TitleTanbīhāt-i Mullā Muẓaffar
Additional title: Kitāb-i TanbīhātAdditional title: کتاب تنبىهاتAdditional title: تنبىهات ملا مظفر
NamesNew York Public Library, Spencer Coll. Pers. ms.25.New York Public Library. Spencer CollectionGunābādī, Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad Qāsim, -1621 or 1622 (Author)Kaylānī, Mīrzā Muḥammad (Scribe)Ṣūfī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar, 903-986 (Author)گنابادى: مظفر بن محمد قاسم،, -1621 or 1622 (Author)کىلانى: مىرزا محمد، (Scribe)صوفي: عبد الرحمن بن عمر،, 903-986 (Author)
Dates / OriginOther Date: 6 Dhū al-Qiʻdah 1141 [2 June 1729]Place: [Iran ?],
Table of Contents1. Fols. 1b-112b : Tanbīhāt-i Mullā Muẓaffar2. Fols. 115b-120b - astronomical/astrlogical charts,3. Fols. 121a-144b: Dalāʼil al-kawākib fī al-ḥudūd ʻalá madhhab Ahl al-Rūm wal-al-kawāʼīnīn (?) wa-ghayrihim.146a-169a: [Khulāṣah-yi Ṣuvar al-kavākib]4. Fols. 169b-244a - an astronomical/astrological work in Persian by Quṭb al-Dīn ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Ḥay al-Zāhidī al-Kabīrī al-Ḥusaynī al-Lārī.دلائل الكواكب في الحدود على مذهب اهل الروم ولالكوائينين (؟) وغيرهم.[خلاصه صور الکواکب]
Library locationsSpencer CollectionShelf locator: Spencer Coll. MS Pers. 25
Topics1600-1799Astrology -- 17th centuryAstrology -- 18th centuryAstronomy -- 17th centuryAstronomy -- 18th centuryManuscripts, Arabic -- New York (State) -- New YorkManuscripts, Persian -- New York (State) -- New YorkAstronomyManuscripts, ArabicManuscripts, Persianastrology
Genresilluminated manuscriptsnastaʻliqnaskhīearly worksEarly works to 1800
NotesCitation/reference: Islamic Manuscripts in the New York Public Library, (ed.) Barbara Schmitz (NYPL / Oxford University Press, 1992), pages 133-134.Content: Ms. codexContent: Contents : A composite manuscript of astronomical/astrological treatises. Fol. 1b-112b : a copy of Mullā Muẓaffar's astronomical work Tanbīhāt-i Mullā Muẓaffar, a treatise on astrology, dedicated to Shāh ʻAbbās I [r. 1587-1629] and divided into a muqaddimah, six bābs, and a khātimah. Fols. 115b-120b - atronomical/astrlogical charts. Fols. 121a-144b: an unidentified, probably incomplete astronomical/astrological treatise titled Dalāʼil al-kawākib fī al-ḥudūd ʻalá madhhab Ahl al-Rūm wal-al-kawāʼīnīn (?) wa-ghayrihim. Fols. 146a-169a: Khulāṣah-yi Ṣuvar al-kavākib, an abridgement of the Persian translation of the tenth-century astronomical/astrological work by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar al-Ṣūfī al-Rāzī,(d. 374/984). Fols. 169b-244a - an astronomical/astrological work in Persian by Quṭb al-Dīn ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Ḥayy al-Zāhidī al-Kabīrī al-Ḥusaynī al-Lārī.Content: Tanbīhāt-i Mullā Muẓaffar was copied by Mīrzā Muḥammad al-Kaylānī al-Zāhidānī (?).Content: "The Year of the Dog" (it yıl)Content: Physical description : Cream, slightly burnished paper; number of lines vary from treatise to treatise (21, 12, 17). Black ink, key words in red/orange. Charts in black, ruling in orange/red. Khulāṣah-yi Ṣuvar al-kavākib contains 37 illustrations : coloring of the human figures, animals and objects is restricted to gray, tan and pale green, with some accents of rose, pale orange and red; stars are in orange. Most treatises are written in Nastʻlīq; Dalāʼil al-kawākib written in Naskh. Marginal notes and magic squares in Arabic and Persian. Several effaced ownership seals.Content: Date of copying of the other treatises and works is unknown, probably late seveneenth/early eighteenth centuries.Preferred citation: NYPL. Spencer Collection Pers. ms. 25Funding: Preservation and access were made possible by the generous support of Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos.Language: Persian and Arabic; Nastʻlīq and Naskh scripts.
Physical DescriptionExtent: 244 leaves :paper, ink , 47 illustrations ;235 x 166 mm (170 x 115 mm)
Type of ResourceText
LanguagesPersianArabic
IdentifiersRLIN/OCLC: 1555356337NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23794156Barcode: 33433135794380TMS ID: 313231TMS Object Number: Spencer Coll. Persian MS 25Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1a42db60-6cc3-013f-1924-0242ac110003
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