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1. Mirchond's Persian world history in luxury binding. Ca 1650.
Part 4: The minor Persian dynasties until 1200. Oriental binding with rich gilding and ornaments on inside. Nasta'liq script on gold background. From the library of Ulric Celsing 1807. [Riedel 44]. |
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| 2. 'Idrīs el-Bidlīsī, Ottoman history. Turkish translation. Ca 1750. Oriental binding with marbled cover. - The author, Hukm ed-din Idrīs from Bidlīs in Kurdistan (d. 1523/24), lived at the court of Sultans Bayezid and Selim and wrote a history in Persian on the eight first Ottoman Sultans (1310-1502) called "The eight Paradises". From the Hedenborg collection. [Riedel 70]. |
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3. Astronomical-astrological tables. Turkish. Dated 1618.
Title on flyleaf: "General table by the famous 'Abhari". Cover with rhomboid and floral pattern printed with paste colours. Left table above shows planet movements, title of right table is "Rise of Zodiacal signs at various locations". From the library of Henrik Brenner. [Riedel 25]. Al-Mufaddal ibn 'Omar from Abhar close to Qazvin, d. 1264, Persian philosopher, matematician and astronomer, wrote in Arabic, among other things an edition of Porphyrius' introduction to Aristotle. Literature: Riedel, W., Katalog över Kungl. bibliotekets orientaliska handskrifter. Stockholm 1923. |