‘Ajā’ib al-aqālīm al-sab‘ah عجائب الأقاليم السبعة Suhrāb سهراب
( عجائب الأقاليم السبعة سهراب)

Name: ‘Ajā’ib al-aqālīm al-sab‘ah عجائب الأقاليم السبعة Suhrāb سهراب
Author: Suhrāb (author) | Ḥasan Bar Bahlul (scribe)

İsim	‘Ajā’ib al-aqālīm al-sab‘ah عجائب الأقاليم السبعة Suhrāb سهراب
İsim Orijinal	عجائب الأقاليم السبعة سهراب
Yazar	Suhrāb (author) \| Ḥasan Bar Bahlul (scribe)
Basım Tarihi:	1309/1309
Basım Yeri	- Qatar National Library
Konu	Geography--Early works to 1800 \| more \| less
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	Codex; ff. iv+68+iv
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	81055/vdc_100027677075.0x000001_ar \| 81055/vdc_100027677075.0x000001_en \| Add MS 23379
Kayıt Numarası	81055%2Fvdc_100027677075.0x000001_dlme
Lokasyon	British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Tarih	1309/1309
Notlar	Treatise on mathematical geography for cartographers by Suhrāb (سهراب; see f. 3, line 1) composed between between 902 and 945 (see LeStrange, 'Description of Mesopotamia and Baghdād', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society[1895], p. 2).The full title as given on the title page (f. 2r) is Book of the Wonders of the Seven Climes to the Ends of the Inhabited World; How the Cities Are Arranged, the Seas Surround Them and Their Rivers Bifurcate; Knowledge of Their Mountains and Valleys, Roads and Paths by Sea and Land, and All that is Beyond the Equator; Longitude and Latitude by Means of the Ruler, Calculation and Enumeration; A Study of All that is Mentioned Clearly(كتاب عجائب الأقاليم السبعة إلى نهاية العمارة وكيف هيئة المدن وأحاطة البحار بها وتشقق أنهارها ومعرفة جبالها وأوديتها وطرقها ومسالكها في بحرها وبرّها وجميع ما وراء خط الاستوا والطول والعرض بالمسطرة والحساب والعدد والبحث على جميع ما ذكر بجلاء).According to the colophon (f. 67v, lines 4-8, transcribed below), this copy was made from the copy of a copy of a correct copy that Ibn al-Warraq (ابن الوراق, probably the bibliographer Ibn al-Nadīm [ابن النديم], d. ca 995) said was in the handwriting of the Syriac bishop and lexicographer al-Ḥasan ibn Bahlūl (الحسن ابن بهلول, called here ابن البهلول, better known by his Syriac name Bar Bahlul [ܒܪ ܒܗܠܘܠ]; fl. 10th century) translator from Syriac into Arabic of the Kunnāsh, or medical compendium, of Ibn Serapion (ابن سرابيون; fl. 9th century).Due to the mention of Ibn Serapion in the colophon, scholars have often attibuted this work to Ibn Serapion. The colophon does not, however, mention Ibn Serapion in order to identify the author of the ‘Ajā’ib al-aqālīm al-sab‘ah, but rather to identify Bar Bahlūl. Furthermore, since the physician Ibn Serapion is thought to have written his Kunnāshin 873, while the geographer Suhrāb is thought to have written the ‘Ajā’ib al-aqālīm al-sab‘ahsome time between 902 and 945, it is not likely that these two books are the works of the same author (see Ullmann, Die Medizin im