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The record is made up of Ff. 173r-175v. It was created in 639. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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A short astrological treatise on nativities (مواليد) by Abū Ma‘shar Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad al-Balkhī (أبو معشر جعفر بن محمد البلخي; d. 886).

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Begins (f. 173r, lines 2-4):

قال أبو معشر حعفر بن محمد وجدنا من قول الأوائل في مسقط النطفة ومن قول

يعقوب بن طارق اختلافًا وذلك أن الذي حدّ الأوائل تقويم الطالع على الساعات المتوهمة

وتصحيح درجة ...

Ends (f. 175r, line 27-175v, line 3):

... والدليل

الققري هو الذي يزيد عليه ما بين الشمس والقمر والكواكب الذي يتصل به القمر وتقوم فيه

الكواكب مقام الشمس إن شاء الله

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 175v, line 3)

كمل القول في النموذارات بحمد الله وعونه

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Ff. 173r-175v
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Arabic in Arabic script
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Manuscript item

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British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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Add MS 7473, ff 173r-175v

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639 (AH, Hijri qamari)

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  • Sezgin, Fuat, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums , vol. 7 (Leiden: Brill, 1979). p. 146
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Astrology--Early works to 1800
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Abū Ma'shar

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al-Qawl fī al-namūdhārāt القول في نموذارات Abū Ma‘shar أبو معشر, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Add MS 7473, ff 173r-175v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023677047.0x000011> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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