Author
Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn Yaḥyá ibn al-Naṭṭāḥ
Publication Date
14th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 9602, ff 1v-24v
Record ID
vdc_100023486831.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
14th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Treatise on the use of the
astrolabe
Ancient instrument for astronomical observations.
by Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn Yaḥyá ibn al-Naṭṭāḥ (Muhammad bin Ali bin Yahya bin Al-Natah). The text is divided into fifty-one sections (sections).
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4):
Muhammad bin Ali bin Yahya bin Al-Natah, may God have mercy on him, said
Praise be to God, who created man and came to the sun and the moon as a reckoning to know those who are close
The cores...
Ends (f. 24v, lines 7-9):
...Muhammad said, “I have finished the doors in working on the astrolabe.”
To what I stipulated at the beginning of the book, may God guide us to the path by example and grant us success
Why did he first jump (?) and make us among those who hold on to his ropes, enshrined in Talalah and Qarariyah?
Erişim Koşulları
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Seçilmiş kaynakça
Sezgin, Fuat,
Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums
, vol. 6 (Leiden: Brill, 1978). p. 249
