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Or Ms 93: معراج التوحید Mi'rāj al-Tawḥīd, 1222 A.H., 1807 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 93
Scope and Contents
A treatise in verse on the knowledge of the stars with a commentary upon the same in prose, by Mīrzā Abū Ṭalib Khān b. Ḥājjī Muḥammad Beg Khān Hindī Isfahānī (d. 1220 or 1221 A.H., 1805-1806 C.E.) The author in the introduction states that he was requested on his return from Europe by a friend to write his latest observations in the science of astronomy; the present treatise was accordingly compiled after a labour of two months in 1219 A.H. (1804 C.E.), and dedicated to Abū al-Fatḥ Sulṭān...
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1222 A.H.; 1807 C.E.
Or Ms 260: رساله درعلمِ نجوم Risālah dar ‘ilm-i nujūm, undated
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Identifier: Or Ms 260
Scope and Contents
A treatise on astronomy; neither preface nor author's name is given. Numerous tables in red ink.
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undated
Or Ms 417: تسهیل زیج محمّدشاهی Tashīl-i Zīj-i Muḥammad-shāhī, undated (original text compiled 17-18th Cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 417
Scope and Contents
Explanations of the astronomical tables of Muḥammad Shāh (drawn up in the reign of the Emperor Muḥammad Shāh, 1131-1161 A.H., 1719-1748 C.E.) by Bin ‘Azīm al-Dīn Muḥammad Khān ‘Abdallāh, called Mahārat Khān. He divided his work into a muqaddimah (introduction) and five maqālahs (articles/chapters), of which this copy contains only the first three.A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library by...
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undated (original text compiled 17-18th Cent. C.E.)