Bīst bāb dar ma‘rifat asṭurlāb بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد

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Treatise on the use of the astrolabe Ancient instrument for astronomical observations. in twenty chapters (بيست باب) by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين الطوسي, d. 1274).

This copy was completed on 29 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1057/26 December 1647 (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 103r, lines 9-11, transcribed below).

Begins (f. 78v, lines 4-6):

اين مختصر يست در معرفت اسطرلاب مشتمل بر

بيست باب باب اول در القاب آلات و

خطوط ودواير اصطرلاب ...

Ends (f. 103r, lines 6-8):

... بر بيشتر اسطرلابها اين كواكب نقش

كنند هر كه اين را بشناسد چنانكه در آن اشتباه نيفتد اورا

در اين باب كفايت باشد والله اعلم بحقيقت الاشياء

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 103r, lines 9-11):

تمت الرسالة الشريفه في سلخ شهر

ذى العقدة الحرام سنة 1057

هجري

Extent and format

Ff. 78v-103r

It is part of

Five treatises on astronomy and mathematics in Persian and Arabic

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Ref: Add MS 23569

Written in

Persian in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

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British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

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Unrestricted

Archive reference

Add MS 23569, ff 78v-103r

History of this record

Date(s)

29 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1057 (AH, Hijri qamari)

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Studies:

• Ragep, F. Jamil, 'Ṭūsī: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī', in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers , Thomas Hockey et al., eds., (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 1153-55
• Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th–19th c.) , (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2003) pp. 211–219

Subjects

Astronomy--Early works to 1800Astrolabes--Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṭūsī

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Bīst bāb dar ma‘rifat asṭurlāb بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Add MS 23569, ff 78v-103r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100025652531.0x000004> [accessed 15 July 2026]

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