Islam[Leiden: Brill, 1970], p. 102 and LeStrange, 'Description of Mesopotamia and Baghdād', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society[1895], p. 2).This copy was completed on 15 Rabī‘ I 709/23 August 1309 by an unnamed scribe (see colophon, f. 67v, line 7, transcribed below). It was the only copy known to the editors of the ‘Ajā’ib al-aqālīm al-sab‘ah, Mžik and LeStrange, who were unaware of Or. 10975.This copy contains the following diagrams and illustrations:Table of the latitudes of the seven climes (جدول عرض الأقاليم; f. 4r);Template for the construction of a world map, with graduated borders and the climes labelled (f. 4v);Template for the plotting of cities and way stations on a map (f. 5r);Twenty-five tables containing the names of cities with their latitudes and longitudes, arranged by clime (ff. 6r-9v);Illustration of the Citidel of Sārūs ibn Kandamān (قلعة ساروس ابن كندمان), apparently not drawn by a professional illustrator, but by the scribe who added the rubricated headings and overlinings on ff. 2v-10r.The text is followed by a poem of eight lines (f. 68v) entitled The Great Reckoning of Praise, a Poem Written Above the Head of the Prophet(حساب الحمد الكبير قصيدة مكتوبة فوق رأس النبي), copied, according to a marginal note, by Murād ibn al-Ḥāj (مراد ابن الحاج).Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-4):إن أحسن ما افتتح به الكلام في كل رغبة ورهبة وحاجة حمد الله تعالىالحمد لله مفلج ومدحض الباطل وما حقه الذي اختار لنفسه الإسلام دينًا فأمربه وحاطه فوكّل بحفظه وضمن أظهاره على الدين كله ...Ends (ff. 67r, line 11-67v, line 3):... فإذاتكاملت العيون والأنهار وصحّت من أوائلها وجرت إلى أواخر مصبّاتها وتفرّعبعضها من بعض وصبّ بعضها إلى بعض فقد استتممت عملها واحتجت بعدذلك إلى أن تبتدئ بعمل صور المدن العظام المشهورة وكيف هيئة كلمدينة منها وإخبارها وصفتها ونعتها وشربها وانحراف قبلتها حتى تأتيعلى جميع مدن الأرض وبالله نستعين وإن أردت أن تكتب بعد صورةكل مدينة خبرها فاكتبه إلى جنبها أو حولها فإنه أحسن ما يكون وأظرفهColophon (f. 67v, lines 4-8):نقلت من نسخة نقلت من نسخة نقلت من نسخة صحيحة ذكر ابن الوراقأنها بخط ابن البهلول الذي أصلح كتاب ابن سرابيون وقوبل بها نسخة أخرى فكانتفيها زيادة وهي المواضع التي يذكر فيها حدود البلدان وقد كتبناها بعد هذاالموضع وكتب في منتصف ربيع الأول من سنة تسع وسبعمائة الهلاليةوالحمد لله رب العالمين وصلوته على سيدنا محمد النبي وآله الطاهرين وصحبه وسلامة \| Codex; ff. iv+68+iv \| Material: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 310 x 230 mm leaf [245 x 170 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing 7 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings, tables and overlinings in red on ff. 2v-10rBinding: Red leather case binding with blind-tooled medallion, pendents and bordersCondition: Minor water damage, worse towards backMarginalia: Very fewSeal: f. 2r \| more \| less
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‘Ajā’ib al-aqālīm al-sab‘ah عجائب الأقاليم السبعة Suhrāb سهراب

