Tesyir el-kevakib el-semaiye bi-sa'd il-devlet el-şerife el-Süleymaniye - تسيير الكواكب السمائية بسعد الدولت الشريفة السليمانية

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 9829
  • Dates of Creation
    • 945
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 48 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 48 ff. Dimensions : 249 mm x 172 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a work showing the first days of the Hijri and Rumi months, the solar and lunar years, and the motions of the planets around the sun, as well as other calendrical and astronomical information, from 945 AH to 1000 AH (1539-92 CE), compiled by Mustafa İbn-i Ali, muvakkit (time-keeper) in the Sultan Selim Camii at İstanbul. The text contains a single unvan. The manuscript was copied in 945 AH (1538-39 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1927.

Related Material

For more information on the author and the text, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 109, 121-22; and OM III, pp. 300-01. For copies of other work by the same author, please see Or 7308, Or 12094, Or 12736 text 4, Or 13413 texts 8-9, Or 16233 texts 8-10; Add MS 7892; and Add MS 7896.