Al-Khujandi instrument treatise and Hibatallah supplement · Mingana Islamic Arabic 560 · catalogue 1902
One physical codex preserves a base instrument treatise and a separate supplement.
Record reviewed 2026-11-07 ·
- Catalogue reference
- Mingana Islamic Arabic 560 · catalogue 1902
- Institution / route
- University of Birmingham · Cadbury Research Library
- Region / collection context
- Islamic scientific manuscript collections
- Language
- Arabic
- Physical form
- Paper codex
- Translation evidence
- Current edition / translation status unverified
- Access route
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What the record covers
Main work folios 2–30, with substantial losses and a surviving fragment; separate Hibatallah supplement on folios 31–35. Historical catalogue description, printed p. 353.
Edition and translation
Specialist guide reports unpublished edition work; current publication status needs confirmation. The supplement requires a separate edition check.
The open research question
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Dates and historical context
Thirteenth century CE · historical catalogue estimate
Copy evidence. Hopwood, ed., revised catalogue IV (1985), printed p. 353. Approximate historical assessment; dated colophon or laboratory result not verified.
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