Two short extracts on astronomy in Arabic and Persian
Add MS 23570, ff 12v-13r
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The record is made up of Ff. 12v-13r. It was created in c 1605. It was written in Arabic, Persian and Farsi. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Folio 12v contains six lines of unpointed Arabic text entitled ' On ascertaining the distance between countries (في معرفة قدر المسافة بين البلدين)', and a diagram showing the orbit of the moon around the earth.
Folio 13r contains a short and mostly unpointed Persian text attributed to Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274), and a diagram.
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- Ff. 12v-13r
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- Arabic, Persian and Farsi in Arabic script
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- Manuscript item
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- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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- Archive reference
- Add MS 23570, ff 12v-13r
- Date(s)
- c 1605 (CE, Gregorian)
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Two short extracts on astronomy in Arabic and Persian, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Add MS 23570, ff 12v-13r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023431932.0x000004> [accessed 20 May 2024]
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- Two short extracts on astronomy in Arabic and Persian
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- 12v:13v
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