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Muslihuddin Mustafa: Melhame-i Seyh Vefa

(People’s Behaviour according to the Status of Stars and Planets) (d1491). Turkey

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Taken from: https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/muslihuddin-mustafa

Here the climate map found in this work. It resembles the climate maps of Qazwini and others but is also significantly different. 

Taken from: Melhame-i Şeyh Vefa introduction-text-vocabulary by (thesis) Faysal Okan Atasoy

In the work, the behaviour of people according to the states of the stars and planets was examined. Also the weather conditions that may occur after a natural event such as a lunar eclipse, solar eclipse, lightning flash.

Twenty-First Bab: If this month is strictly wind, Zengibar and Hindi climates should be ascetic. And the waters are less and less. And if it is raining while the wind blows, the goal is to have snow and the winter will be troublesome. And the grasshopper and the gale will be less. And in the provinces, the amount of treachery and malice is very high. And there will be a lot of conflict among the Arab. And ships will sway in the sea.

Twenty-Third Bab: …………………… and if the wind is strong there will be many epidemics. If there are earthquakes around the twentieth (of the month) there will be good fortune and rain and water and grain will be a lot. And the servants will desert their masters. And in Zengibar province and Khurasan (1) the epidemics will be many and frequent…………. 

(1) Khurasan: Khorasan: Afghanistan + Eastern Iran.