Author
al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Niẓām al-Dīn al-Aʿraj al-Nīsābūrī
Publication Date
Sha‘bān 828 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 23397, ff 110v-364v
Record ID
vdc_100024112247.0x000003
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Sha‘bān 828 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
A commentary by al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Niẓām al-Dīn al-Aʿraj al-Nīsābūrī (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn Niḥam al-Dīn al-A'raj al-Nīsāburi; d. 1328 or 9) on the
al-Tadhkirah and al-hay’ah
(التذكرة في الهيئة) a treatise on the astronomical system presented in the Almagest of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ṭūsī (Nasīr al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Tusi; d. The author's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
states that the composition of the text was completed on 1 Rabī‘ I 711/18 July 1311 (f. 364v, written horizontally to the right of scribe's).
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, transcribed below). The text contains numerous diagrams, the most notable of which is a world map (ff. 294v-295r) that divides the first and second sections (sections) of the work.
The copy was completed mid-Sha‘bān 828/early June 1425 (see scribe's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 364v, lines 10-11, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 110v, lines 2-5):
Praise be to Allah, Who made us among the thinkers in the creation of the earth and the heavens
وشرّفنا بالنظر في هيئة الأجرام المبدعات فهدانا التفكر
In the subjects and meditation in the order of the directors to the existence of danger
قديم وحكيم خبير
Ends (f. 364v, lines 1-11):
... and made a contribution to the explanation of this book
From the sweat of the skin and the scent of the scent in the kingdom
Heavens, earth and remembrance for the entrepreneurs in a wonderful industry
ربّ العالمين وسیله إلى يوم الدين وسبب الرضي
The Most Merciful of the Most Merciful in actions with intentions and values
Blessings and degrees and praise be to the Creator of all
And peace be upon the guide to the nations of the road and peace be upon him
I follow the guidance and praise be to Allah first and last
Author's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 364v, written horizontally to the scribe's right
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
):
I was given a vacancy to write this book in the first month of Rabi' al-Awwal
I am the city of Sunnah one of the twenty-seven [???] Mercy
Allah, if you look at it, pray for good and I am a poor creature
May Allah forgive him Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad Ya'rif
Benzam al-Nisaburi
Scribe's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 364v, lines 9-12):
The Book was completed by Allah and good success
In the middle of the month of Sha'ban
Hajj is twenty-two and twenty-two
هجرية نبوية
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
Morrison, Robert G.,
Islam and Science: The Intellectual Career of Niẓām al-Dīn al-Nīsābūrī
(London: Routledge, 2010)
Morrison, Robert G., 'Nīsābūrī: al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Niẓām al-Dīn al-Aʿraj al-Nīsābūrī' in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, Thomas Hockey et al., eds. (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 837