( عجائب الأقاليم السبعة سهراب)

Yazar Suhrāb (author) | Ḥasan Bar Bahlul (scribe)

Basım Tarihi 1309/1309

Basım Yeri - Qatar National Library

Konu Geography--Early works to 1800 | more | less

Tür Kitap

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar Codex; ff. iv+68+iv

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Demirbaş Numarası 81055/vdc_100027677075.0x000001_ar | 81055/vdc_100027677075.0x000001_en | Add MS 23379

Kayıt Numarası 81055%2Fvdc_100027677075.0x000001_dlme

Lokasyon British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers

Tarih 1309/1309

Notlar Treatise on mathematical geography for cartographers by Suhrāb (سهراب; see f. 3, line 1) composed between between 902 and 945 (see LeStrange, 'Description of Mesopotamia and Baghdād', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society[1895], p. 2).The full title as given on the title page (f. 2r) is Book of the Wonders of the Seven Climes to the Ends of the Inhabited World; How the Cities Are Arranged, the Seas Surround Them and Their Rivers Bifurcate; Knowledge of Their Mountains and Valleys, Roads and Paths by Sea and Land, and All that is Beyond the Equator; Longitude and Latitude by Means of the Ruler, Calculation and Enumeration; A Study of All that is Mentioned Clearly(كتاب عجائب الأقاليم السبعة إلى نهاية العمارة وكيف هيئة المدن وأحاطة البحار بها وتشقق أنهارها ومعرفة جبالها وأوديتها وطرقها ومسالكها في بحرها وبرّها وجميع ما وراء خط الاستوا والطول والعرض بالمسطرة والحساب والعدد والبحث على جميع ما ذكر بجلاء).According to the colophon (f. 67v, lines 4-8, transcribed below), this copy was made from the copy of a copy of a correct copy that Ibn al-Warraq (ابن الوراق, probably the bibliographer Ibn al-Nadīm [ابن النديم], d. ca 995) said was in the handwriting of the Syriac bishop and lexicographer al-Ḥasan ibn Bahlūl (الحسن ابن بهلول, called here ابن البهلول, better known by his Syriac name Bar Bahlul [ܒܪ ܒܗܠܘܠ]; fl. 10th century) translator from Syriac into Arabic of the Kunnāsh, or medical compendium, of Ibn Serapion (ابن سرابيون; fl. 9th century).Due to the mention of Ibn Serapion in the colophon, scholars have often attibuted this work to Ibn Serapion. The colophon does not, however, mention Ibn Serapion in order to identify the author of the ‘Ajā’ib al-aqālīm al-sab‘ah, but rather to identify Bar Bahlūl. Furthermore, since the physician Ibn Serapion is thought to have written his Kunnāshin 873, while the geographer Suhrāb is thought to have written the ‘Ajā’ib al-aqālīm al-sab‘ahsome time between 902 and 945, it is not likely that these two books are the works of the same author (see Ullmann, Die Medizin im Islam[Leiden: Brill, 1970], p. 102 and LeStrange, 'Description of Mesopotamia and Baghdād', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society[1895], p. 2).This copy was completed on 15 Rabī‘ I 709/23 August 1309 by an unnamed scribe (see colophon, f. 67v, line 7, transcribed below). It was the only copy known to the editors of the ‘Ajā’ib al-aqālīm al-sab‘ah, Mžik and LeStrange, who were unaware of Or. 10975.This copy contains the following diagrams and illustrations:Table of the latitudes of the seven climes (جدول عرض الأقاليم; f. 4r);Template for the construction of a world map, with graduated borders and the climes labelled (f. 4v);Template for the plotting of cities and way stations on a map (f. 5r);Twenty-five tables containing the names of cities with their latitudes and longitudes, arranged by clime (ff. 6r-9v);Illustration of the Citidel of Sārūs ibn Kandamān (قلعة ساروس ابن كندمان), apparently not drawn by a professional illustrator, but by the scribe who added the rubricated headings and overlinings on ff. 2v-10r.The text is followed by a poem of eight lines (f. 68v) entitled The Great Reckoning of Praise, a Poem Written Above the Head of the Prophet(حساب الحمد الكبير قصيدة مكتوبة فوق رأس النبي), copied, according to a marginal note, by Murād ibn al-Ḥāj (مراد ابن الحاج).Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-4):إن أحسن ما افتتح به الكلام في كل رغبة ورهبة وحاجة حمد الله تعالىالحمد لله مفلج ومدحض الباطل وما حقه الذي اختار لنفسه الإسلام دينًا فأمربه وحاطه فوكّل بحفظه وضمن أظهاره على الدين كله ...Ends (ff. 67r, line 11-67v, line 3):... فإذاتكاملت العيون والأنهار وصحّت من أوائلها وجرت إلى أواخر مصبّاتها وتفرّعبعضها من بعض وصبّ بعضها إلى بعض فقد استتممت عملها واحتجت بعدذلك إلى أن تبتدئ بعمل صور المدن العظام المشهورة وكيف هيئة كلمدينة منها وإخبارها وصفتها ونعتها وشربها وانحراف قبلتها حتى تأتيعلى جميع مدن الأرض وبالله نستعين وإن أردت أن تكتب بعد صورةكل مدينة خبرها فاكتبه إلى جنبها أو حولها فإنه أحسن ما يكون وأظرفهColophon (f. 67v, lines 4-8):نقلت من نسخة نقلت من نسخة نقلت من نسخة صحيحة ذكر ابن الوراقأنها بخط ابن البهلول الذي أصلح كتاب ابن سرابيون وقوبل بها نسخة أخرى فكانتفيها زيادة وهي المواضع التي يذكر فيها حدود البلدان وقد كتبناها بعد هذاالموضع وكتب في منتصف ربيع الأول من سنة تسع وسبعمائة الهلاليةوالحمد لله رب العالمين وصلوته على سيدنا محمد النبي وآله الطاهرين وصحبه وسلامة | Codex; ff. iv+68+iv | Material: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 310 x 230 mm leaf [245 x 170 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing 7 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings, tables and overlinings in red on ff. 2v-10rBinding: Red leather case binding with blind-tooled medallion, pendents and bordersCondition: Minor water damage, worse towards backMarginalia: Very fewSeal: f. 2r | more | less

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