22 November 2021
The National Museum inaugurates the original manuscript of Collection of proses in Marine sciences By the Omani navigator Ahmed bin Majid as-Sa’adi on loan from the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts in the Russian Federation
Within the cooperation between the National Museum and the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Federation. On Monday, November 22, 2021, the manuscript "Collection of proses in Marine sciences"(Al-Safaliyah, Al-Mu’allaqiyah, and Al-Ta’i) by the Omani navigator Shihab al-Din Ahmad bin Majid as-Sa’adi, was inaugurated on loan from the Institute of The Oriental Manuscripts in St. Petersburg. Under the patronage of His Excellency Salim bin Mohammad al-Mahrooqi, Minister of Heritage and Tourism and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum. With the participation of Prof. Dr. Irina Fyodorvna Popova, Director of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts in St. Petersburg, in the Maritime History Hall of the National Museum.
The Manuscript compiled 3 proses (Arajiz); Urjūzah Sufalia (761 verses), Urjūzah Moa’lakiya (272 verses) and Urjūzah Alttayiya (54 verses). The manuscript is preserved in St. Petersburg. It was written in the 11th century AD / 16th century CE, during the period of the Nabahina kingdom. It is made of leather and paper, and written in black and red ink.Today, the Oriental Manuscripts Institute includes about 1,155,593 manuscripts and printed works, in more than 65 oriental languages. The total number of the Institute’s holdings is much more than that.