Author
oldest surviving comprehensive archery treatise and himself founder of the 'eclectic school'
Publication Date
15th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 3631, ff 279r-293v
Record ID
vdc_100126831768.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
15th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
An untitled treatise on archery ascribed to Rukn al-Dīn Jamshīd al-Khwārizmī (Rukn al-Dīn Jamshīd al-Khwarizmi, ca. 9th century), whose name is given as Rukn al-Dīn Jamshār (Jamshār) in the present copy.
This short work discusses the great masters and 'schools' (doctrine) of archery, on the authority of Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad al-Ṭabarī (Abu Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Ahmad al-Tabari, ca. 9th century), author of the oldest surviving comprehensive archery treatise and himself founder of the 'eclectic school' (the doctrine of choice; see al-Sarraf, Shihab, 'Mamluk Furūsīyah Literature and Its Antecedents',
Mamluk Studies Review
,8/1 (2004), pp. 141-200, especially pp. 163-66).
Beginnings (f. 279r, lines 15-18):
A book in which three doctrines are mentioned
Al-Tabari’s choice has six aspects and also eight positions in full
And perfection, and God grants success, and praise be to Him
May God’s blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad, his family and companions
Ends (f. 293v, lines 12-15):
...And it was said about Abu Bakr bin Abdul Aziz bin Jalham
Al-Baghdadi said that he was an expert in the science of archery, and he read this book and it was authentic
He said that it is not permissible to withhold knowledge from Muslims who deserve it, and it was said about him that it is what he asked for
A professor, archer, or learner of something of the science of archery, but he knew it, may God have mercy on him
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Rieu, Charles,
Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the British Museum
(London: The British Museum, 1894), Item 820/3, pp. 556-7
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition:
Ẓāhirī, Baktūt al-Rammāḥ and Rukn al-Dīn Ḥamshār al-Khwārizmī, Risālatān fī al-furūsīyah wa-ʻilāj al-khayl, ed. by al-Khālidī, Anwar ʻAwdah and Amjad Mamdūḥ al-Fāʻūrī (ʿAmmān: Dār min al-Muḥīṭ ilá al-Khalīj li-al-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ, 2016)
Study:
Al-Sarraf, Shihab, 'Mamluk Furūsīyah Literature and Its Antecedents',
Mamluk Studies Review
,8/1 (2004), pp. 141-200
