Qutb al-Din Mahmud b. Mas'ud al-Shirazi(d. AH 710/1311 AD): Fara'id al-Fawa'id

OTTOMAN, AH JUMADA I 997/18 MARCH - 16 APRIL 1589 AD

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Qutb al-Din Mahmud b. Mas'ud al-Shirazi(d. AH 710/1311 AD): Fara'id al-Fawa'id
Ottoman, AH Jumada I 997/18 March - 16 April 1589 AD
Astronomy, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 26ff. with 19ll. of sepia naskh, some words highlighted with red, occasional small diagrams, final folio with colophon signed Ahmad b. Ahmad b. Abdullah and dated Jumada I 997, light water staining, final few folios restored at edges, in brown morocco Mamluk-style binding with flap
Folio 9¼ x 6in. (23 x 15cm.)

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The author of this work was a student of the famous polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (d. AH 672/1274 AD), with whom he discussed a number of astronomical ideas recorded in another work called Nihayet al-idrak fi dirayat al-aflak. The present work is a selection of points discussed with Tusi.

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