Ikhtīyārāt-i ayyām is a general title for treatises outlining auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of days, weeks, New Year Day, months, hours and other essentials, extracted from relaiable sources. The most importnt sources available under the title of Ikhtīyārāt belong to ʿAllāmah Majlisī and Mullā Ḥusayn Kashifī. The authors of this copy and the manuscript No. 248/2 (FAW 17) are, however, both unknown, and the copies are also different to the works of Majlisī and Kashifī. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Title

Ikhtīyārāt-i ayyām is a general title for treatises outlining auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of days, weeks, New Year Day, months, hours and other essentials, extracted from relaiable sources. The most importnt sources available under the title of Ikhtīyārāt belong to ʿAllāmah Majlisī and Mullā Ḥusayn Kashifī. The authors of this copy and the manuscript No. 248/2 (FAW 17) are, however, both unknown, and the copies are also different to the works of Majlisī and Kashifī. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 377

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

19th century.

Language

Persian

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Western paper (watermark).

Physical extent

26 ff.

Hands

Graceful Nastaʿalīq, regular, one hand. Unknown

Decoration

Rubricated titles; rubricated line above some words.

Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Subject

Astronomy, Arab

Astronomy