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Kifāyah al-taʿlīm dar ṣināʿah-i tanjīm [P]

Title (arabic)

كفايه التعليم در صناعه تنجيم

Title (translit)

Kifāyah al-taʿlīm dar ṣināʿah-i tanjīm [P]

Author

Language

Persian-Farsi

Subject

Text type

First-order prose composition (or compilation) [matn]

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Notes

This Persian astrological work by Muḥammad ibn al-Masʿūdī ibn Muḥammad al-Ġaznawī (fl. 12th c.) is sometimes confused with the Persian hay'a work by Šaraf al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Masʿūd b. Muḥammad al-Masʿūdī al-Marwazī (fl. 13th c.) entitled "Jahān-i dāniš." Šaraf al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Masʿūd b. Muḥammad al-Masʿūdī al-Marwazī

ismi_id

410551

Manuscript Witnesses

50 witnesses:

Literature References

Rozenfeld, Boris, and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. 2003. Mathematicians, Astronomers and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilisation and Their Works (7th-19th c.). Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture.

P. 178 (no. 459), A1.

King, David. 1986. A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns; The American Research Center in Egypt.

Pp. 154-5 (G33), 5.3.2.

Ahlwardt, Wilhelm. Verzeichnis Der Arabischen Handschriften. Handschriften-Verzeichnisse Der Königlichen Bibliothek Zu Berlin. 10 vol. Hildesheim; New York: Georg Olms.

Pp. 289-91 (no. 5891). There are 2 anonymous commentaries on this work. See: Berlin,Staatsbibliothek, Wetzstein II MS 1154 and Landberg MS 60.