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تيسير المطالب في تسيير الكواكب
تيسير المطالب في تسيير الكواكب
تيسير المطالب في تسيير الكواكب
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Title Taysīr al-maṭālib fī tasyīr al-kawākib ﺗﻴﺴﻴﺮ اﻟﻤﻄﺎﻟﺐ ﻓﻲ ﺗﺴﻴﻴﺮ اﻟﻜﻮاﻛﺐKawāshī,
Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺃﺑﻲ ﺑﻜﺮ،ﻛﻮاﺷﻲ
Date(s) 14th century (CE, Gregorian)
Written in Arabic in Arabic
Extent and Format Codex; ff. ii+139+ii
Holding Institution British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Copyright for document Public Domain
Astronomical handbook ( )ﺯﻳﺞby the Yemenī astronomer Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Kawāshī (ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺃﺑﻲ ﺑﻜﺮ
اﻟﻜﻮاﺷﻲ, fl. 13th century, see King, Mathematical Astronomy in Medieval Yemen [1982], p. 27).
The text is dedicated to the Rasūlid ruler of Yemen al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Yūsuf (I) ibn ‘Umar (اﻟﻤﻠﻚ اﻟﻤﻈﻔﺮ
ﻳﻮﺳﻒ ﺑﻦ ﻋﻤﺮ, reg. 1250-95, see f. 1v, lines 8-9), to whom the authorship of the treatise is sometimes
erroneously attributed (e.g. Kâtib Çelebi, Ke şf-el-zunun , vol. 1, p. 519).
The manuscript is defective at the beginning. The title can be found on f. 2r, lines 7-8.
The treatise is divided into three books ()ﻓﻨﻮﻥ, each divided into chapters ( )ﺃﺑﻮاﺏand further subdivided
into sections ()ﻓﺼﻮﻝ. A table of contents is found on ff. 2r-3r.
• Book One: The necessary prolegomena and introduction to the foundations upon which the
principals are built ( اﻟﻔﻦ اﻷﻭﻝ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺘﻮﻃﺌﺔ اﻟﻤﺤﺘﺎﺝ ﺇﻟﻴﻬﺎ ﻭﺗﻤﻬﻴﺪ اﻟﻘﻮاﻋﺪ اﻟﺘﻲ ﺗﺒﻨﻰ اﻷﺻﻮﻝ ﻋﻠﻴﻬﺎ, ff. 2v-20v);
• Book Two: Explanation of using the treatises and elucidation of the methods stipulated
by the ancients ( اﻟﻔﻦ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ ﻓﻲ ﺑﻴﺎﻥ اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺑﺎﻟﺮﺳﺎﺋﻞ ﻭﺇﻳﻀﺎﺡ اﻟﻄﺮﻕ اﻟﺘﻲ ﻧﺼّﺖ ﻋﻠﻴﻬﺎ اﻷﻭاﺋﻞ, ff. 20v-89r);
• Book Three: How the tables are laid out and making their purposes accessible to the user
( اﻟﻔﻦ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ ﻓﻲ ﻛﻴﻔﻴﺔ ﻭﺿﻊ اﻟﺠﺪاﻭﻝ ﻭﺗﻘﺮﻳﺐ ﻏﺮﺿﻬﺎ ﻣﻦ ﻳﺪ اﻟﻤﺘﻨﺎﻭﻝ, ff. 89v-139v).
The first two books are introductory while Book Three is composed almost entirely of tables. Further diagrams
and tables are found in the first two books on ff.5r, 7r-8r, 19r, 23r, 24r, 26r-28r, 29v-30v, 32r, 33r, 34r,
42r, 44r, 45r, 51v-52r, 56v, 73v, 76v.
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Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-4, folio mutilated towards edge):
] [...ﻓﻲ ﻃﺎﻟﻊ ﻳﺴﺘﺨﺮﺟﻮﻧﻪ ﻓﺎﻟﻘﻮﻡ ﻳﺠﺮﻭﻥ ﻟﺴﻮء ﺑﺨﺘﻬﻢ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﻤﺜﻞ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﻌﻤﻞ اﻟﺸﻌﻴﺮ
...ﻭﻳﺬﻡ
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Taysīr al-maṭālib fī tasyīr al-kawākib ﺗﻴﺴﻴﺮ اﻟﻤﻄﺎﻟﺐ ﻓﻲ ﺗﺴﻴﻴﺮ اﻟﻜﻮاﻛﺐKawāshī,
Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺃﺑﻲ ﺑﻜﺮ،[ ﻛﻮاﺷﻲfront] (1/294)