Item Summary

Manual with illustrations on geometry, the throwing of missiles and the planting of mines, written by an interpreter in the Castle of Bulghār in 960 H. / 1553 (the 9 of 960 is overwritten by a later hand). In a ms. in Dār al-Kutub (Cairo), this text is presented as a translation from French and another European language, and the date associated with the name is 1160 H. / 1747 (see D. King, Survey, H43). For a description of the content, see D. King, Fihris, Pt II, 6/4/48.

Descriptive Information

Title
هدية المهتدي في علم الهندسة والمساحة ورمي الخميرة وحفر اللغم / لعثمان المهتدي الترجمان في قلعة بلغار في تأريخ 960
Transliterated Title
Hadīyat al-muhtadī fī ʻilm al-handasah wa-al-masāḥah wa-ramy al-khamīrah wa-ḥafr al-lughm / li-ʻUthmān al-Muhtadī al-tarjumān fī Qalʻat Bulghār fī taʾrīkh 960.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 162L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/qj72p7207
Publisher
[18--?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1799-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
170 leaves : paper, ill. ; 236 x 163 (150 x 80) mm. bound to 235 x 168 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1056
Brockelmann, C. GAL, S N II, 665
King, D. Survey (1986), H43.
King, D. Fihris (1981-1986), Part II, 6/4/48.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
21 long lines per page. Diagrams and figures in the margin. Written in medium large naskh in black ink with use of red; black ink and pencil for the illustrations. European glazed paper with watermark. Pagination in pencil using Arabic numerals between brackets in the middle of the upper margin. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 170 ; 17¹⁰ ; the quires are numbered using the abbreviation "k" and Arabic numerals ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي علم للانسان ما لم يعلم والصلاة والسلام على محمد الذي هو مدينى العلم والحكم وعلى اله واصحابه الذين هم كالنجوم في الظلم وبعد فلما رايت بعض الرسالات الهندسية صنفها المتقدمون
Explicit: والغاما كبيرة تحت بروجه اي بروج العدو لرميها وافادها وامثال ذلك وليكون هذا القدر كافيا لافادة غرضنا في ترتيب هذه الرسالة وقد وقع فيها تطويل وتكرير واظهار كثير في موقع ... الواقف بها تحقيقها من غير تبديل المقال بالمآل وهو غاية رجاي وهذا من فضل ربي وهو هداني الى سبيله وقد تمت هذه النسخة
Binding Note
Upper and lower covers made of paper on paper pasteboards. Rebacked. Disbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Military fireworks—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800
Geometry—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
344

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/78b297cb-a2e4-4e11-96b6-8543255751ad/manifest