Sharḥ al-Majisṭī شرح المجسطي Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين
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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+369+i. It was created in 17th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Commentary by ‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī (عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين البرجندي, d. 923/1525 or 26) on the Taḥrīr al-Majisṭī (تحرير المجسطي), the edition by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274; see f. 3r, lines 17-18) of the Almagest (المجسطي) of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus, بطلميوس القلوذي; c 90-c 168).
The text contains numerous diagrams.
Inserted between ff. 305 and 306 is a scrap of wove paper (almost certainly Western) on which is written bibliographical details of the text. Both the wording and script are very similar to the words found on the title page (f. 1r, lower middle of page).
Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-4):
الحمد لله الذي جعلنا من المتفكرين في خلق السموات والأرض وألهمنا طريق معرفة مقادير حركات
الأجرام النيرة في الطول والعرض خلق سبع سموات طباقًا وجعل القمر فيهن نورًا وجعل الشمس
سراجًا...
Ends (f. 369, lines 19-25):
والحمد لله أولًا وآخر
وظاهرًا وباطنًا والصلوة
والسلم على زبدة الليالي
والأيام محمد سيد الثقلين
وخبر الانام وآله الأخيار
العظام وشيعته
الأبرار اكرام ...
Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 369, lines 25-29):
... وقد
فرغت من تأليف هذا الشرح وتسويده
وتصحيحه بقدر
الإمكان والتم
- Extent and format
- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+369+i
- Physical characteristics
Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 218 x 120 mm leaf [160 x 75 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures (quinions) in Eastern Arabic numerals in red ink
Ruling: No ruling visible; 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cm
Script: Nasta‘līq
Ink: Black ink, with diagrams in red ink; some rubricated headings and overlinings in red mostly before f. 70r
Binding: Western, half-leather case binding with marbled paper over boards
Condition: Insect damage especially towards back of volume; some holes repaired; minor water damage towards front of volume
Marginalia: Few; more towards front of volume
Seals: Ff. 1r and 369v
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- Arabic in Arabic script
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- Manuscript
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- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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- Archive reference
- IO Islamic 681
- Date(s)
- 17th century (CE, Gregorian)
- Context of creation
India (?)
- Provenance
- Seal with legend ‘Abbād Allāh (عباد الله), dated 1188/1774-75 (f. 1r);
- ‘Aẓīm (عظيم), courtier (librarian?) of Mughal emperor Muḥammad Shāh (محمد شاه, reg. 1719-1748), his seal, dated regnal year 5, 1135/1722-23 (f. 1r);
- East India Company Library, its seal (f. 1r and 369v);
- Semi-legible seal, undated, with associated inscription (f. 1r).
- Immediate source of acquisition
From the library of Richard Johnson (1753-1807), incorporated into the collection of the East India House in 1807.
- Finding aids
Loth, Otto, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. (London : Printed by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1877), Item 742, pp. 216
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Studies:
- Kusuba, Takanori, 'Birjandī: ‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī', in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers , ed. by Thomas Hockey et al. (New York: Springer, 2007) p. 127
- Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th–19th c.) , (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2003) pp. 314-16
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Sharḥ al-Majisṭī شرح المجسطي Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, IO Islamic 681, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100030968238.0x000001> [accessed 6 May 2024]
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- Sharḥ al-Majisṭī شرح المجسطي Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:305v, frag-r:frag-v, 306r:369v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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