Title
Manuscript on astronomy and history
Year/Period
Muharram 758 AH / 25 December 1356-23 January 1357 CE
Region
Yemen
Material
Dimension
Image size: L35.0 x W27.5 x H2.0 cm
Accession No.
2000-05624
Collection of
Credit Line
Collection of Aian Civilisations Museum
This page comes from a manuscript on astronomy, astrology and history. Written in Arabic, there are 33 pages in the book. The opening begins with a long dedication to one of the Rasulid Sultans, who ruled Yemen for about 200 years. There was a flowering of literature during their rule and it is likely that the author is a member of the ruling clan. The manuscript has a historical section giving the most important events before and after the Hijrah, (Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina). There are tables of location of the moon for various zodiacal events, illnesses of the human body, tables on astrology, orientation to Mecca, waxing and waning of the moon and so forth.
