Calendar : manuscript

Description

Title: Calendar : manuscript
Published / Created: 19th century.
Publication Place: Place not identified
Abstract: An elaborate astronomical calendar consisting of one long scroll. It was made by an astronomer (name not given) for the Hijrī year 1259 (1859-1860). On one side, it is written in the form of tables, on the other side is a list of different categories of male and female personal Islamic names arranged alphabetically. Beside the months and days, it gives the times of prayers, the times of fasting and breaking the fast during Ramaḍān, the direction to the holy city of Mecca "qiblah", and personal reading of one's fortune. Written by al-Sayyid al-Ḥājj ʻAbd Allāh al-Ṭarsūsī (could not be identified) who may also have been the author
Description: In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
108 x 10.8 cm.
In naskh/ruqʻah script in black, gold and red ink on white paper.
Provenance: Purchased from Worldwide Antiquarian on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2006.
Extent: 1 scroll ; 108 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Turkish, Ottoman
Arabic

Access: Public
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Citation: Calendar. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.