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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi

Collection

Esad Efendi

Shelfmark

2023

Contents

Work 1: Ṭabaqāt fī ʽIlm al-Ḥayaʽ (Tāju al-Saʽīdī, Mir Muḥammad b. Abū Saʽīd al-Ḥādī al-Ardabilī)

Author

Tāju al-Saʽīdī, Mir Muḥammad b. Abū Saʽīd al-Ḥādī al-Ardabilī

تاج السعيدي, ميرمحمدبنابوسعيدالهادي الاردبلي

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Tāju al-Saʽīdī, Mir Muḥammad b. Abū Saʽīd al-Hādī al-Ardabilī (authorised)

تاج السعيدي, ميرمحمدبن ابوسعيدالهادي الاردبلي (variant)

Title

Ṭabaqāt fī ʽIlm al-Ḥayaʽ

طبقات غي علم الحيع

Notes

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

1-34

Hand

Copyist: Murshīd al-Murshīdi ̄(مرشيد المرشيدي)

Date of copy

15th. century

Work 2: Risālah fī al-Masaḥa (Qāḍīzādah, Mūsá ibn Muḥammad, -approximately 1436)

Author

Qāḍīzādah, Mūsá ibn Muḥammad, -approximately 1436

قاضي زاده، موسى جلبي بن محمد

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Qaḍizādah al-Rūmī, Salaḥ al-Dīn Mūsá b. Muḥammad b. Qaḍi Maḥmūd

Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1474 or 5 (authorised)

ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Qūshjī, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Qawshajī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Qushchi, Ali ibn Muḣammad, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Ali ibn Muḣammad Qushchi, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Qushchi, Aloviddin Ali ibn Muḣammad, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

ʻAlī ibn Muḥammed al-Ḳūshdjī, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Ḳūshdjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammed, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

قوشجي، علي بن محمد (variant)

Али Кушчи, d. 1474 оr 5 (variant)

Ali Kushchi, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Али ад-Дин Али Кушчи, d. 1474 оr 5 (variant)

Ali ad-Din Ali Kushchi, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Qushči-zāde, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

ʻAlī al-Qūshjī, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Ali Kusçu, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Biographical notes

The son of the Timurid Ruler Ulugh Beg's head falconer, ʿAlī al-Qūshjī grew up at the ruler's court in Samarqand (Uzbekistan), studying the basics of mathematics and astronomy under Ulugh Beg himself as well as those in his scientific circle including Qādīzāde al-Rūmī and Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd al-Kāshānī (or Kāshī) After completing his education which involved extensive travel, he contributed to the preparation of Ulugh Beg's Zīj (زيج) at the observatory of Samarqand (Uzbekistan) Following the assassination of his patron Ulugh Beg in 1469 [1469 CE], ʿAlī al-Qūshjī moved to Herat , where he remained until 1469 [1469 CE] when his patron, the Timurid ruler Abu Sa'id Mirza was defeated by Aqquyunlus and he relocated to Tabriz benefitting from Uzun Hasan's patronage. He first became acquainted with Mehmed II when he was sent to Istanbul by Uzun Hasan as an envoy. He soon after sought the Ottoman sultan's patronage in Istanbul and accompanied him on his campaign against Uzun Hasan Upon his return Mehmed II to Istanbul following the Ottoman defeat of the Aqquyunlu, he was appointed professor at Ayasofya madrasa, which he briefly held until his death in 1474 [1474 CE]. Offering an alternative to Aristotelian physics as the basis of astronomy, ʿAlī al-Qūshjī exerted a profound influence on Ottoman thought and science, as well as in the Iranian world and Central Asia.

