Scorpio

This manuscript is the only surviving copy of the treatise or ‘report’ (taqrir) on the constellations written by the 16th-century scholar al-Dashtaki. As stated in the manuscript, al-Dashtaki dedicated his work to the then Safavid ruler of Iran, Isma‘il II (r. 1576–77), and this may in fact be the copy originally presented to the ruler.