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[Untitled] almanac, 1091 AH, 1680 CE

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Identifier: Or Ms 729
Scope and Contents An untitled almanac, showing conversion tables and diagrams (including a volvelle and an image of the Kaʿbah) for calculating days of the week, multiannual cycles, the months of the Syrian (Christian) calendar, and the months of the Islamic lunar (Hijri) calendar in conjunction with twelve astrological phases for calculating the solar year. The reader is guided by densely written quotations attributed to a certain Şeyh Vefa (Shaykh Vafāʾ) focussed on calculations for the ...
Dates: 1091 AH; 1680 CE
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia