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Author(s): National Museum New Delhi
Publisher: National Museum New Delhi

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This is a commentary on the Quran beginning from the latter half of the 8th chapter to the first half of the 11th chapter.
Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.
KITAB AL-MUKHTRA FI
FUNUN MIN-AS-SAN'A
(A treatise on mechanics and technology) Foll. 118; size 23 x 15 cm; paper; Naskh script; Arabic; dated A.H. 877 (A.D. 1472). Author :Yusuf bin Sulaiman al-Kurki; scribe: Muhammad bin Quwami bin Şafi bin Muhammad Zia Turk Nāgori alias Qazi Khan.
Begins :
المدلل المكمود بكل لسان المنيل فواضل الحسان المتحصل على كل انسان
Ends :
يكون خشب الرخام والكابوس من الديول والمدن العب والقوايم
Colophon :
تم الكتاب بعون اللي الملكر الوهاب بيد الخط الفقير
کمد بن قوام بن صفی بن محمد ضیا
الضعيف العقير الخيف
قاضی خان بتاريخ بيست دوم ماه رجب تركه ناگوري عرف رجب المرجب قدرة سنة سبع وسبعين وثمانماید
Illustrated with 31 figures.
A rare and valuable work on mechanics, technology and other industrial sciences; deals with metallurgy, assaying, tanning, textiles, ink, colour paints, soap, oil, paper making and alchemy.
Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad.
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