Description of Columbia University. MS Or 21: al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah.Columbia University.These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 21: al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 21: al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.Manuscript codex.Title from introduction (p. 5); alternate title from p. [1].New York, NY. 10027Columbia University.Rare Book and Manuscript LibraryMS Or 2113540697http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1054927810http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/ms_or_021.htmlhttps://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13540697Jaghmīnī's treatise on astronomy and geography with a preface and dedication to Ulugh Beg on the first 5 pages. Includes many diagrams and some empty spaces left for illustrations that were never completed.Arabical-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah.الملخص في الهيئةJighmīnī, Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad, -1221?جغميني، محمود بن محمدformer ownerSmith, David Eugene, 1860-1944dedicateeUlugh Beg, 1394-14492Preface to al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah6al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah
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67 paginated leaves : 220 x 130 (170 x 90 and 170 x 75) mmPages are numbered in ink, upper center: [1]-134. References in the record are to page numbers as they appear in the manuscript.14-23 long lines with extensive marginalia, including interlinear comments.Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized.Two tables (p. 12-13) and 45 diagrams in red and black; headings and other finding aids also in red.DiagramDiagramDiagramTableTableDiagramDiagramDiagram: planets of the Solar SystemDiagramDiagramDiagamDiagramDiagram: orbits of Venus, Earth's moon, and MercuryDiagram: orbit of sunDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagram: Zodiac chartDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagramDiagram
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Not dated; text was dedicated to Ulugh Beg when first composed; a marginal note on p. 2 also gives a date of A.H. 1256 (1840).
between 1500 and 1840?India?Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.Geography, Arab--Early works to 1800Astronomy--Islamic countries--HistoryManuscripts, ArabicAstronomyGeography, ArabManuscripts, ArabicCodicesManuscriptsDiagramsTables (documents)Helical primary endbandsEarly worksHistory