Author
the scribe Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Bīk Munajjim
Publication Date
Friday I 1056-18 Shawwal 1061 (AH, Hijri)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
ara,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IO Islamic 1514
Record ID
vdc_100106886852.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Friday I 1056-18 Shawwal 1061 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Composite volume containing two texts on the manufacture of the
astrolabe
Ancient instrument for astronomical observations.
and on astrology.
The first text was copied in the middle of Jumādá I 1056/end of June 1646, while the second was completed on 18 Shawwāl 1061/4 October 1651 by the scribe Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Hasan Bīk Munajjim, 'the astronomer' Muhammad ibn Hassan Beik Manjam, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 32v, line 9 transcribed below), whose ownership stamp and inscription is also found on f. 14r.
The tables, graphs, and calligraphic exercises found on ff. 11-13 are inserted into the volume.
Contents:
(1) Anonymous treatise on the construction of the
astrolabe
Ancient instrument for astronomical observations.
[Letters in the Industry of Astrlab] (ff. 2v-9r);
(2) Kūshyār ibn Labbān (2) Kūshyār ibn Labbān,
Kitāb al-mujmal fī aḥkām al-nujūm
(The Comprehensive Book in the Rules of the Stars; ff. 14v-32v).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Ethé, Hermann,
Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
, 2 vols. (vol. 2. revised and completed by Edward Edwards) (Oxford: 1903-37), No. 2256, pp. 1231-32
Edinme Kaynağı
From the library at Seringapatam (Srirangapatna) of Tīpū Sulṭān (ٹیپو سلطان),
Nawwāb
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Fatḥ ‘Alī Khān (نواب فتح علي خان) of Mysore (reg. 1782-99), transferred to Fort William College, Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1799, then deposited at the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
in 1806 and 1937
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Anonymous treatise on the construction of the astrolabe [رساله در صنعت اسطرلاب]
16 images
Ref: IO Islamic 1514, ff 2v-9r
Kitāb al-mujmal fī aḥkām al-nujūm كتاب المجمل في أحكام النجوم Kūshyār كوشيار
37 images
Ref: IO Islamic 1514, ff 14v-32v
Köken
East India Company Library, its seal (f. 2r);
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥasanʿalī, (عبد الله ابن حسنعلي): his inscription and seal with date 1172/1758-59 (f. 14r);
Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Bīk Munajjim (غياث الدين محمد بن حسن بيك منجم): his inscription and seal (f. 14r) and scribal inscription (f. 32v, line 9).
