Fatḥiyya fī ʿilm al-hayʾa

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Turkey
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Istanbul
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Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi
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Lala İsmail
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Work 1: Fatḥiyya fī ʿilm al-hayʾa (Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad -1474 or 1475)
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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
Fatḥiyya fī ʿilm al-hayʾa
فتحيه في علم الهيئة
Notes
An Arabic enlarged version of Persianد dar ʿilm al-hayʾa (رساله ‌در فتحيه في علم الهيئة), ʿAlī al-Qūshjī presented this work to Mehmed II following his defeat of the Aqquyunlu in 1473 [1473 CE]. A popular work taught at Ottoman madrasas, it was commented on by Ghulām Sinān Paşa(d.1506) and Qūshjī's great grandson Mīram Çelebi, and translated into Turkish by Seydī ‘Alī Reīs.
There is an autograph copy of this work in Ayasofya 2733, work 1
Main language of text
Arabic
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.
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Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi 1706
Kandilli Rasathanesi 122
Kandilli Rasathanesi 65
Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 2733
Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 340

Physical Description

Number of folios
ff.
Dimensions of folio
width 9.8cm, height 19.3cm
Dimensions of written area
width 4.1cm, height 13.8cm
Columns
1
Ruled lines
17

History

Date of copy
17th. century
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