Lot 321
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Qutb al-Din Mahmud ibn Mas'ud al-Shirazi (d. AH 710/1311 AD): Nihayat al-idrak fi dirayat al-aflak
Qutb al-Din Mahmud ibn Mas'ud al-Shirazi (d. AH 710/1311 AD): Nihayat al-idrak fi dirayat al-aflak

PROBABLY IRAN, AH RAJAB 701/2-31 MARCH 1302 AD

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Qutb al-Din Mahmud ibn Mas'ud al-Shirazi (d. AH 710/1311 AD): Nihayat al-idrak fi dirayat al-aflak
Probably Iran, AH Rajab 701/2-31 March 1302 AD
Astronomy, Arabic manuscript on paper, 79ff. with 25ll. of tiny black naskh, diagrams and titles in red, opening folio with colophon dated Rajab 701 with the name of the scribe Abdullah ibn Mahmud al-Harbawi, generally clean condition, in brown Mamluk-style morocco binding with flap with gold tooled medallion
Folio 6.7/8 x 5.1/8in. (17.5 x 13cm.)

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This is the earliest known copy of the work made during the author's lifetime, from a copy in the author's own hand, by the eminent scholar Abdullah ibn Mahmud al-Harbawi known as Ibn al-Khawwam al-Baghdadi who died in AH 724/643 AD.

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