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FAKHR-AL-DIN ABI 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD AL-RAZI (D.1209), HADA'IQ AL-ANWAR FI HAQA'IQ AL-ASRAR ('GARDENS OF RADIANCES OF THE TRUTH OF MYSTERIES'), ON SCIENCE AND GEOMETRY, CENTRAL ASIA, LATE 13TH/14TH CENTURY
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June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
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15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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FAKHR-AL-DIN ABI 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD AL-RAZI (D.1209), HADA'IQ AL-ANWAR FI HAQA'IQ AL-ASRAR ('GARDENS OF RADIANCES OF THE TRUTH OF MYSTERIES'), ON SCIENCE AND GEOMETRY, CENTRAL ASIA, LATE 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, 231 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 21 lines to the page, written in black cursive script, important words or chapter headings in red, several diagrams throughout, in brown leather binding
21.5 by 15.4cm.
Fakhr-al-Din Abi 'Abdullah Muhammad ibn 'Umar ibn Husain ibn al-Khatib al-Razi (1150-1209 AD), was born in Rayy and worked in both Rayy and Herat. He was a scholar-encyclopedist and author of many philosophical, historical, astrological, theological and mystical treatises. The Hada'iq al-anwar fi haqa'iq al-asrar is an extension and re-work of his famous Jami al-‘ulum ('Collection of Sciences'). The treatise is divided into sixty chapters dedicated to Khwarizmshah ‘Ala al-Din Muhammad (r.1200-20 AD). The Hadaiq was a later and more detailed version of the Jami al-‘ulum, with additional attention given to geometry and mathematics. Several copies recorded in Rosenfeld & Ihsanoglu mention specifically chapters dedicated to geometry (see Rosenfeld & Ihsanoglu 2003, entry 535 and Brockelmann, GAL, I. 666-9).