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Catalogue: Natural History


General Works

Blue arrow pointing to the right al-Risālah fī al-as’ilah al-abī‘īyah al-ārithīyah   (MS A 82, item 4)
(The Essay on the Natural Questions of al-ārith)
الرسالة فى الاسؤله الطبيعيه الحارثيه
said to be by al-ārith ibn Kaladah al-Thaqafī (6th-7th century AD)
الحارث ابن كلده الثقفى

Blue arrow pointing to the right A Note on ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt  
(Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing)
كتاب عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات
by Zakarīyā’ ibn Muammad al-Qazwīnī
زكرياء ابن محمد القزوينى

Blue arrow pointing to the right ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt   (MS P 1)
(Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing)
كتاب عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات
by Zakarīyā’ ibn Muammad al-Qazwīnī
زكرياء ابن محمد القزوينى

Blue arrow pointing to the right ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt   (MS P 2)
(Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing)
كتاب عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات
by Zakarīyā’ ibn Muammad al-Qazwīnī
زكرياء ابن محمد القزوينى

Blue arrow pointing to the right ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt   (MS P 3)
(Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing)
كتاب عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات
by Zakarīyā’ ibn Muammad al-Qazwīnī
زكرياء ابن محمد القزوينى

Blue arrow pointing to the right ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt   (MS P 29)
(Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing)
كتاب عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات
by Zakarīyā’ ibn Muammad al-Qazwīnī
زكرياء ابن محمد القزوينى

Blue arrow pointing to the right [On Ancient Authorities]  (MS P 29, margin item 11)
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right Dar aqīqat-i ‘ālam   (MS P 29, margin item 1)
(On the Explanation of the Universe)
در حقيقت عالم

Blue arrow pointing to the right [On Winds and Rain]  (MS P 27, item 3)
Anonymous

Botany

Blue arrow pointing to the right al-Jawhar al-fard fī mufākharat al-narjis wa-al-ward   (MS A 91, item 13)
(The Unique Gem in the Rivalry of the Narcissus and the Rose)
الجوهر الفرد فى مفاخرة النرجس والورد
by Abū al-asan ‘Alī ibn al-Musharraf al-Māridīnī (fl. 1442/846)
ابو الحسن على ابن المشرف الماردينى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Maqāmah fī waf rawdah misr tasammá Bulbul al-rawah   (MS A 35, item 6)
(The Maqāmah on the Distinctiveness of the Egyptian Garden, called The Nightingale of the Garden)
مقامه فى وصف روضة مصر تسمي بلبل الروضه

Blue arrow pointing to the right Maqāmah al-rayahin tasammá al-Maqāmah al-wardiyah   (MS A 35, item 10)
(The Maqāmah on Aromatic Plants, called The Rose Maqāmah)
المقامة الرياحين وتسمي المقامة الورديه

Blue arrow pointing to the right al-Maqāmah al-miskīyah   (MS A 35, item 11)
(The Musk Maqāmah)
المقامة المسكيه

Blue arrow pointing to the right al-Maqāmah al-tuffāīyah   (MS A 35 item 12)
(The Apple Maqāmah)
المقامه التفاحيه

Zoology

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb ayāt al-ayawān   (MS A 19)
(The Life of Animals)
كتاب حياة الحيوان
by Muammad ibn Mūsá al-Damīrī (d. 1405/808)
محمد ابن موسى الدميرى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Dar isab-i siyāq-i ayawanāt   (MS P 29, margin item 33)
(On the Numeration of Animals)
در حسب سياق حيوانات
Anonymous

Mineology

Blue arrow pointing to the right al-Maqāmah al-yāqūtīyah   (MS A 35, item 8)
(The Ruby Maqāmah)
المقامه الياقوتيه
by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūī (d. 1505/911)
جلال الدين السيوطى

Blue arrow pointing to the right Risālah fī khawā al-panzahr   (MS A 91, item 5)
(Treatise on the occult properties of the bezoar-stone)
رساله فى خواص الپانزهر

Blue arrow pointing to the right [fī] ajar   (MS A 87, item 4)
(On Stones)
فى حجر
Anonymous

Blue arrow pointing to the right al-ajar al-mubārak   (MS A 91.1, item 11)
(The Blessed Stone)
الحجر المبارك
Anonymous

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