Author
Quṭb al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūd al-Shīrāzī
Publication Date
17 Rabī‘ II 872 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place
al-Ẓāhirīyah al-‘atīqah, Cairo -
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
269 x 186 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 7482
Record ID
vdc_100000005664.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
17 Rabī‘ II 872 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Avoid al-idrāk from dirāyat al-aflāk
(The End of Perception in Knowledge of the Heavens), by Quṭb al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūd al-Shīrāzī (Qutb al-Din Mahmud ibn Masoud al-Shirazi; c. 1236-1310), a text on astronomy and the orbits of the heavenly bodies.
The MS Aḥmad ibn Muḥamad ibn Ḥusayn ibn Hārūn ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ‘Abdullāh al-‘Amarī al-Jazarī al-Shāfi‘ī (see title page f. 3r, lines 2-5, and
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 148v, lines 25-31, transcribed below).
Title page (f. 3r, lines 1-5):
The end of perception in the knowledge of the heavens by Qutb Al-Shirazi
Drawing the side
The High Prince Al-Kabiri
Royal Coral Timeline
Al-Ashrafi, may God bless him
Beginnings (f. 3v, lines 2-6):
Our Lord and Master, the Sultan of the Wise Men and the Investigators, said, “The best of the present and the latter.”
The revealer of dilemmas, the creator of meanings, the inventor of curiosities and anecdotes, the pole of truth and religion
Al-Shirazi, may God bless his majesty. He guarded his perfection from the eye of perfection. Then thank God
Creator of the heavens above the earths. It is an example to discerning observers and is decorated with jewels
The constants and the perplexed...
Ends (f. 148v, lines 18-22):
And the arrangement of the spheres, the reminder, the outcome, the utmost perception and insight, and he comprehended their meanings and understood the essence of their differences, then he met
Between it and this book, the peel is distinguished from the book, and God is the inspirer of guidance and guidance. From Him is the origin and to Him is the return
And since God Almighty has enabled me to complete what I intended and accomplish what I promised, let us conclude the book praising God for the miracle of pancakes and His blessings.
The brave (?) and those praying on the butter of nights and days, Muhammad is the best of humanity, and on his honorable family (?) are the glowing lamps and keys.
Speech
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 148v, lines 23-31):
It was completely at the hands of the poor, despicable slave who confessed his sin
Negligence is in need of forgiveness from his Almighty Lord
Abdul Ghaffar bin Musa bin Ahmed bin
Muhammad bin Hussein bin Haroun bin Ibrahim
Bin Abdullah Al-Amri, descended from Al-Jazari
Al-Shafi’i gave rise to the doctrine of forgiveness
God bless him, his parents, and all Muslims
Especially for those who looked into it and prayed for their forgiveness
This is in Cairo, which is guarded by the ancient city of Dhahiria
Dated on Sunday, the seventeenth of Rabi’ al-Akhir in the year eight hundred and seventy-two
The text is divided into four books (articles), and subdivided into chapters (sections) and then parts (chapters):
Book One: What it is necessary to present before setting out to achieve our goals (ff. 4r-12r);
Book Two: The organization of the heavenly bodies
Book Three: The organization of the Earth (ff. 101v-132v);
Book Four: The scales of the distances and heavenly bodies.
Folio 1 has been pasted to f. 2, but it was not originally part of the manuscript and was written at a later date by a different hand. Folio 1r contains a short passage about doubt and certainty, while f. 1v contains a short discussion of the question 'Where was God before the creation? (Where was our Lord before He created creation?)'.
Folio 11 has likewise been pasted onto f. 12. It contains a long addition to the text on f. 12r written by a later hand.
The text contains numerous diagrams in red and black ink.
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Owners’ notes (title page, f. 3r, from right to left, top to bottom):
Muḥammad al-Muẓaffarī, scribe (of this MS?), his inscription
Muḥammad, known as al-Zarūnī, student of Muḥammad al-Muẓaffarī, and astronomer to the Sultan, his inscription, dated 1024 AH/AD 1615-16
Muḥammad Aḥmad ibn ‘Abdullāh, Mawhib (?) of the Congregational Mosque of Abū al-Fattāḥ (?), his inscription, dated 1130 AH/AD 1718
Ibn Muḥammad Ṭāhir Zayn al-‘Ābdīn, his inscription [along with his seal, dated 1240? AH/AD 1825?]
‘Abdullāh al-Ḥussaynī al-Mawsilī, known as Fakhār (?) Zadeh, his inscription
Three further seals, one dated 1227 AH/ AD 1812-13 (f. 3v)
