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The record is made up of Ff. 83v-85r. It was created in 1605-1610. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Two excerpts from texts on astronomy with comments. The first (ff. 83v-84v) is from a commentary on Ptolemy's (بطلميوس, Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168) Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), and relates to the question of the use of the term 'widest (أوسع)' in relation to figures of circles; it contains one diagram. The second (ff. 84v-85r) is a comment on a work by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Khafrī al-Kāshī (شمس الدين محمد بن أحمد الخفري الكاشي; d. after 1525).

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Ff. 83v-85r
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Add MS 23570, ff 83v-85r

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1605-1610 (CE, Gregorian)

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Two short texts on astronomy, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Add MS 23570, ff 83v-85r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023431932.0x00000c> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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