Title

Risālah fī al-Masaḥa

رسالةفي المسحة

Notes

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

35-43

Work 3: Risālah fī ʽilm al-ḥisāb (Al-Hara᾿ī, Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad b. Kiwam al-Qaḍī al-Wabistānī)

Author

Al-Hara᾿ī, Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad b. Kiwam al-Qaḍī al-Wabistānī

الهرئي, محمود بن محمد بن كوم القضي الوبستاني

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Al-Hara᾿ī, Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad b. Kiwam al-Qaḍī al-Wabistānī (authorised)

الهرئي, محمود بن محمد بن كوم القضي الوبستاني (variant)

Title

Risālah fī ʽilm al-ḥisāb

رسالة في علم الحساب

Notes

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

44-77

Hand

Copyist: ʽAbdallah b. ʽAbd al-Karīm

Date of copy

15th. century

Work 4: Risāla dar ʿilm al-hayʾa (Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad -1474 or 1475)

LOC subject headings

Astronomy

Author

Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad -1474 or 1475

قوشجي، علي بن محمد

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Ali Kuşçu, ö.879/1474

قوشجي،علاءالدين علي بن محمد القوشجي

ʿAlī al-Qūshjī, ʿAlāeddīn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Qushjī , d. 1474

Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1474 or 5 (authorised)

ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Qūshjī, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Qawshajī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Qushchi, Ali ibn Muḣammad, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Ali ibn Muḣammad Qushchi, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Qushchi, Aloviddin Ali ibn Muḣammad, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

ʻAlī ibn Muḥammed al-Ḳūshdjī, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Ḳūshdjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammed, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

قوشجي، علي بن محمد (variant)

Али Кушчи, d. 1474 оr 5 (variant)

Ali Kushchi, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Али ад-Дин Али Кушчи, d. 1474 оr 5 (variant)

Ali ad-Din Ali Kushchi, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Qushči-zāde, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

ʻAlī al-Qūshjī, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Ali Kusçu, d. 1474 or 5 (variant)

Biographical notes

The son of the Timurid Ruler Ulugh Beg's head falconer, ʿAlī al-Qūshjī grew up at the ruler's court in Samarqand (Uzbekistan), studying the basics of mathematics and astronomy under Ulugh Beg himself as well as those in his scientific circle including Qādīzāde al-Rūmī and Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd al-Kāshānī (or Kāshī) After completing his education which involved extensive travel, he contributed to the preparation of Ulugh Beg's Zīj (زيج) at the observatory of Samarqand (Uzbekistan) Following the assassination of his patron Ulugh Beg in 1469 [1469 CE], ʿAlī al-Qūshjī moved to Herat , where he remained until 1469 [1469 CE] when his patron, the Timurid ruler Abu Sa'id Mirza was defeated by Aqquyunlus and he relocated to Tabriz benefitting from Uzun Hasan's patronage. He first became acquainted with Mehmed II when he was sent to Istanbul by Uzun Hasan as an envoy. He soon after sought the Ottoman sultan's patronage in Istanbul and accompanied him on his campaign against Uzun Hasan Upon his return Mehmed II to Istanbul following the Ottoman defeat of the Aqquyunlu, he was appointed professor at Ayasofya madrasa, which he briefly held until his death in 1474 [1474 CE]. Offering an alternative to Aristotelian physics as the basis of astronomy, ʿAlī al-Qūshjī exerted a profound influence on Ottoman thought and science, as well as in the Iranian world and Central Asia.

Title

Risāla dar ʿilm al-hayʾa

رساله ‌در فتحيه في علم الهيئة

Notes

This astronomical text was composed in Samarqand (Uzbekistan)1458 [1458 CE]. A much copied text, it was used for pedagogical purposes. Muṣliḥ al-Dīn al-Lārī's commentary on it likewise became a popular madrasa text.

There is an autograph copy of this work in Köprülü, work 2

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

78-130

Hand

Copyist: ʽAbdallah b. ʽAbd al-Karīm

Date of copy

15th. century

Bibliography

Studies

Cengiz, Aydın. "Ali Kuşçu (ö. 879/1474)." TDVİA. 1 1989: 408-410.

Fazlıoğlu, İhsan. "Qūshjī: Abū al-Qāsim ʿAlā’ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Qushci-zāde." The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer, 2007: 946-8.

