Author
ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī
Publication Date
19 Shawwal 831 AH)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
263 x 173 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 11207
Record ID
vdc_100086291878.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
19 Shawwal 831 AH)
Notes
Commentary by ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī (Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Husseini al-Jurjānī; d. 1413), known as al-Sayyid al-Sharīf (Sayyid al-Sharīf) on the
Kitāb al-Tadhkirah fī al-hayʾah
(Kitab al-Tizkirah fi al-Hiyyah; see British Library, MS Or. 11209) a treatise on the astronomical system presented in the
Almagest
of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (Naṣīr al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Tusi; d. 1274).
The commentary follows the structure of the text commented upon, divided into four books (books) each subdivided into chapters (sections). It contains numerous diagrams throughout, including of the so-called 'Tusi couple' (ff. 48v-49r [Book Two, Chapter Eleven]), which demonstrates how linear motion can result from circular motion.
The composition of the text was originally completed at Maragha in the early part of Dhū al-Qaʿdah 659/September-October 1261. The present copy was completed in a location described by the epithet
Dār al-Amān
(Dar al-Aman) on 19 Shawwāl 831/1 August 1428 by ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn ʿUmar (Umar ibn Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Umar), from a copy completed in the middle of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 811/April-May 1409 in Shiraz (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f.100v transcribed below).
Begins (f. 1v, lines 1-4):
On him we trust and rely
Blessed is he who made in the sky the opposite of ranks and effects and its wings with the opposite of lights
And the manifestation of power in it by your great wisdom seven cars all in the sky subhun and the highest picture by your power al-Kamla return
Daware Ahmad Rabham Subhoon.
Ends (f.100v, lines 16-18):
...ولنختم
الكتاب Here we are praising Allah and the followers of the Prophet Mustafa and the noble and pure family and our accounts
Allah bless the intercessor
Authorial
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 100v, lines 18-22):
...There is a gap between the books and the beauty of these books by remembering the beloved
And it is based on the first chapter on how to increase the situation with the increase of occupation and the method of confusion to the situation
The third day of the month of Shiraz is celebrated in the middle of the sixth month of Sanaa
About the music and the text is blank from the text at the beginning
ذي القعدة سنة تسع وخمسین وستمائة ببلدة مراغة
Scribal
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 100v, lines 23-30 and tail edge margin):
This noble version of the book is finished in the name of Allah and Hassan
Success in the 11th day of Shawwal
Happy ending and welcome in the city of Dar al-Aman
Hamit al-Kharban Sunnah Ahadi
وثلثين وثمانمائة
Praise be to Allah first
وآخرا ظاهرا
وباطنا
On the hands of the weakest servants of Allah, Omar ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Omar
الملقب بعالم رزقه الله علما Nafa'a
And intercede for Him on whatever He can
وبالاجابة جدير
And count the words of the people in your kingdom
Lqd can this time for so-and-so
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Oskar Rescher (1884-1972), 10 May 1930
Köken
A number of erased and illegible ownership or reading inscriptions (f. 1r), including:
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Luṭf Allāh (شيخ محمد ابن لطف الله): his inscription without date (f. 1r)
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition and translation on text commented upon:
Ragep, F. Jamil,
Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī's Memoir on Astronomy (al-Tadhkira fī ʿilm al-hayʾa)
, 2 Vols., (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993)
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
