TEXT

Quṭb [Al-Nujūm] al-zāhirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt

Title (arabic)

قطب الزاهرات في العمل بربع المقنطرات

Title (translit)

Quṭb [Al-Nujūm] al-zāhirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt

Alias

Qaṭf al-zāhirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt

Author

Language

Arabic

Subject

Text type

Abridgement (epitome)

Version of

Notes

This is an abridgement (in 15 chapters) of al-Wafāʾī's work al-Nujūm al-zāhirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt (25 chapters).

ismi_id

324252

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P. 284 (no. 842), A2. An Abridgement of A1.

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P. 71 (C61), 4.4.11.