Author
‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī
Publication Date
10 Muḥarram-1 Rajab 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 102r-235r
Record ID
vdc_100070049170.0x000003
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
10 Muḥarram-1 Rajab 1227 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Commentary by ‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī (Abdul Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Birjandi, d. 923/1525 or 26) on the
Sharḥ al-mulakhkhaṣ fī ‘ilm al-hayʾah
(Explanation of the summary fi ‘Ilm al-Hay’a) by Qāḍīʹzādah al-Rūmī (Qadi Zada al-Rumi; d. after 1440).
The title page to the text (f. 102r) is dated 10 Muḥarram 1227/25 January 1812. The copy was completed on 1 Rajab 1227/11 July 1812 by Muḥammad Muḥsin ibn Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Dawrī (Muhammad Mohsen bin Muhammad Salih bin Muhyiddin Al-Duri, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 235r, lines 1-2, transcribed below and date to left of end of
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
).
Begins (f. 102v, lines 2-4):
Praise be to God, Lord of the East and West, who decorates the sky with stars, stars, and prayers
Peace be upon Muhammad, the Master of the One who was created in the best manner, and upon his family and loved ones, the stars of guidance
To the straight path
Ends (f. 235r, lines 4-8):
...and he is coming out of
Divide this solar year by two
Ten and the true solar month
It may be more than it, or it may be equal to it, or it may be equal to it
It decreases it
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 235r, lines 9-13):
This blessed copy took place on the Tuesday before sunset
Which is one of the months of the year one thousand two hundred and twenty-seven
At the hands of the weakest of servants is the dust of the feet of scholars and servants
The poor, Muhammad Mohsen bin Muhammad Saleh bin Muhyiddin
The league pardoned him
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Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
Kusuba, Takanori, 'Birjandī: ‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī', in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, ed. by Thomas Hockey et al. (New York: Springer, 2007) p. 127
Ragep, F. Jamil, 'Qāḍīzāde al-Rūmī: Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd al-Rūmī' in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, ed. by Thomas Hockey et al., (New York: Springer, 2007) p. 942
Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th–19th c.), (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2003), no. 938, pp. 314-16
