Author
Sayyid Abū Muḥammad ‘Abd Allāh ibn Fakhr al-Dīn al-Ḥusaynī al-A‘raj
Publication Date
13 Jumādá I 1227 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 8415, ff 237r-245v
Record ID
vdc_100070049170.0x000002
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
13 Jumādá I 1227 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Commentary by Sayyid Abū Muḥammad ‘Abd Allāh ibn Fakhr al-Dīn al-Ḥusaynī al-A‘raj (Sayyid Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Fakhr al-Din al-Husayni al-Araj, d. 1775), known as Fakhrī’zādah al-Mawṣilī (Fakhrī Zādah al-Mawṣilī), on the
Treatise on the Tympanum Concerning the
Astrolabe
Ancient instrument for astronomical observations.
(The Treatise of the Plate on the Astrolabe) by Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (Bahā al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Amili; d. 1621).
The author's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
gives the completion date for the commentary in riddling terms that appear to indicate Friday 15 Jumādá I 1149/21 September 1736 at Basra (see f. 245v, lines 12-14 and 18, transcribed below). The copy was completed on the evening of Saturday 13 Jumādá I 1227/23 (?) May 1812 by Muḥammad Muḥsin ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Dawrī (Muhammad Muhsin bin Muhammad Salih bin Muhyiddin al-Dawri, see scribe's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 245v, lines 21-23 and continuations, transcribed below).
Beginnings (f. 237v, lines 2-5):
Blessed is He who placed constellations in the sky and placed therein a lamp and a shining moon who made the night
And the day is a succession for whoever wants to remember or wants to be grateful. Have you not seen your Lord how He extends the shadow?
If He had willed, He would have made it motionless, the All-Powerful, whose care has bedeviled the surface and portion of the watchful one
housing...
Ends (f. 245v, lines 11-12):
... Let this be the last thing we wanted to mention in these papers, and prayers and peace be upon the Lord of creation
Absolutely Muhammad and his pure family, and praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds...
Author's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 245v, lines 12-18):
... It was agreed that this explanation would be completed with God’s help and good will
His success is in the sixth seventh of the week, which is the second tenth of the second third of the second half of the sixth
The first of the ninth, the ninth of the fifth ten of the second hundred of the second millennium of the Hijra of Sayyid Sadat
And the glory of existence, upon him and his family, is the best of blessings * and the most perfect of greetings, the beginning of which was thanks
He was exalted in it several hours before that and several days * by seizing opportunities from time to time
Embezzlement of parts of time as the mood deviates from the point of moderation * and exacerbation of the worries of exile
The accumulation of work in protected Basra, may God Almighty protect it from the ravages of time and the calamities of two events
Scribes's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 245v, lines 19-26):
May blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad and his family
The good and pure, his companions, his wives, and his followers
And his followers until the Day of Judgment at the hand of the poor, to mercy
His rich Lord, Muhammad Mohsen bin Muhammad Salih bin Muhyiddin
Al-Duri is the Hanafi school of thought and the Qadiri school of thought
The Ash'ari believe that God forgives
For him and his fathers and grandfathers
On the Day of Resurrection, Amen
Scribes's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
continued (f. 245v, to left of main
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
):
It took place on the thirteenth day of
The month of Jumada al-Awwal in the afternoon
Saturday, which is one of the months of the year 1227
May God make my endeavor a praiseworthy endeavor
And my sin is forgiven
Scribes's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
continued (f. 245v, upside down to right of main
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
):
I wrote it with my own hand for myself, may God make it easy for me to read it
Understanding its meanings is up to me, and I am the poor, to God Almighty
Muhammad Mohsen Al-Qadi in Urdu (?)
Al-Mansur pardoned him
Year 1227
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Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
‘Abbās, Dalāl,
Bahā’ al-Dīn al-‘Āmilī : adīban, wa-faqīhan, wa-‘āliman
(Bayrūt: Dār al-Ḥiwār, 1995)
Hashemipour, Behnaz, '‘Āmilī: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī', in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers , ed. by Thomas Hockey
et al. (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 42-43
İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin et al.,
Osmanlı Astronomi Literatürü Tarihi
, vol. 2, pp. 479-82 (no. 315)
Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu,
Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th
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19th c.)
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