Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 29520
Flowers of Thoughts on the Precious Stones
Azhār al-afkār fī jawāhir al-aḥjār [أزهار الأفكار في جواهر الأحجار
Manuscript
al-Tīfāshī, A.i.Y.i.I. (1242) Flowers of Thoughts on the Precious Stones. [Azhār al-afkār fī jawāhir al-aḥjār [أزهار الأفكار في جواهر الأحجار]
Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | Language: in Arabic | not seen
gems, Arabic lore, history, Arabic mineralogy,
A lapidary dealing with 25 precious stones. Storey also records an anonymous Persian translation entitled Khawāṣṣ al-aḥjār [خواص الأحجار; Properties of Stones], arranged in 30 chapters and surviving in a 28-folio manuscript dating from the early nineteenth century.