Risālah fī al-ha’ya
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- Repository
- St. Pancras
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- Oriental Manuscripts
- Shelfmark
- Add. 23569
Contents
- Work 1: 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
- Show other names
- 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
- A treatise on astronomy composed for Mehmed II, 1432-1481
- Main language of text
- Persian
- Foliation
- ff. 1-46
- Bibliography
- Catalogue
- Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum. London: The British Museum, 1879-1883, 853.
- Show filiations
- British Library Add. 25871
- British Library Or. 1560
- British Library Add. 23440
- Work 2: Tashrīḥ al-aflāk (ʻĀmilī, Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621)
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- LOC subject headings
- Islamic astronomy
- Author
- ʻĀmilī, Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621
- همداني، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين
- Show other names
- ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (authorised)
- Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-ʻĀmilī, 1547-1621 (variant)
- ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Bahāʼ al-Dīn al-ʻĀmilī, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Shaykh al-Bahāʼī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Bahāʼī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- بهائي، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Jubaʻī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- جبعي، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Luwayzānī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- لويزاني، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Ḥārithī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- حارثي، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Hamadānī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- همداني، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- آملى، بهاء الدين محد بن حسين (variant)
- العاملى، بها الدين محمد بن حسين, ١٦٢١ء١٠٣٠ (variant)
- العاملى، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين, ١٦٢١-١٠٣٠ (variant)
- العاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين (variant)
- بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي (variant)
- شيخ البهائى محمد بن الحسين بن عبد الصمد الحارثي (variant)
- عاملى ، بھاء الدين محمد بن حسين (variant)
- عاملى، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين (variant)
- عاملى، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- عاملى، بهاءالدين محمد بن حسين (variant)
- عاملى، بهائى الدين محمد بن الحسين (variant)
- عاملى، بهااًلدين محمد بن حسين (variant)
- عاملي، بها الدين محمد بن حسين،, 1547-621 (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين بن حسين (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد ابن حسين (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسي (variant)
- محمد بن الحسين بن عبد الصمد الحارثي (variant)
- Shaykh Bahāʼī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Title
- Tashrīḥ al-aflāk
- تشريح االأفلاک
- Notes
- An Arabic treatise on astronomy with diagrams and marginal notes
- Main language of text
- Arabic
- Foliation
- ff. 46v-56
- Bibliography
- Catalogue
- Rieu, Charles. Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the British museum. London: British Museum, 1894, 853.
- Show filiations
- British Library Add. 25871
- British Library Or. 1560
- British Library Add. 23440
- Work 3: Mukhtaṣar dar maʻrifat-i taqvīm (Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274)
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- LOC subject headings
- Islamic calendar
- Islamic astronomy
- Author
- Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274
- طوسي، مصير الدين محمد بن محمد
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- Nasireddin Tûsı̂, 1201-1274
- Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 (authorised)
- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Nassir Eddin, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Tusi, Nasireddin Mukhammed, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Tūsī, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Ṭūsī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Eddin, Nassir, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Nasireddin Mukhammed Tusi, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Tusi, Năsirăddin, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Tusi, N. (Nasiraddin), 1201-1274 (variant)
- Tusi, Xacă Năsirăddin, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Dusean, Hiwseyn, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Dusian, Hiwseyn, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Tusian, Hiwseyn, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Tusean, Hiwseyn, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Tousi, Nasir al-Din, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Nasir al-Din Tousi, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Tousi, Khaje Nasir al-Din, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Khaje Nasir al-Din Tousi, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Ṭūsī, Khvājah Naṣīr al-Dīn, 1201-1274 (variant)
- Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 (variant)
- نصير الدين محمد طوسي (variant)
- نصيرالدين طوسي (variant)
- نصيرالدين محمد طوسى (variant)
- طوسي (variant)
- طوسي، مصير الدين محمد بن محمد (variant)
- طوسي، ناصر الدين محمد بن محمد (variant)
- طوسي، ناصر الدين محمد بن محمد،, 1201-1274 (variant)
- طوسي، نصرالدين محمد بن محمد (variant)
- طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن مجمد (variant)
- طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد (variant)
- طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد،, 1201-1274 (variant)
- طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد،, 1274-1201 (variant)
- طوسي، نصير الدين محمد،, 1201-1274 (variant)
- طوسي، نصيرالدين محمد بن محمد (variant)
- ناصرالدين محمد بن محمد طوسىى, 1201-1274 (variant)
- نصير الدين الطوسي (variant)
- نصير الدين طوسى (variant)
- نصير الدين محمد ابن محمد (variant)
- نصير الدين محمد ابن محمد طوسى (variant)
- نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي (variant)
- نصير الدين محمد بن محمد طوسى،, ١٢٠١-١٢٧٤ (variant)
- Title
- Mukhtaṣar dar maʻrifat-i taqvīm
- مختصر در معرفت تقوىم
- Notes
- A compendious manual on the computation of the almanac
- Main language of text
- Arabic
- Foliation
- ff. 56v-77
- Bibliography
- Catalogue
- Rieu, Charles. Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the British museum. London: British Museum, 1894, 853.
