Mathematics and Astronomy [751]

Mathematics and Astronomy. This manuscript is now IO Islamic B52 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 751 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 751. B 52. Size 71/2 in. by 41/2 in.; foll. 119. Fifteen lines in a page. A Commentary (ممزوج) on Jaghmînî’s Compendium of Astronomy , called الملخًّص ; by Mûsa b. Maḥmûd1 ḲÂḌÎZÂDAH RÛMÎ, who dedicated his work to Ulugh Beg, grandson of Tîmûr, A.H. 815. See Ḥ. Kh. vi. 113; Cat. Bodl. ii. 247; Cat. St. Petersb. 110 sqq.; Codd. Hafn. 68; Cat. Mus. Brit. 190. Clearly written in a small Nasta’liḳ hand. Transcribed by قاضيشه بن صدرجهان بن قاضى قلندر الزبيرى , for his own use. Frequent marginal notes. Of the tenth century. Several passages have been supplied by a more modern hand. On fol. 114v. follow various extracts, partly in the same, and partly in a different hand ; one from Khuwârazmî’s commentary1 (خوارزمى شرح جغمینى ) , concerning the fixed stars ; another from FAṢÎḤ AL-DÎN’S glosses on the present commentary, 1 etc. 1 Alias Muḥammad. 1 Cf. Ḥ. Kh. vi. 114.