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This text is a commentary on Mahmud bin Muhammad bin 'Umar al-Jaghmini's Al-Mulakhkhas fi al-Hay'a dedicated to the timurid ruler Ulugh Beg (d. 1449 AD).
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SIGNED MIR MUHAMMAD ‘ALI MURAD (MIRZA?), SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 1051/1641-42 AD
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AN ASTRONOMICAL TREATISE: SHARH AL-JAGHMINI
SIGNED MIR MUHAMMAD ‘ALI MURAD (MIRZA?), SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 1051/1641-42 AD
A commentary on a work by al-Jaghmini, Persian manuscript on paper, 21ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black nasta’liq script, important words in red, phrases overlined in red, text within blue and red rules, with numerous diagrams, marginal notes, catchwords, colophon signed and dated, in modern black stamped morocco binding
Text panel 6 ½ x 3 ½in. (16.6 x 8.9cm.); folio 8 ½ x5 ¾in. ( 21.5 x 14.7cm.)
SIGNED MIR MUHAMMAD ‘ALI MURAD (MIRZA?), SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 1051/1641-42 AD
A commentary on a work by al-Jaghmini, Persian manuscript on paper, 21ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black nasta’liq script, important words in red, phrases overlined in red, text within blue and red rules, with numerous diagrams, marginal notes, catchwords, colophon signed and dated, in modern black stamped morocco binding
Text panel 6 ½ x 3 ½in. (16.6 x 8.9cm.); folio 8 ½ x5 ¾in. ( 21.5 x 14.7cm.)
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