- Show filiations
- British Library Add. 25871
- British Library Or. 1560
- British Library Add. 23440
- Work 4: Sharḥ-i Bīst bāb dar maʻrifat-i qavāʻid-i fann-i asṭurlāb (Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent.)
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- LOC subject headings
- Islamic calendar
- Islamic astronomy
- Author
- Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent.
- برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسي
- Show other names
- Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent (authorised)
- ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī, 16th cent (variant)
- Barjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent (variant)
- برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين (variant)
- عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين البرجندي (variant)
- برجندى، عبدالعلى بن محمد بن حسين (variant)
- Bīrjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī, 16th cent (variant)
- بيرجندى، عبد العلى (variant)
- Title
- Sharḥ-i Bīst bāb dar maʻrifat-i qavāʻid-i fann-i asṭurlāb
- شرح بىست باب در معرفت قواعد فن اسطرلاب
- Notes
- A treatise on astrolabe by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274
- Main language of text
- Arabic
- Foliation
- ff. 78-103
- Bibliography
- Catalogue
- Rieu, Charles. Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the British museum. London: British Museum, 1894, 853.
- Show filiations
- British Library Add. 25871
- British Library Or. 1560
- British Library Add. 23440
- Work 5: Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb (ʻĀmilī, Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621)
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- LOC subject headings
- Arithmetic
- Author
- ʻĀmilī, Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621
- همداني، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين
- Show other names
- ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (authorised)
- Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-ʻĀmilī, 1547-1621 (variant)
- ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Bahāʼ al-Dīn al-ʻĀmilī, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Shaykh al-Bahāʼī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Bahāʼī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- بهائي، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Jubaʻī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- جبعي، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Luwayzānī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- لويزاني، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Ḥārithī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- حارثي، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Hamadānī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- همداني، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- آملى، بهاء الدين محد بن حسين (variant)
- العاملى، بها الدين محمد بن حسين, ١٦٢١ء١٠٣٠ (variant)
- العاملى، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين, ١٦٢١-١٠٣٠ (variant)
- العاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين (variant)
- بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي (variant)
- شيخ البهائى محمد بن الحسين بن عبد الصمد الحارثي (variant)
- عاملى ، بھاء الدين محمد بن حسين (variant)
- عاملى، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين (variant)
- عاملى، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- عاملى، بهاءالدين محمد بن حسين (variant)
- عاملى، بهائى الدين محمد بن الحسين (variant)
- عاملى، بهااًلدين محمد بن حسين (variant)
- عاملي، بها الدين محمد بن حسين،, 1547-621 (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين بن حسين (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد ابن حسين (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن الحسين،, 1547-1621 (variant)
- عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسي (variant)
- محمد بن الحسين بن عبد الصمد الحارثي (variant)
- Shaykh Bahāʼī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 (variant)
- Title
- Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb
- خلاصة الحساب
- Notes
- Main language of text
- Arabic
- Foliation
- ff. 103b-185
- Bibliography
- Catalogue
- Rieu, Charles. Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the British museum. London: British Museum, 1894, 853.
- Show filiations
- British Library Add. 25871
- British Library Or. 1560
- British Library Add. 23440
Physical Description
- Number of folios
- 135 ff
- Dimensions of folio
- width 8.9cm, height 19.7cm
- Columns
- 1
- Ruled lines
- 18
- Decoration
- Gold-ruled margins
- ‘Unvāns
History
- Date of copy
- 17th. century