Dar maʻrifat-i taqvīm mushtamil bar sī faṣl

Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002 iv, 31 foliated leaves : 200 x 112 (140 x 65) mm, bound to 205 x 120 mm Copy of a treatise on different calendars and how to convert them one to another and the revolution of heavenly bodies and their impact on different days of the year Manuscript codex Title from introduction (f. 1v) Layout: Chiefly written in 17-19 long; tables Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed Decoration: Numerous astronomical tables, chiefly in red ink; geometrical figures Origin: The work is dated 775 AH, but it is was likely produced later than that, perhaps in the 17th or 18th century Shelfmark: MS Or 11 Stamp with name ʻĀlamgīr? Shāh Khān [...]bādī (f. 1r) Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934 Formerly owned by Taqī ibn ʻAlī al-Qummī (note and stamp with same name dated 1271 AH (1854 or 1855 CE), f. 1r) Formerly owned by David Eugene Smith (signature, third flyleaf recto at front of book and third flyleaf verso at back of book) Half covers with marbled sides and red leather corners and spine Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2020, funded by CLIR Columbia University Catalog: go to CLIO