Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection)

Or Ms 396: تحریر المجستي Taḥrīr al-Mijistī, 1011 A.H., 1602 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 396

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A slightly defective copy of Nasīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (died 672 A.H., 1274 C.E.) edition of the Arabic version of Almagest by Claudius Ptolemy (c.100–170 C.E.), a 2nd-century Greek-language treatise on mathematics and astronomy concerning the planetary paths and motions of the stars.

The present copy contains many astronomical tables and diagrams; headings in red; an innumerable amount of glosses on the margin.

Dates: 1011 A.H.; 1602 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 397: تحریر المجستي Taḥrīr al-Mijistī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 397

Scope and Contents A defective copy of Nasīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (died 672 A.H., 1274 C.E.) edition of the Arabic version of Almagest by Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 – 170 C.E.), a 2nd-century Greek-language treatise on mathematics and astronomy concerning the planetary paths and motions of the stars.In the present copy the tables are left blank. Of the 13 articles, or sections of the work, only six are marked here. This may be due to a lacuna. The first eight...

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 399: شرح الالفیّة Sharḥ al-alfiyyah, 735 A.H., 1334 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 399

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A very old and venerable copy of the Arabic commentary of Badr al-Dīn (Abū 'Abdallāh) Muḥammad bin Muḥammad bin 'Abdallāh Ibn Malik al-Ṭūsī (died 686 A.H., 1287 C.E.) on his father, Abū 'Abdallāh Muḥammad bin 'Abdallah, commonly called Ibn Malik's (died 672 A.H., 1273-1274 C.E.) famous grammatical poem Khulaṣat fī al-naḥū.

Dates: 735 A.H.; 1334 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 400: شرح الشّافیّة Sharḥ al-Shāfiyyah, undated copy

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Identifier: Or Ms 400

Scope and Contents Fragment of an Arabic commentary on Ibn Ḥājib's (died 646 A.H., 1248 C.E.) treatise on Arabic inflections, called al-Shāfiyyah. As there is no beginning or end to this copy, it has not been ascertained which of the numerous commentaries it is.It includes many annotations on the margin; small illuminated frontispieces on fols. 12b, 27b, 85a, 134a, and 159b; each page is bordered by small stripes of gold and other colours; the original text is...

Dates: undated copy

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 401: الصّحاح في الّلغة al-Ṣahah fī al-lughah, 667 A.H., 1269 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 401

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A splendid old copy of the famous Arabic Lexicon of Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī, Muslim philosopher and polymath of the 4th century A.H./ 10th century C.E.

Dates: 667 A.H.; 1269 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 402: شمس العلوم و دواء کلام العرب من الکلوم Shams al-'ulūm wa dawā' kalām al-Arab min al-kulūm, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 402

Scope and Contents The comprehensive Arabic dictionary by Nashwān bin Sa'īd al-Ḥimyarī, who completed this work in Egypt in Ramadan, 570 A.H./ March-April 1175 C.E. (see fol. 185).The present copy (610 folios) is written in six different hands. The name of the sixth transcriber is given on fol. 465a as 'Abd al-Ghanī bin 'Abdallāh bin 'Uthman bin Shihāb al-Dīn al-Lāhūrī. It is slightly worm-eaten; a few pages of the original text are cancelled either partly or entirely, see for instance fols. 85,...

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 403: شرح الحماسة Sharḥ al-Ḥamāsah, undated copy (original text composed 11th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 403

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A very defective copy of Imām Abū 'Alī Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin al-Ḥasan al-Marzūqī's (died 421 A.H., 1030 C.E.) commentary on the famous al-Ḥamāsah of Abū Tammām Ḥabīb bin Aws Ṭā'ī (died 231 A.H., 845-846 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 11th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 404: سقط الزّند Saqṭ al-Zand, undated copy (original text composed 11th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 404

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The first diwān of the free-thinker and pessimist, Abū al-'Alā Aḥmad bin 'Abdallāh bin Sulaymān al-Tanūkhī al-Ma'arrī (363-449 A.H / 973-1057 C.E.), in which he collected the lyrics of his youth.

The present copy has innumerable glosses, both marginal and interlinear; it is somewhat worm-eaten throughout.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 11th cent. C.E.)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 407: بحر الانساب Baḥr al-ansāb, 1011 A.H., 1602-1603 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 407

Scope and Contents The title translating as "The Sea of Generations," this is the Persian version of a history of the families of the ancestors of Muḥammad from Adam downwards, of himself, of the first six Caliphs, and the Shi'i Imāms. The translator, Muḥammad Ja'far Ḥusaynī of Mecca, states in the preface that the Arabic original was the work of his own father. It is written in very simple style, illustrated with numerous family tables, and in the part dealing with the history of Muḥammad and his ancestors a...

Dates: 1011 A.H.; 1602-1603 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

Or Ms 411: مآثر عالمگیری Maʻās̲ir-i ʻĀlamgīrī, 1161 A.H., 1748 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 411

Scope and Contents A history of the complete reign of the Emperor 'Ālamgīr, from 1067 A.H. (1656 C.E.) to his death, 1118 A.H. (1707 C.E.). It was compiled in 1122 A.H. (1710 C.E.), by Musta'idd-Khān, surnamed Muḥammad Sāqī, who was secretary to 'Ināyat-allāh Khān. This nobleman was the favourite record writer of 'Ālamgīr and subsequently rose to the role of Governor of Kashmir and vizier to Shāh-'Ālam. The author had thus been an eye-witness of many of the incidents recorded, as he had been connected with the...

Dates: 1161 A.H.; 1748 C.E.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

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Or Ms 396: تحریر المجستي Taḥrīr al-Mijistī, 1011 A.H., 1602 C.E.

Or Ms 397: تحریر المجستي Taḥrīr al-Mijistī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 399: شرح الالفیّة Sharḥ al-alfiyyah, 735 A.H., 1334 C.E.

Or Ms 400: شرح الشّافیّة Sharḥ al-Shāfiyyah, undated copy

Or Ms 401: الصّحاح في الّلغة al-Ṣahah fī al-lughah, 667 A.H., 1269 C.E.

Or Ms 402: شمس العلوم و دواء کلام العرب من الکلوم Shams al-'ulūm wa dawā' kalām al-Arab min al-kulūm, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 403: شرح الحماسة Sharḥ al-Ḥamāsah, undated copy (original text composed 11th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 404: سقط الزّند Saqṭ al-Zand, undated copy (original text composed 11th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 407: بحر الانساب Baḥr al-ansāb, 1011 A.H., 1602-1603 C.E.

Or Ms 411: مآثر عالمگیری Maʻās̲ir-i ʻĀlamgīrī, 1161 A.H., 1748 C.E.

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