Manuscript/Mixed Material al-ʻIqd al-thamīn fīmā yataʻallaqu bi-al-mawāzīn /

Title

• al-ʻIqd al-thamīn fīmā yataʻallaqu bi-al-mawāzīn

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Summary

• This treatise on scales, measures, and weighing instruments is by a prominent member of the Jabartī family, a distinguished clan of Somali-Egyptian Ḥanafī 'ulamā' in Ottoman-ruled Egypt. The author, Ḥasan al-Jabartī, was the father of the famous historian 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Jabarti (1753-1826 [1167-1241 AH]). Ḥasan al-Jabartī married into wealthy military families and also inherited substantial wealth. His relatives included merchants and ship owners, and he spent part of his life in business. He had a reputation for deep learning and was credited with restoring Egypt's prestige as a center of learning in his time. This treatise confirms that Ḥasan's learning extended beyond strictly religious matters. Biographical sources indicate that he studied and taught various branches of mathematics, and that he was a master of calendar-reckoning, calligraphy, engraving, and carving. The subject of this manuscript, "al-mawazīn al-qabbin," is also listed among his fields of expertise. This expression sometimes has been mistranslated as "expertise on steelyards." But, as the contents demonstrate, Ḥasan al-Jabartī also was interested in the construction and operation of various types of scales, including large crane scales, i.e., al-mawazīn al-qabbin, which could be utilized in shipyards for weighing heavy cargos. The treatise offers a detailed introduction to the design and operation of various kinds of scales. The present manuscript, made in 23 Rabī' I 1273 AH (December 14, 1854), is based on a copy made in 1194 AH (1780) from the author's original version. World Digital Library.

Names

• Jabartī, Ḥasan ibn Ibrāhīm, 1698 or 1699-1774?
• Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
• Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• 23 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1271 H [14 December 1854].

Headings

• -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
• -  Weights and measures, Arab--Early works to 1800

Notes

• -  Binding: cardboard, with leather spine. Decorated end paper.
• -  Charts (fol. 9a, 35a-37b, 38b-39a).
• -  Fol. 1a-42b.
• -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-612.
• -  Ms.
• -  Naskhī script; 32 lines in written area, 17 x 11 cm.
• -  Paper: Cream, with watermarks, in good condition. Title page in black ink; rest of text in black with some red ink; marginal notes and calculations in various hands, some in color (pink and violet ink fol. 17a-b). Catchwords on rectos.
• -  The colophon (fol. 42b) says that this manuscript was copied from a manuscript written in 1194 H [1780], which itself was copied from a manuscript written by the author himself.
• -  Also available in digital form.
• -  Arabic.
• -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri, 1945.
• -  Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمدا لمن رفع السماء ووضع الميزان أن لا تطغوا في الميزان. وأنزل في محكم القرأن "وأقيموا الوزن بالقسط ولا تخسروا الميزان" وصلاة وسلاما على سيدنا محمد النبي الكريم المنزل عليه " وزنوا بالقسطاس المستقيم "، وعلى أله وأصحابه موازين الحق وقوانين الصدق ما تعاقبت الأيام والليال إلى يوم توزن الأعمال. . . .

Medium

• 42 leaves (32 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 23 x 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• QC87 .J33 1854

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amedscd.2008401703
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.3141

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2008401703

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2008401703

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