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Treatise on astrolabes. Likely an abridgement of Bīst bāb dar maʻrifat-i usṭurlāb by Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (d. 1274). Attribution is uncertain.

Persian with two pages in Arabic (f. 23r/v) Bīst bāb dar ʻilm-i usṭurlāb. بیست باب در علم اسطرلاب former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1r Bīst bāb dar īlm-i usṭurlāb

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27 paginated leaves : 210 x 146 (150 x 96) mm Pages numbered in ink, upper outer corners. Modern foliation has been added in pencil, upper left recto. References in the record are to the modern foliation. 13 long lines with marginalia, geometrical shapes, and tables. Written in nastaʻliq; pointed, unvocalized. Rubrications; 11 drawings and tables (f. 4r-5r, Insert r/v, 24r, 25r, 26r-27r). Diagram Diagram Diagram Table Table Table Table Table Table Table

Not bound.

Copied in 1232 AH., according to the colophon (f. 22v).

1817 Iran? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800 Astronomy, Arab--History Astrolabes--Early works to 1800 Astrolabes--Islamic Empire Geography, Arab--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian Codices Diagrams Tables (documents) Manuscripts