Three works on astronomy, divination and astrology: 1) Nasir al-Din Tusi (d.1274 AD), Risala si fasl and another treatise on astronomy, Near East, 16th century; 2) 'Abd al-Rahman al-Bistami (d.1454), Durr al-Munazzam fi sirr al-a’az min al-ghafr, a treatise on divination, Near East, 17th century; 3) An anonymous treatise on astronomy, Persia, Qajar, 19th century

1) Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and Persian manuscript on paper, 29 leaves,  15 lines to the page, written in black naskh, important words and sentences written in red, 4 circular diagrams, 3 tables, in later beige cardboard binding, with flap
2) Arabic manuscript on paper, 68 leaves plus 1 fly-leaf, 21 lines to the page, written in naskh in dark brown ink, important works and sentences in red, 25 diagrams and drawings, in later cardboard and leather binding, with flap
3) Arabic manuscript on coloured paper, 45 leaves plus 1 fly-leaf, 23 lines to the page written in nasta’liq in black ink with important words in red, diagrams in red, in cardboard binding, with flap

Book I: in good condition, the folios loose from the binding, but complete, minor notes to the borders, but the diagrams neat, minor stains, as viewed. Book II: in good condition, the margins clean with minor annotation, minor rubbing to the drawings and stains, ownership notes and stamps throughout, as viewed. Book III: an anonymous treatise on astronomy: in generally good condition, some pages replaced, stains and marginal notes, as viewed.
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Other copies of Tusi’s work, Risala si fasl, are recorded in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris and the Bodleian library (see Brockelmann, GAL I, 511). Another copy of Al-Bistami’s Durr al-munazzam is recorded in the Vatican (see Brockelmann, S II, 324).