Lot Essay
A later added note on the first folio indicate that this manuscript was taken to Calicut (Kozhikode), India.
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SIGNED MUHSIN BIN SULTAN BIN MAQBAL AL-NAJDI, BANDAR JULFAR, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, DATED 19 RABI' I AH 1147/28 JULY 1736 AD
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A RARE TREATISE ON NAVIGATION WRITTEN IN RAS AL-KHAIMAH, KASHF AL-HUMUM WA AL-GHUMUM FI 'ILM ZIJ AL-BAHR AL-MAQSUM
SIGNED MUHSIN BIN SULTAN BIN MAQBAL AL-NAJDI, BANDAR JULFAR, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, DATED 19 RABI' I AH 1147/28 JULY 1736 AD
Composed by Shihab al-Din Ahmad bin Majid bin Duwayk bin Abi al-Rakayib al-Najdi in the form of astronomical tables (zij), Arabic manuscript on paper, 13ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, first folio with 26ll. of black naskh, others with table in red and black, catchwords, colophon signed and dated and naming the place Bandar Julfar
Folio 9½ x 6 3/8in. (24 x 16in.)
SIGNED MUHSIN BIN SULTAN BIN MAQBAL AL-NAJDI, BANDAR JULFAR, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, DATED 19 RABI' I AH 1147/28 JULY 1736 AD
Composed by Shihab al-Din Ahmad bin Majid bin Duwayk bin Abi al-Rakayib al-Najdi in the form of astronomical tables (zij), Arabic manuscript on paper, 13ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, first folio with 26ll. of black naskh, others with table in red and black, catchwords, colophon signed and dated and naming the place Bandar Julfar
Folio 9½ x 6 3/8in. (24 x 16in.)