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This volume contains a calendar and other astronomical tables compiled by Şeyh Vefa (Muslihuddin Mustafa İbn-i Ahmet), who died in 896 AH (1491 CE). On f 2r is a translation of a text attributed to Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn al-ᶜarabī concerning the ricalü'l-gayıp or aptal. The contents of the volume are as follows:. (I) f 1v : A table showing the day of the week on which each Hijri month begins in the years 1070-1144 AH (1659-1732 CE);. (II) f 2r : A table showing the day of Ramazan on which Laylatü'l-kader falls;. (III) f 2r : A text on the ricalü'l-gayıp and their location on each day of the month;. (IV) f 2v : A table showing the incidence of Nevruz-i sultani;. (V) f 2v : On the incidence of the Hijri (?) new year;. (VI) f 3r : A table showing the incidence of leap years;. (VII) f 3r : A table showing the incidence of the first days of the Hijri months (?);. (VIII) ff 3v-9r : A calendar, with one page for each of the Syrian months. This manuscript was likely copied in the middle of the 17th century CE.

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Purchased by the British Library from Mr. Ekrem Ark in August 1973.

Another calendar by Şeyh Vefa can be found at Harley MS 5457. For more information on Şeyh Vefa, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 122-23; SO IV, p. 491; OM I, p. 181; and Öngören, Reşat, 'Muslihuddin Mustafa: Zeyniyye tarikatının Vefâiyye kolunun kurucusu, Şeyh Vefâ diye tanınan mutasavvıf, âlim ve şair,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 26 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/muslihuddin-mustafa.