Abu Mahmud Hamid ibn al-Khidr al-Khujandi
Catalogue attribution
Work attribution is catalogued separately from the surviving Birmingham copy. Exact birth/death years are not established here.
DOCUMENT BIOGRAPHY · ARABIC
Al-Khujandi’s Instrument and Its Supplement
One codex preserves a base treatise and a separate supplement. Follow their authors, damaged passages and comparison manuscripts separately.
Mingana Islamic Arabic 560 · catalogue 1902 · Cadbury Research Library · University of Birmingham
Structured pilot reviewed 7 November 2026 · unresolved claims remain open.
Author, scribe and modern contributors ↗Dates and discovery ↗Three evidence slots per claim ↗Translation coverage ↗What would close the gaps? ↗
Who is connected to this text?
Hibatallah al-Asturlabi
Catalogue attribution
ISMI’s separate supplement record names this author. The appendix must not be treated as an anonymous part of al-Khujandi’s original.
Not established for Birmingham 560
Unknown
No autograph claim or named Birmingham copyist has been verified in this review.
Places and proposed communities
Islamic scientific manuscript tradition
Language and scholarly subject context · Catalogue context
Arabic language and an author’s place-name do not establish a tribe, copying location or ethnic lineage.
The document’s life through time
Dates belong to a specific event and source. Unassigned years remain visible; a manufacture or material date is not silently used as the date of composition, the author’s life or the narrated events.
Composition
Base treatise composition · exact year unassigned
Open · Unassigned
Basis: Author/work bibliography
An author’s approximate period does not provide an exact year for this treatise.
Composition
Supplement composition · separate date unassigned
Open · Unassigned
Basis: Separate work record
The base work and later supplement require distinct composition histories.
Copy / manufacture
Thirteenth century CE · historical catalogue estimate
Historical assessment · Century
Basis: Catalogue description; underlying basis to confirm
Printed p. 353 gives an approximate copying period. No dated colophon or radiocarbon result is claimed.
Open · Unassigned
Basis: Provenance / accession records needed
Collection membership alone cannot reconstruct a complete custody chain.
Catalogue publication
1985 · revised catalogue description
Bibliographic anchor · Year
Basis: Historical catalogue edition
The catalogue publication date is separate from the manuscript estimate.
Receipt recorded · Year
Basis: Reviewed project record
Receiving a catalogue does not mean manuscript images, an edition or a translation have been obtained.
Correspondence
6 November 2026 · Oxford comparison inquiry
Automatic acknowledgement only · Day in label; year on overview
Basis: Reviewed dispatch / response record
The acknowledgement supplies no folio, edition or permission answer.
What supports each claim?
The codex contains a base work and a separately attributed supplement.
Catalogue distinction located; manuscript collation pending
1 documented supporting source group · three evidence slots, not a confidence score
The historical catalogue separates the sections and folios.
ISMI also distinguishes two works, but its dependence on catalogue literature has not been resolved.
Compare photographs and the opening / closing words with another identified witness.
The present publication status requires a current bibliographical check.
Specialist report located; absence not established
1 documented supporting source group · three evidence slots, not a confidence score
A specialist guide reports unpublished edition / translation work.
Obtain a current published reference or a custodian / specialist referral.
Search edition and research-paper catalogues, distinguishing other works by this author.
Which words have a translation?
Current edition / translation status unverified
Passage: Birmingham main work, folios 2–30; surviving sequence incomplete
Reference: Hogendijk reports Lorch’s unpublished edition work; current confirmation pending
Translation coverage not checked
Passage: Folios 31–35; possible defective ending
Reference: Separate bibliography and parallel-witness check needed
The next question has a precise address
Which folios of Huntington 566 preserve the base work, and are existing study images available?
Await substantive Bodleian response; do not repeat yesterday’s inquiry.
Does Marsh 663 preserve the same supplement or a related work?
Match catalogue identity and opening / closing words before counting another witness.
Which exact folios or existing surrogates would be sufficient for the first comparison?
Define a small selection; obtain an estimate before placing any non-cancellable imaging order.
Source register and review limits
These entries identify what was consulted and what it can support. A historical caption retains its assessment date. A public link, received file, named author or project inquiry does not independently validate every related claim.
- Hopwood, ed. · Mingana Catalogue IV, revised edition (1985) ↗
Historical catalogue · Catalogue 1902 (560), printed p. 353; introduction
Selected description consulted in a privately supplied copy. Public link is the collection and catalogue-request route; PDFs are not redistributed.
- ISMI · Islamic Arabic 560 ↗
Scientific manuscript catalogue · Codex 198991; witnesses 99404 and 110393
One codex with separately identified base work and supplement. Bibliographic dependence on older catalogues requires checking.
- ISMI · Kitab al-alah al-shamilah ↗
Scientific manuscript catalogue · Work 106303
Four listed comparison witnesses; no independent photographic collation by Babylon.
- ISMI · Hibatallah supplement ↗
Scientific manuscript catalogue · Work 99184
Separate work and named attributed author; one witness listed on this record.
- Jan P. Hogendijk · al-Khujandi bibliography ↗
Specialist research guide · Extant works, item 1; biographical introduction
Reports unpublished edition work and warns that exact birth/death dates are unknown. Current edition status requires confirmation.
- Cadbury · imaging and publication conditions ↗
Public institutional policy · Study/publication forms, imaging charges, cancellation conditions
Study copying and public sharing are separate requests. Any order requires a separately approved exact scope and cost.
- Babylon · Huntington 566 inquiry ↗
Project correspondence summary · Bodleian inquiry, sent 6 November 2026
Automatic acknowledgement received; no substantive answer recorded.
- Babylon · Cadbury correspondence and catalogue receipt ↗
Project correspondence summary · Catalogue receipt and 6 November reply
Private catalogue receipt; separate manuscript image and publication permissions remain ungranted.
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