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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 [‎79v] (3/50)

The record is made up of Ff. 78v-103r. It was created in 29 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1057. It was written in Persian. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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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

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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 [‎79v] (3/50), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Add MS 23569, ff 78v-103r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100044787805.0x0000ae> [accessed 3 April 2025]

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