Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Islamic 1763]

Mathematics and Astronomy. This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1763 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 746 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 746. 1763. Size 8 in. by 5 in.; foll. 110. Twenty-six lines in a page. A Commentary (ممزوج) on Naṣîr al-dîn Ṭûsî’s (d. A.H. 672) التذكرة , or Elements of Astronomy , by SAIYID SHARÎF JURJÂNÎ (d. A.H. 816). See Ḥ. Kh. ii. 268; Cat. Bodl. ii. 293; Bible. Sprenger. 1844. According to the conclusion, the author completed this commentary on Tuesday, 15th Dhu’l-ḥijjah, 811, at Shîrâz. Written in a small Nasta’liḳ hand, by Maḥmûd b. Molla Jân, a physician. Heading and diagrams in gold. [Hastings.]