Author
Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn ‘Abd al-‘Alī al-Tankābunī
Publication Date
8 Rajab 1033 (H, Hijri Kamari)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
195 x 115 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 11857
Record ID
vdc_100060803938.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
8 Rajab 1033 (H, Hijri Kamari)
Notes
Commentary by Muḥammad Kāẓim ibn ‘Abd al-‘Alī al-Tankābunī (Muhammad Kadhim Abd al-Ali al-Tankābunī, d. after 1623-4, see al-Amīn,
Mustadrakāt a‘yān al-shī‘ah
, vol. 2, p. 308) on the
Anatomy of the Spheres
(Anatomy of the Heavens) by al-Tankābunī’s teacher Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (Baha al-Din Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Amili; d. 1621). The title of the commentary is mentioned on f. 3v, line 9. Al-Tankābunī completed his commentary at Mashhad on 6 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1007/30 June 1599 (see ff. 159v, line 6-160r, line 1, transcribed below), and dedicated it to the Safavid sultan Abū al-Muẓaffar Shāh ‘Abbās (I) al-Ḥusaynī al-Mūsawī (Abu al-Muzaffar Shah Abbas al-Husayni al-Musawi al-Safavi, reg. 1587-1629, see f. 4v, lines 5-6).
The text contains numerous diagrams.
The copy was completed on 8 Rajab 1033/26 April 1624 by Muḥammad Sa‘īd ibn Ḥājjī (?) Muḥammad al-Kīlānī (Muhammad Sa`id bin Haji [?] Muhammad al-Kilani, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 160r, lines 6-8, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-5):
Praise be to God who explained our chests to dissect the celestial bodies
The end of realization and blessings be upon His Prophet, Malkhas
The world of futuwa and the end of understanding in Taqasim
The spheres of prophecy...
Ends (ff. 159v, line 6-160r, line 4):
...I have rested from (?)
This explanation was transferred from blackness to whiteness with help
God, the sovereign King, I am not free from Dhul-Hijjah
In the year one thousand and seven of the Hijra, the best of the wild is better than the bald (?)
It has the best prayers and greetings with the appearance of our Master and Lord
Imam Al-Hammam, the eighth guarantor, Abu Al-Hasan Ali bin Musa
Satisfaction with him is the best of prayers and greetings
I complete it, and I am the one who supplicates to Him, the one who clings to the generation of His guardianship
Humiliate him in this world, my afterlife, my death, and my life, Muhammad Kazem
Bin Abdul Ali Al-Tankabni
May God Almighty grant him a long life
Make him happy and live a comfortable life
By Muhammad and his good and pure family
Scribe's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 160r, lines 5-9):
I have finished drafting this honorable copy
The lesser slave Muhammad Saeed bin Haji (?) Muhammad Al-Kilani
On the eighth of the month of Rajab, in the year one thousand and three
Thirty of the Prophet’s migration
A thousand salutes to him
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from E.R. Sasson, 24 December 1948
Köken
Semi-legible seal, with date 1084/1673-4 (f. 1r)
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Study:
al-Amīn, Ḥasan,
Mustadrakāt a‘yān al-shī‘ah
, 9 vols (Bayrūt: Dār al-Ta‘āruf, 1987-), vol 2, p. 308
