Author
Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd al-Kāshī
Publication Date
19 Muḥarram 1130 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Place
Shahjahanabad (Delhi) -
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Arabic 1925, ff 1r-14r
Record ID
vdc_100040347902.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
19 Muḥarram 1130 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Treatise on the sizes and distances of the celestial bodies by Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd al-Kāshī (Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshī ibn Masoud ibn Mahmoud al-Kāshī, d. 1429 or 1436). This text was composed in 1407 and is also known as the
Treatise for Kamāl
(The Perfect Message) because it was dedicated to the vizier Kamāl al-Dīn Maḥmūd (Kamal al-Din Mahmoud, see f. 2r, line 8).
After a short introduction (ff. 1v-2r), the treatise is divided into seven chapters (essays) and a conclusion (conclusion), listed on. f2r:
Chapter One: The mensuration of the Earth and related matters (The First Essay on the Survey of the Earth and Related Matters, ff. 2r-3r);
Chapter Two: The distances of the Moon and the extent of its diameter (The second article on the dimensions of the Moon and the extent of its diameter, ff. 3r-7r);
Chapter Three: The distances of the Sun and the extent of its diameter (The third article on the dimensions of the Sun and the extent of its diameter, ff. 7r-8r);
Chapter Four: The distances of the two lower [planets], the radii of their bodies and the consistency of the extreme apogee (?) of the Moon.
Chapter Five: The distances of the upper planets and their diameters (The Fifth Article on the Dimensions of the Upper Planets and Their Diameters, ff. 9v-10v);
Chapter Six: The distance of the [sphere of the] fixed [stars] from the Earth and the diameter of its body (The Sixth Article on the Distance of Constants from the Earth and the Diameter of its Body, ff. 10v-11r);
Chapter Seven: The bodies of the stars (Seventh Treatise on Planetary Bodies, ff. 11r-11v);
Conclusion: Tables (ff. 11v-14r).
The treatise contains numerous diagrams and eighteen tables.
The copy was completed on 19 Muḥarram 1130/December 23 1717 at the Rawshanpūrah in Delhi/Shājahānābād by Muḥammad ‘Ābid (Muḥammad ‘Ābid, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 14r, lines 5-8 after tables, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-3):
Praise be to God who raised the sky without pillars, decorated it with car lights and fixtures, and laid the earth for sleep
Without periods, it enabled them to enjoy the sources and origins of making rulings on the bodies of astronomical bodies, with differences
Ends (f. 14r, lines 1-2 after tables):
Let this be the last thing I mentioned in this message. Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may God’s prayers and peace be upon Muhammad, his family, and his companions.
Those who miss you have been blessed with goodness
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 14r, lines 3-10 after tables):
The completion of the writing of this letter, The Heaven's Ladder, which is tagged with the Kamaliya message, has been completed by the authors
Mawlana Ghiyath al-Din Jamshid al-Kashi in the science of dimensions and corpora at the hand of the poor to God the rich
Muhammad Abed Al-Mubtaghi with the knowledge of mathematics, may God grant him what he seeks and grant him success in the afternoon of Thursday.
The nineteenth of the month of Ashour, known as Muharram al-Haram, in the year one thousand one hundred and thirty of the Hijra of the Holy Prophet
In the great city and Egypt, Al-Jassim Al-Dahli, nicknamed Shahjahanabad, the place of light and pleasure
I mean the famous Roshan Poora, and let us conclude the speech by praising God, the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing, and blessings be upon His Prophet, his family, and his honorable companions.
Shukr ke ayna namah payan rasid
What a breach in Rasid's safety
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Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu,
Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th
-
19th c.)
, (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2003), no. 802, pp. 269-71
'Kāshī: Ghiyāth (al-Milla wa-) al-Dīn Jamshīd ibn Mas‘ūd ibn Maḥmūd al-Kāshī [al-Kashānī]', in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, ed. by Thomas Hockey et al. (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 613-15
