[IO Islamic 3033] عجائب الاقاليم

<strong>‘Ajâ’ib-alaḳâlîm.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 717 in the India Office collections.</strong> <strong>[metadata:</strong> <strong>Hermann Ethé</strong><strong><em>, </em></strong><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> <strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong> <strong>number 3033 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 717 ‘Ajâ’ib-alaḳâlîm (عجائب الاقاليم ). A compendium of cosmography by an anonymous author, written, as Rieu i. p. 417 proves, about A.H. 908 or 909 (A.D. 1502, 1503), and dedicated to the wazîr Ghiyâth-almillah wa aldunyâ wa-aldin Ḥabîb-allâh (see here, fol. 114^a, ll. 12 and 13). It is divided into a <em>mu</em><em>ḳaddimah</em>, on geometry (در بيان آشنائى كه مقاصد برآن موقوفست ), on fol. 114^a, last line; <em>two</em> <em>ma</em><em>ḳâlas</em>, 1.Measurement and division of the globe and detailed account of the seven climates ( در مساحت سطح ارض و تعيين اقاليم و آنچه بدان متعلّق است ), on fol. 116^a; 2.Measurement of the spheres and stars, etc. ( در معرفت مساحت افلاك و كواكب و آنچه بدان متعلّقست), on fol.155^a; and a <em>khâtimah</em> on the times of prayers and the ḳiblah ( در ملحقات ), on fol. 160^b. Beginning: الحمد لله الذى زيّن السماء بزينة الكواكب و نوّر وجه الغبراء الخ. Dated by Malik Muḥammad ibn Ḥâjî, end of Rajab, A.H. 1024 (A.D. 1615, August 25). No. 3033, ff. 113-165, ll. 20; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 10 in. by 5^3/8 in.