Author
the author of
al-Zīj al-ʻAlāʼī
to pass al-Būzjānī's observational data off as his own
The present text is identical with the first ten
bāb
s of a
zīj
attributed to al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʿUmar al-Abharī
Publication Date
16th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
ara,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 7492, ff 52v-66v
Record ID
vdc_100143915509.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
16th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Astronomical Handbook in Ten
bābs
(أبواب), each subdivided into
fuṣūl
(Fusul) in the tradition of Abū al-Wafāʾ al-Būzjanī and his colleagues at the Bāb al-Tibn Observatory in Baghdad (Abu al-Wafaʾ al-Buzjanī, d. 998, see f. 52v, line 3). The incipit also mentions the earlier work carried out under the caliph al-Ma'mūn (al-Ma'mun, reg. 813-33), and the attempt by the author of
al-Zīj al-ʻAlāʼī
to pass al-Būzjānī's observational data off as his own
The present text is identical with the first ten
bāb
s of a
zīj
attributed to al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʿUmar al-Abharī (Athīr al-Dīn Mufaḍl ibn ʿUmar al-Abharī, d. 1265; see, e.g., Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, Ar 4076), although the present manuscript lacks the tables.
The text is followed by two pages (f. 67v-68r) of verse in Persian, in a different hand, beginning:
Jawaje Dryab Ke Jan Dar Tan Insan Adbst
Khawaja Anwar Dil Wadide Mardan Adbst
Begins (f. 52v, lines 2-7):
Praise be to Allah for the verse and thank you for the manifestation of grace
and thankfully liked his pride and original on Muhammad Khair Rasle and his prophets and after the world
Zij waz'ate on the recipient of the authentic middle of Shaykh Abu al-Wafa' Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Buzjani
And the Companions passed through them after the arrival of the believers
The words of Mr. Al-Alai, the plaintiff of the Justice Department, are attached to him
Items can be purchased by yourself without notice by receipt
Ends (f. 66v, lines 3-7):
...If the northern average forecast is slightly western
Get out of the environment of the circle that precedes the deviation
Delivery from the center of the department and
Exit on active stability
The qibla, and Allah knows best
بالصواب
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Cureton, William and Charles Rieu,
Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens
(London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 395 (III), p. 188-89
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
Hashemipour, Behnaz, 'Abū al‐Wafāʾ Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al‐Būzjānī', in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, ed. by Thomas Hockey et al., (New York: Springer, 2007), pp. 188-189
Kennedy, David, 'A Survey of Islamic Astronomical Tables',
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
, 46 (1956), pp. 123-77 [see p. 129, item 29 and p. 133, item 56]
Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu,
Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th-19th c.)
, (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2003): al-Abharī: p. 209 (no. 595); al-Būzjānī: p. 97 (no. 256), A1
Sarıoğlu, Hüseyin, 'Athīr Al‐Dīn Al‐Mufaḍḍal Ibn ʿUmar Ibn Al‐Mufaḍḍal Al‐Samarqandī Al‐Abharī', in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, ed. by Thomas Hockey et al., (New York: Springer, 2007), pp. 7-8
