AL-MULAKHKHAS FI AL-HAY’AH AL-BASIJAH BY SHARAF AL-DIN MAHMUD IBN MUHAMMAD IBN UMAR AL-JAGHMINI AL-KHWARIZMI, COPIED 890 AH/1485 AD

Elementary textbook of astronomy by Sharaf al-Dīn Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Jaghmini al-Khwarizmi 603 AH/1207 AD with a commentray about the book by Ibn Mahmud known as Qadi Zada al-Rumi Arabic manuscript in black and red ink, 88 leaves with 2 fly leaves with marginal notes.The text contains 57 illustrations of the following diagrams: the cosmos and the spheres of the Sun, the stars, Mercury and the Moon. 18.5 by 10.8 cm.

CATALOGUE NOTE Mahmud al-Jaghmini (died circa 618 AH/1221AD) composed multiple scientific works in Arabic in the late 12th and early 13th centuries under the auspices of the Khwarazmshahs in Central Asia. Two of his compositions became popular textbooks: an introduction to Ptolemaic theoretical astronomy (al-Mulakhkha fī ilm al-hay’ah al-basita) and his medical treatise al-Qanunca, an abridgement of Ibn Sina’s compendium al-Qānūn fī al-tibb. The impact and longevity of their influence is evidenced by the plethora of extant copies of the originals and their many commentaries and translations, which continued to be studied extensively for centuries and disseminated widely throughout the Islamic world and South Asia.