Publication Date
19th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 9649, ff 1v-5r
Record ID
vdc_100023512842.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
19th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Treatise on the construction of a hydaulic pipe organ (trumpet organ; lit. 'trumpet organ'). The instrument is said to have been carried into battle and used as a siren capable of emitting a blast that could be heard for sixty miles. The author states that he made such an organ for the 'king of the inner Franks (King of Ifrat Dakhla; f. 2r, line 1)'.
A diagram of the organ appears on f. 5r.
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-5):
This is a message to Maurice
The work of the trumpet organ whose sound travels sixty miles
Maurice said that this instrument was carried with them in their wars because
Their country had many enemies from every face...
Ends (f. 4v, lines 9-12):
...As much as that, the sound comes out
From the colors of his cut from Laziz Mutreb and other things, except that the origin is what
This instrument took him into the distance
Know that, God willing
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Edition:
Cheikho, Louis, 'Thalāth maqālāt ‘arabīyah fī al-ālāt al-munaghghimah',
Al-Machriq
, 9, (1906), 21-23
Translation:
Farmer, Henry George,
The Organ of the Ancients from Eastern Sources: Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic
(London: William Reeves, 1931), pp. 128-135
