into which the text is said to be divided is given on ff. 3r-4r, but many other subdivisions (also called أبواب) are found in the work. The volume contains one table of inflammable oils (f. 71r-v) and fifteen diagrams of mechanical devices (ff. 148r, 149, r, 150r, 151r, 152r, 153r, 156r-v, 157v, 158v, 160r, 161r, 162v, 163v, and 164v), all of which diagrams appear in the 'Chapter on gears (باب الدواليب, begins on f. 146v)'. The title page (f. 1r) gives the title as ' The Book of War Machines found amongst the Treasures of Alexander Son of Dārāb the Byzantine (al-Rūmī), known as the Two-Horned (Dhū al-Qarnayn), translated from Greek into Arabic (كتاب الحيل في الحروب مما وجد في دخائر الإسكندر بن داراب الرومي المعروف بذي القرنين ونقل من اليوناني إلى العربي)'. Begins (f. 1v, line 2-7): الحمد لله دي النعم والألاء والإفضال والكرم خالق البرايا وبارئ النسم الذي أوجد الوجود بحكمته من العدم وعلمنا منه بلطفه ما لم نكن نعلم وفضلنا بكرمه على سائر الأمم برسوله المصطفى سيد العرب والعجم صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم ... Ends (f. 224v, lines 5-8): ... فإن أسلحتهم رثة واعتمادهم على الرجلة الأماكن من بلاد كابل والدبيل والزابلين وجل عتماد الهند على التراس والخفة عند الرجلة وخفة الأيدي باستعمالهم السيوف ... Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 224v, lines 8-9): ... تم الكتاب بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Bulma Yardımcıları Cureton, William and Charles Rieu, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum 1846-71), Item 1155, pp. 527-8

Edinme Kaynağı Purchased at the sale of the Earl of Munster's library, 6 April 1843 (lot 151)

Seçilmiş kaynakça Edition: Ibn Manjlī, Muḥammad, al-Ḥiyal fī al-ḥurūb wa-fatḥ al-madāʾin wa-ḥifẓ al- durūb , Nabīl Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Aḥmad, ed., (al-Qāhirah: Maṭbaʿat Dār al-Kutub al- Miṣrīyah, 2000)