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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialRisālah fī al-burūj wa-al-manāzil : Farāʼid jawharīyah fī fawāʼid al-mīqātīyah
رسالة في البروج و المنازل : فرائد جوهرية في فوائد الميقاتية | Title from fol. 2a: Farāyid jawharīyah fī fawāyid mīqātīyah | Farāyid jawharīyah fī fawāyid mīqātīyah This work is an introductory, but well-organized, treatise on the elements of time-keeping and reckoning. The treatise is divided into seven sections and a conclusion. It introduces the Arabic, Coptic, and Syriac…- Contributor: Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām - Budayrī, Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad
- Date: 1831
- Resource: - 73 pages
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb al-jadwal al-mubārak fī ʻilm al-zamān wa-al-falak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhūr al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah
كتلب الجدول المبارك في علم الزمان و الفلك في حساب مداخل الأشهور العربية و الرومية / | Binder's title : Kitāb al-jadwāl al-mubārak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhur al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah li-ibn Jaḥḥāf | Kitāb al-jadwāl al-mubārak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhur al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah li-ibn Jaḥḥāf Because of the religious obligation to perform canonical prayers at set times of the day and the sanctity attributed to particular times of the year, such as the month of Ramaḍān, Muslim…- Contributor: Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām - Walīdī, Aḥmad Ibn ʻīsá - Ḥarrāzī, Ibrāhīm Ibn Muḥammad Al-Sahl - Ibn Jaḥḥāf, Al-Ḥusayn Ibn Zayd Ibn ʻalī - Watarī, Muḥammad ʻalī Ibn Ẓāhir - Ḥidyah, Maḥrūs
- Date: 1729
- Resource: - 25 pages
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialQāḍīʹzādah ʻalá al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah
قاضي زادة على الملخص في الهيئة A commentary on al-Jighmīnī's book on astronomy, al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah. The author of this commentary, Ṣalāh al-Din Musa ibn Muḥammad, also known as Qādī Zāda (the son of the judge), was born…- Contributor: Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām - Qāḍīʹzādah, Mūsá Ibn Muḥammad - ʻabd, Muḥammad Riḍā - Salīm, Muḥammad
- Date: 16??
- Resource: - 267 pages
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialṢuwar al-kawākib
صور الكواكب | سور الكواكب Text is an excellent authority on Arabic names for the stars and constellations; includes depictions of celestial constellations. Persian note before beginning of text claims that this book written in 820 H…- Contributor: Ṣūfī, ʻabd Al-Raḥmān Ibn ʻumar
- Date: 1417
- Resource: - 374 pages