Ünver, A. Süheyl. Ali Kuşçî: Hayatı ve Eserleri. İstanbul: Kenan Matbaası, 1948.

Work 5: Muddaayatu Oklides fī al-Handasah (Euclid‏)

Author

Euclid‏

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Euclid (authorised)

Ėẏklid (variant)

Evklid (variant)

Euclid, of Alexandria (variant)

Uqlīdis (variant)

Euklid (variant)

Eukleidēs (variant)

Euclides (variant)

אוקלידוס (variant)

إقليدس (variant)

Title

Muddaayatu Oklides fī al-Handasah

مدّيت اوكلدس في الهندسة

Notes

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

131-146

Work 6: Taʽribu Kitabu muʽtayāt li-Oklidas (Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʻIbādī, 809?-873)

Author

Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʻIbādī, 809?-873

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حسين بن اسحق العبادي

Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʻIbādī, 809?-873 (authorised)

Honein ibn Ishāk, 809?-873 (variant)

Ḥonaïr ibn Isḥāq, 809?-873 (variant)

Joannitius, 809?-873 (variant)

Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, 809?-873 (variant)

Honayn bin Ishaq, 809?-873 (variant)

Hunaino Isaaci, 809?-873 (variant)

Hunain ibn Ishāq, 809?-873 (variant)

Ḥunayn b. Isḥāq, 809?-873 (variant)

حسين بن اسحق العبادي،, 809?-873 (variant)

حنين بن إسحاق العبادي (variant)

حنين بن إسحاق العبادي،, 809؟-873 (variant)

حنين بن إسحق العبادى،, 809؟-873 (variant)

حنين بن إسحق العبادي (variant)

Ḥunain ibn Isḥāḳ, 809?-873 (variant)

Johannitius, 809?-873 (variant)

Title

Taʽribu Kitabu muʽtayāt li-Oklidas

تعرب كتاب معتياةلاوكلدس

Notes

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

147-151

Work 7: Kitāb al-Ukar ()

Title

Kitāb al-Ukar

كتاب الأوكر

Notes

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

152-155

Work 8: Kitāb al-Qur᾿at al-Mutaharriqah Jeometri ()

Title

Kitāb al-Qur᾿at al-Mutaharriqah Jeometri

كتاب القرعةالمتهرّقةجؤومتري

Notes

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

152-155

Work 9: Kitāb fī al-Ashk ʽAlī al-Kurriyah ()

Title

Kitāb fī al-Ashk ʽAlī al-Kurriyah

كتاب في الأشك علي الكرّية

Notes

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

156-159

Work 10: Kitāb al-Manādīr (Euclid‏)

Author

Euclid‏

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Euclid (authorised)

Ėẏklid (variant)

Evklid (variant)

Euclid, of Alexandria (variant)

Uqlīdis (variant)

Euklid (variant)

Eukleidēs (variant)

Euclides (variant)

אוקלידוס (variant)

إقليدس (variant)

Title

Kitāb al-Manādīr

كتاب المنادر

Notes

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

160-162

Work 11: Kitāb al-Zāhirat (Euclid‏)

Author

Euclid‏

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Euclid (authorised)

Ėẏklid (variant)

Evklid (variant)

Euclid, of Alexandria (variant)

Uqlīdis (variant)

Euklid (variant)

Eukleidēs (variant)

Euclides (variant)

אוקלידוס (variant)

إقليدس (variant)

Title

Kitāb al-Zāhirat

كتاب الزاهرة

Notes

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

162-163

Work 12: Kitāb al-Zāhirat (Anonymous)

Author

Anonymous

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Anonymous (authorised)

Title

Kitāb al-Zāhirat

كتاب الزاهرة

Notes

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

164-168

Date of copy

15th. century

Physical Description

Number of folios

186 ff.

Dimensions of folio

width 10.4cm, height 17cm

Dimensions of written area

width 5.1cm, height 10.6cm

Columns

1

Ruled lines

14