Ahkam-i nücum - احكام نجوم.

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12746
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1210
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 110 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 110 ff. Dimensions : 219 mm x 159 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an astronomical treatise compiled from various works, Islamic and Christian European, by Mehmet İbn-i Ali, Reisü'l-müneccimin, at the suggestion of İsmail Ağa İbn-i Mehmet el-Malati. A work of this name by Mehmet Çelebi (died 1040 AH/1630-31 CE) maybe be identical. This manuscript was copied by Kemal Hasan Efendi in 1210 AH (1795-96 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher in August 1962.

Related Material

For more information on Mehmet Çelebi and his work, see OM III, p. 301.