Sharḥ al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah شرح الملخص في الهيئة Jurjānī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad جرجاني، علي بن محمد

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The record is made up of Ff. 4v-52r. It was created in 26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 822. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Commentary by ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAli al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī ( علي بن محمد بن علي الحسيني الجرجاني; d. 1413), known as al-Sayyid al-Sharīf (السيد الشريف), on the al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī ‘ilm al-hayʾah al-basīṭah (الملخص في علم الهيئة البسيطة), an elementary textbook of astronomy by Sharaf al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar al-Jaghmīnī al-Khwārizmī (شرف الدين محمود بن محمد بن عمر الجغميني الخوارزمي; fl. early 13th century). The text contains numerous diagrams.

The copy was completed on 26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 822/13 January 1420 (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 52r, lines 10-13, transcribed below).

Begins (f. 4v, lines 1-3):

عونك يا مستعان وعليك التكلان سبحانك اللهم يا مدير أطباق السموات بلا عمد وآوتاد

على القطب والمحور ويا مزين أجرام العلويات بالثوابت والسيارات والنير

الأعظم والأصغر ...

Ends (f. 52r, lines 7-9):

ثم ضربوا ذلك في اثنى عشر ففحصل أيام السنة القمر به الاصطلاحية ثلثمائة وأربعة وخمسين

يومًا وخمس يوم وسدسة وهذه السنة ناقصة عن السنة الشمسية الحعنفية (؟) بعشرة أيام

وعشرين ساعة ونصف ساعة بالتقريب والله أعلم بالصواب

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 52r, lines 10-13):

تمت الكتابة بعون الله وحسن توفيقه في

سادس عشرين ذي الحجة الحرام سنة

إثنى وعشرين

وثمانمائة

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26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 822 (AH, Hijri qamari)

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  • Dhanani, Alnoor, 'Jurjānī: ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAli al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī (al-Sayyid al–Sharīf)', in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers , Thomas Hockey et al., eds., (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 603-04
  • Ragep, Sally P., 'Jaghmīnī: Sharaf al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Jaghmīnī al-Khwārizmī', in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers , Thomas Hockey et al., eds., (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 584-85

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Sharḥ al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah شرح الملخص في الهيئة Jurjānī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad جرجاني، علي بن محمد, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Add MS 23397, ff 4v-52r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024112247.0x000001> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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