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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb al-jadwal al-mubārak fī ʻilm al-zamān wa-al-falak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhūr al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah كتلب الجدول المبارك في علم الزمان و الفلك في حساب مداخل الأشهور العربية و الرومية / / Kitāb al-jadwāl al-mubārak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhur al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah li-ibn Jaḥḥāf / /

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Title

  • Kitāb al-jadwal al-mubārak fī ʻilm al-zamān wa-al-falak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhūr al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah

Other Title

  • كتلب الجدول المبارك في علم الزمان و الفلك في حساب مداخل الأشهور العربية و الرومية /
  • Kitāb al-jadwāl al-mubārak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhur al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah li-ibn Jaḥḥāf
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Summary

  • The text is a popular exposition on the study of the order of events in time, and the order in which they occur, especially in those related to astronomical movements and the measurement of time. Note on fol. 2a in another hand says that the author was a famous astronomer during the reign of the Fatimid Caliph al-Ḥākim bi-ʼAmr Allāh (d. 411 AH/1021 AD). Fol. 1b and 12b contain instructions (in the same hand) on calculating dates in the past (pages missing after fol. 12b).

Names

  • Ibn Jaḥḥāf, al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn ʻAlī
  • Ḥarrāzī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Sahl, associated name.
  • Ḥidyah, Maḥrūs, scribe.
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner.
  • Walīdī, Aḥmad ibn ʻĪsá, associated name.
  • Watarī, Muḥammad ʻAlī ibn Ẓāhir, former owner.
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 12 Muḥarram [?] 1142 [?] H [7 August 1729].

Headings

  • -  Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Time measurements--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  al-Jaʻfarīyah, Egypt.
  • -  Binding: modern cardbard covered with cloth; leather spine.
  • -  Fol. 1a-12b. Some leaves missing from the end.
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-775.
  • -  Ms.
  • -  Naskhī script; 35 lines in written area, 17 x 9 cm.
  • -  Ownership inscription of Muḥammad ʻAlī ibn Ẓāhir al-Watarī on fol. 1a.
  • -  Paper: yellowed cream, with watermarks (tre lune), in bad condition due to damage from humidity; edges of some leaves repaired. Black and red ink on title page, text is principally in black ink, with titles in red and green. Text is framed by a double red line and ends at p. 16; the last 5 pages are poems and notes. Occasional diacritics. Title page is full of notes; some marginal notes. Catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Tables fol. 5a-10a.
  • -  The manuscript was copied from a book transcribed by Aḥmad ibn ʻĪsá al-Walīdī, corrected by Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Sahl al-Ḥarrāzī.
  • -  Transcribed by Maḥrūs al-Ḥidyah on 12 Muḥarram [?] 1142 H [7 August 1729].
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Incipit: الحمد لله الذي جعل الشمس والقمر آيه من آيات ملكه وقدر سيرهما بحكمته وكل واحد منهما يجرى بأمره في فلكه ... وبعد فإن الجدول الذي وضعه الشيخ الصديق العلامة الوثيق أبو محمد الخاص رحمه الله تعالى في تعريف مداخل الشهور الرومية وسنيها في الأشهر العربية وسنيها وابتداء الجدول من أول المئة السنة بعد الألف والمئة انقطع عمله وبطل حسابه. . . .

Medium

  • 12 leaves (35 lines), bound : paper ; 20 x 15 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QB23 .I264 1729

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008427057

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Ibn Jaḥḥāf, Al-Ḥusayn Ibn Zayd Ibn ʻAlī, Ibrāhīm Ibn Muḥammad Al-Sahl Ḥarrāzī, Maḥrūs Ḥidyah, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, Aḥmad Ibn ʻĪsá Walīdī, Muḥammad ʻAlī Ibn Ẓāhir Watarī, and Mansuri Collection. Kitāb al-jadwal al-mubārak fī ʻilm al-zamān wa-al-falak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhūr al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah. [12 Muḥarram ? ? H 7 August 1729, 1729] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008427057/.

APA citation style:

Ibn Jaḥḥāf, A. I. Z. I. ʻ., Ḥarrāzī, I. I. M. A., Ḥidyah, M., Manṣūrī, M. A., Walīdī, A. I. ʻ., Watarī, M. ʻ. I. Ẓ. & Mansuri Collection. (1729) Kitāb al-jadwal al-mubārak fī ʻilm al-zamān wa-al-falak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhūr al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah. [12 Muḥarram ? ? H 7 August 1729] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008427057/.

MLA citation style:

Ibn Jaḥḥāf, Al-Ḥusayn Ibn Zayd Ibn ʻAlī, et al. Kitāb al-jadwal al-mubārak fī ʻilm al-zamān wa-al-falak fī ḥisāb madākhil al-ashhūr al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Rūmīyah. [12 Muḥarram ? ? H 7 August 1729, 1729] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008427057/>.