SIGNED MUHAMMAD FATHULLAH BIN MUHAMMAD HUSAYN BAGRAMI, INDIA, DATED 19 RABI' II 1076/29 OCTOBER 1665 AD

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ZIJ ULUGH BEG (ASTRONOMICAL TABLES OF ULUGH BEG)
SIGNED MUHAMMAD FATHULLAH BIN MUHAMMAD HUSAYN BAGRAMI, INDIA, DATED 19 RABI' II 1076/29 OCTOBER 1665 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 223ff. as numbered plus two fly-leaves, most folios with tables in red and black, each with a title in black or red naskh script above, sections of text with 21-24ll. of black naskh script, occasional words picked out in red, others overlined in red, old repairs throughout, paginated, old seal impression of 'Mir 'Atiq devotee of Ahmad Shah Padshah Ghazi' dated AH 1162, in pink cloth covered binding
Folio 9 1/8 x 5 ¼in. (23.2 x 13.1cm.)

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The Zij-i Ulugh Beg is an astronomical table and star catalogue that was created by the Timurid Prince Ulugh Beg, based on the 13th century Zij-i Ilkhani of the scholar Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (d. 1274 AD). It is one of the most influential astronomical works of medieval times. It was the joint product of the work of a group of astronomers working in an observatory at Samarkand under the patronage of Ulugh Beg.

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