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Encyclopaedias of arts and sciences
Manuscripts of many of the works
of Haji Khalifah, Ibn Sina, Ibn al-Wardi, al-Sunbati, al-Suyuti, and others
10 copies of al-Qazwini's famous
Kitab 'aja'ib al-makhluqat, including an important illustrated copy from the early 14th century
Music and other arts
Earliest music manuscript is
al-Urmawi's Kitab al-adwar al-iqa' (792/1390)
Works on calligraphy, cookery,
conjuring, chess, falconry, and sign language
Manuscripts on the military arts
include the anonymous Dhikr al-'amal bi-al-sayf (739/1338), and the beautifully illustrated Mamluk cavalry treatise, al-Aqsarayi al-Hawafi's Nihayat al-su'l wa-al-umniyah fi ta'lim
al-furusiyah (773/1371)
Mathematics
Early copies of anonymous works
include Kitab fi al-ashkal (639/1242), al-Risala al-'ala'iyah and al-Tadhkirah fi al-hisab (both 748/1347)
Many copies of the works of al-Tusi
including Tahrir usul al-handasah (656/1258) and of Ibn al-Ha'im including al-Durr al-thamin (887/1482)
Other early manuscripts include 3
works copied in 639/1242, Ibn Abi
al-Majd al-Katib's Maqalat, Thabit ibn Qurrah's Kitab al-madkhal ila 'ilm
al-'adad and the anonymous Kitab fi
al-ashkal
Many works of the mathematicians
Ibn al-Haytham and al-Nisaburi popular in India
Proto-sciences
Copies of works on alchemy by
Jabir ibn Hayyan from the 14th century onwards, by al-Tughra'i from the 15th century, and by al-Jildaki from the 16th century
Earliest manuscript is the 11th-
century copy of the anonymous Kitab al-armaniyah
Astronomy
Manuscripts of many of the works
of al-'Amili, al-Barjandi, Ibn
al-Haytham, al-Jurjani, al-Nisaburi, Qadizadah, al-Shirazi, Sibt al-Maridini, al-Sufi, al-Tusi, and others
Oldest copy is of al-Biruni's
al-Qanun al-Mas'udi (570/1174-75)
3 early manuscripts of the works of
Thabit ibn Qurrah, Kitab al-majisti (615/1218), Kitab fi hisab ru'yat
al-ahillah (639/1242), and Kitab al-iqtisas copied the same year
Medicine
Earliest copies of medical works
include Ibn Abi al-Ash'ath's Kitab
al-ghadhi wa-al-mughtadhi (348/960), Ibn Jazlah's Minhaj al-bayan (489/1096), Ibn Butlan's Taqwim al-sihhah bi-al-asbab al-sittah (527/1133), Sa'id ibn Hibat Allah's al-Mughni fi tadbir al-amrad (534/1139), al-Majusi's Kamil al-Sina'ah al-tibbiyah (548/1153), and 3 works of Hunayn ibn Ishaq in one manuscript dated 580/1184
Many manuscripts of Ibn Sina's
famous medical canon, al-Qanun fi
al-tibb, the earliest dated 525/1131 with 6 13th-century copies also included
Rare or unique items from later
periods on subjects as diverse as plagues, Turkish baths, and early modern works showing the initial impact of Western medicine
Other sciences
Manuscripts on natural history from
the 13th century onwards, including works by al-Damiri and al-Marwazi
Manuscripts of works on chemistry,
including the anonymous Wasfat al-bakhur ma'jun (11th century), optics, mechanics and hydraulics, psychology, gemmology, including al-Tifashi's Azhar al-afkar fi jawahir al-ahjar (799/1397), veterinary science, and weights and measures
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