Kitāb al-durr al-naẓīm fī tashīl al-taqwīm : manuscript, [between 1496 and 1525?] /

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"Planetary tables for the longitude of Damascus, with an introduction in unnumbered bābs." David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 78."Brief astronomical tables after Ulūgh Beg." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945.Spell to alleviate illness written on p. [1]: Yā rabb in kāna tamrīḍī yuqirrunī/zulfá ilayk fa-bāb al-faḍl awsaʻ lī/aw kāna min ajli takfiyat al-adhnāb fa-mā/yuḥtāju ʻafwak lil-aqsām wa-al-ʻilal/hādhihi al-abyāt idhā talāhā al-marīḍ yushfá.Two pages of text followed by 128 pp. of tables; colored decoration on p. [1].Date based on presence of calendrical tables for Islamic years 902-931 [1496-1524].GAL,"Planetary tables for the longitude of Damascus, with an introduction in unnumbered bābs." David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 78."Brief astronomical tables after Ulūgh Beg." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945.Mode of access: Internet.McGregor FundMuwaqqit (timekeeper) at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.taḥrīran fī yawm 7 Dhī al-Ḥijjah sanat 1299 [20 October 1882]; on p. [1], manuscript notes in handwriting of Max Meyerhof.ḥiyādhat Muḥammad Amīn ibn al-marḥūm al-ḥājj Mūsá Afandī khādim al-ʻilm al-sharīfPurchased in Cairo, 1933/34. Owners' marks: on p. [1] under 3 lines defaced writing: fī shahr Muḥarram 1140 [August-September 1727]; on p. [1]: qad aʻṭaytu hādhā al-kitāb ilá thamrat fuʾādī waladī Ibrāhīm Kāmil yataṣarraf fīhi kayfa yashāʾ jaʻalahu Allāh min al-ʻulamāʾ al-wāṣilīn wa-min suʻadāʾ al-dārīn āmīn taḥrīran fī 7 Dhī al-Ḥijjah sanat 1299 [20 October 1882] Muḥammad [?] wālid Ibrāhīm Kāmil; on p. [1]: dakhala hādhā al-kitāb f