FOUR TREATISES ON ASTROLOGY, MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS
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FOUR TREATISES ON ASTROLOGY, MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS

SIGNED MIRZA HAKIM AL-HUSAYNI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED SHAWAL AH 1057/NOVEMBER 1647 AD

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FOUR TREATISES ON ASTROLOGY, MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS
SIGNED MIRZA HAKIM AL-HUSAYNI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED SHAWAL AH 1057/NOVEMBER 1647 AD
On astronomy, astrology, mathematics and mechanics, Persian and Arabic manuscript on paper, 64ff. plus two flyleaves, each chapter with 18-27ll. of black nasta’liq and shikasteh in various sizes, catchwords, marginal annotations throughout, some words and phrases picked out and underlined in red, diagrams and mathematical calculations in red, black and green throughout, marginal annotations, in later red morocco binding with blind stamped central medallion, brown morocco doublures
Folio 8 x 3 7/8in. (20.2 x 10cm.)

Specialist note

The four treatises in this manuscript include:
The Risala Farsi Hey’at by Ala al-Dīn Ali ibn Muhammed, known as ‘Ali Qushji (d. 1474), a treatise on astrology, on the nature of celestial bodies and the rotations of earth. Another copy of this risala is in the National Library of Iran (Ketabkhaneh-ye Meli Iran) (kaf3024-1). See lot 75 in this catalogue for a more detailed note on Qushji.

The Risala Jame Giti-nama, by Husayn bin Mu’in al-Din ‘Ali Meybudi Yazdi (d. 1505-06), on the science of finding the qibla and other instruments, based on particular mathematical formulas. A copy of this risala is in the Malek Museum in Tehran (1393.04.01787/001).

The Risala Jarathqal (Jarthaqil), by Ibn Sina (d. 1037) a mechanical treatise on the pulling of weights (see Abattouy, 2006, pp.1-25).

The Risala Tashrih al-Aflak, by Bahaʾ al‐Din Muḥammad bin Ḥusayn al‐ʿAmili (d. 1621), known as Sheikh Bahai, on the anatomy of the celestial spheres. This is Bahai’s summary of hypothetical astronomy where he confirms the opinion that supports the positional rotation of the Earth.