Author
ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAli al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī
Publication Date
26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 822 AH)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 23397, ff 4v-52r
Record ID
vdc_100024112247.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 822 AH)
Notes
Commentary by ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAli al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī (Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Husayni al-Jurjani; d. 1413), known as al-Sayyid al-Sharīf (Al-Sayyid al-Sharif), on the
al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī ‘ilm al-hayʾah al-basīṭah
(Summary of simple body science), an elementary textbook of astronomy by Sharaf al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar al-Jaghmīnī al-Khwārizmī (Sharaf al-Dīn Mahmoud ibn Muhammad ibn Umar al-Jaghmini al-Khwarizmi; fl. early 13th century). The text contains numerous diagrams.
The copy was completed on 26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 822/13 January 1420 (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 52r, lines 10-13, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 4v, lines 1-3):
Your help, O helper, and upon You we rely. Glory be to You, O God, the Director of the heavens without pillars and pegs
On the pole and the axis, and oh adorned with the bodies of the upper things, with constants, drives, and yoke
The greatest and the smallest...
Ends (f. 52r, lines 7-9):
Then they multiplied that by twelve, so the days of the lunar year were three hundred and fifty-four
One day, five days, and one sixth, and this year is ten days less than the Hanafi solar year (?).
Approximately twenty and a half hours, and God knows best what is correct
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 52r, lines 10-13):
The writing was done with God’s help and good success
The twenty-sixth of Dhul-Hijjah is the year
Twenty-two
Eight hundred
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Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
Dhanani, Alnoor, 'Jurjānī: ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAli al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī (al-Sayyid al–Sharīf)', in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, Thomas Hockey et al., eds., (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 603-04
Ragep, Sally P., 'Jaghmīnī: Sharaf al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Jaghmīnī al-Khwārizmī', in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, Thomas Hockey et al., eds., (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 584-85
