ʻArūḍ al-andalusī
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- Country
- United Kingdom
- City
- London
- Institution
- British Library
- Repository
- St. Pancras
- Collection
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Shelfmark
- Add. 23440
Contents
- Work 1: ʻArūḍ al-andalusī (Abū al-Jaysh al-Anṣārī al-Andalusī)
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- LOC subject headings
- Arabic languageVersification (Early works to 1800)
- Author
- Abū al-Jaysh al-Anṣārī al-Andalusī
- ابو الجیش الانصاري الاندلسي
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- Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad
- Ali Kuşcu, d. 1474
- ابو عبد الله محمد
- Abū al-Jaysh al-Anṣārī al-Andalusī (authorised)
- ابو الجیش الانصاري الاندلسي (variant)
- Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad (variant)
- ابو عبد الله محمد (variant)
- Title
- ʻArūḍ al-andalusī
- عروض الاندلسي
- Notes
- An Arabic treatise on prosody
- Main language of text
- Arabic
- Foliation
- ff. 1-9
- Bibliography
- Work 2: Risālah fī al-ha’ya (Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1474 or 5)
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- LOC subject headings
- Islamic astronomy
- Author
- Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1474 or 5
- قوشجی، علی بن محمد
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- Ali Kuşcu, 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
- Risālah fī al-ha’ya
- رسالة فی الهیئه
- Notes
- The title is not present in this manuscript but, according to Rieu ( (Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum, 1879-1883., pp. 458)), the present treatise is the astronomical manual which he composed for Mehmed II, 1432-1481
- In the catalogue of the National library of Austria, the title of this work appears as Risālah fī al-ha’ya (رسالة فی الهیئه) in a commentary to this work, see (Flügel, Gustav Leberecht. Die arabischen, persischen und türkischen Handschriften der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hofbibliothek zu Wien. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königliche Hofbibliothek, 1865., pp. 489)
- Main language of text
- Persian
- Foliation
- ff. 10-47
- Bibliography
- Catalogue
- Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum, 1879-1883, 458.
Physical Description
- Number of folios
- 47 ff
- Dimensions of folio
- width 12.7cm, height 16.5cm
- Columns
- 1
- Ruled lines
- 19
History
- Date of copy
- Probably 16th century