Miftāḥ al-maqāṣid (DS13245) (Q56818)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Princeton University (9948228913506421, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 110Y, https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9948228913506421)
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| English | Miftāḥ al-maqāṣid (DS13245) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Princeton University (9948228913506421, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 110Y, https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9948228913506421) |
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Ibn Ilyās, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad
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Manuscripts, Persian--16th century
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Astrology--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to 1800
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Talismans--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Persian--New Jersey--Princeton
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1213 or 1504].
16. century
1504Gregorian
1504Gregorian
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Extent: 175 leaves : paper, ill. ; 255 x 170 (170 x 110) mm. bound to 255 x185 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from beginning of text (fol. 7a, l. 3).
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For the date 608 H. associated with the author, see fol. 1a, l. 2-3. al-Būnī (Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, d. 622/1225) is quoted in the text. However Ḥajjī Khalīfah mentions a Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ilyās al-Ḥanafī, fl. 912/1506 or 7 (ed. Fluegel, vol. III, p. 190, no. 4872).
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15 lines per page. Poetry in two columns. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Paper with laid lines visible (frame-ruled, 102 mm.). Contains magic squares and tables. A few marginal notes. Foliation using Arabic numerals (starts with "4" on fol. 2a). On fol. 175b : several inscriptions and magical tables. On a piece of paper pasted on the lower cover, inscription in...
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On the pastedown of the upper cover, small label with the inscription "12" in Arabic numerals ; label with the inscription: "ELS no. [next line, in Arabic characters] Miftāḥ al-maqāṣid [next line, in Arabic characters ] fārisī [next line, in Western numerals] 909". Same label on the pastedown of the lower cover, adding "ELS no. 110".
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Copied by the author Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ilyās, on 4 Shawwāl 609 (colophon, fol. 175a). According to a label on the pastedown of the upper cover and a note on a paper pasted on the lower cover, this should be read as 909. This later date appears to be more likely.
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Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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