MAHMUD IBN MUHAMMAD IBN 'UMAR AL-JAGHMINI AL-KHWARAZMI (D. AH 618/1221 AD): KITAB AL-MULKIS FI QAWAT AL-KAWAKIB WA SIFHTA WA SAWRTAHA FI 'ILM AL-H'AYA WA AL-FALAK
MAHMUD IBN MUHAMMAD IBN 'UMAR AL-JAGHMINI AL-KHWARAZMI (D. AH 618/1221 AD): KITAB AL-MULKIS FI QAWAT AL-KAWAKIB WA SIFHTA WA SAWRTAHA FI 'ILM AL-H'AYA WA AL-FALAK

SIGNED 'UMAR IBN AHMAD AL-MUWQAT, KASHGAR, CHINA, DATED SHAWWAL AH 920/NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1514 AD

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MAHMUD IBN MUHAMMAD IBN 'UMAR AL-JAGHMINI AL-KHWARAZMI (D. AH 618/1221 AD): KITAB AL-MULKIS FI QAWAT AL-KAWAKIB WA SIFHTA WA SAWRTAHA FI 'ILM AL-H'AYA WA AL-FALAK
SIGNED 'UMAR IBN AHMAD AL-MUWQAT, KASHGAR, CHINA, DATED SHAWWAL AH 920/NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1514 AD
On astronomy, the text originally dedicated to the Timurid prince Ulugh Beg, Arabic manuscript on paper, 43ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each folio with 11ll. of black naskh verging on nasta'liq arranged within red or yellow-outlined text blocks, catchwords, copious marginal and interlinear notes, numerous diagrams in red, colophon dated and signed and stating that the manuscript was written in Kashgar min mudun al-Sin, later stamp on colophon page, some staining, in brown morocco with stamped medallion and flap
Text panel 4¾ x 2¾in. (12 x 6.7cm.); folio 7 x 5in. (18 x 12.2cm.)

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