Catalogue of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Manuscripts of the Imperial Library of Vienna

87. Madkhal fi Fann al-Furusiyya wa al-Hila al-Harbiyya Introduction to the Equestrian Art and War Stratagems. Thirty chapters on sciences, axioms, admonitions, and precautions in conducting war and governing an army; it is written more rhetorically than militarily. Neither the codex nor Hajji Khalifa reveals the author's name. Conspicuous script, 4to.

88. Kifayat al-Waqt li-Marifat al-Da'ir wa Faslihi wa al-Samt Supplies for the observer of times (in mosques) in the use of the circle, segment, and quadrant to measure the azimuth (that is, the arc of the horizon between the east and west). A compendium for astronomical observations prepared by the Muwaqqit timekeeper in mosques to determine the time of prayers, fasting, etc. An author named Mustafa son of Ali performed this duty in the mosque of Sultan Selim.

89. Taqwim al-Buldan Tables of the Regions by the crowned author Amad al-Din Ismail Ben al-Afdhal Ali Ayyubid, Prince of Homs, died A.H. 732. A most famous geographical work, which is abundantly known to all not only Oriental Philologists but also Western Geographers through the writings of Graevius, Reiske, Köhler, Büsching, and finally the last, Demetrios Alexandridis. This codex of 817 folios, large folio, written in a clear and distinct script, has some gaps, which the carelessness of the copyist or a deficient model copy caused, but all of which have been supplemented by an appendix of 40 folios in a smaller format and by another hand, but written in a clear and distinct script, so that the copy is complete and perfect in every respect. The paper of this codex and the appendix is not smooth, which testifies that this work was written in Syria in more recent times.

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Canons of the Kingdoms.

Works of this kind among the Persians and Turks (none have reached us so far from the Arabs) have become known under the name Canunname Book of Canons, and they exhibit various laws pertaining to the political institutions of various princes; the following codices constitute the primary part of the Turkish treasures of the Imperial Library of Vienna.

90. Canunname of Muezinzade f. Ali, who served as inspector of the public treasury during the reign of Sultan Ahmed I, and who drew all his information from pragmatic sources. A tripartite work. Book One. Concerning ranks and military fiefs, consisting of seven sections and a conclusion. 1) On Beglerbegs and the canons pertaining to them. 2) On Sanjakbegs and the canons pertaining to them. 3) On the duties of the Defterdar...