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Two works copied together; the first is on calculating the direction of the Qibla, and the second is on spherical geometry.

Persian Sharḥ-i ʻaṣā-yi mukhtariʻ-i humāyūn pādshāh. Ganj-i nahān khānah-i ḥayy-i qadīm. شرح عصاى مخترع هماىون پادشاه. گنج نهان خانه حي قدىم former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v [Sharḥ-i ʿaṣā-i mukhtarʿ-i humāyūn pādshāh] 3v Ganj-i nahān khānah-i ḥay-i qadīm

paper

11 foliated leaves : 200 x 110 (130 x 55) mm Modern western foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. 17 long lines. Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.

Disbound, fragment of a paper wrapper.

Copy completed in Lahore, 1005 AH (1596) (f. 11v).

1596 Lahore Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Geometry--Islamic countries--History Manuscripts, Persian Codices Manuscripts