Al-Muhtadi’s Gift in the Science of Geometry, Surveying, Throwing Yeast, and Digging Mines / by Uthman Al-Muhtadi Al-Tarjuman in Bulghar Castle in the year 960. al-Muhtadī al-tarjumān fī Qalʻat Bulghār fī taʾrīkh 960.
(هدية المهتدي في علم الهندسة والمساحة ورمي الخميرة وحفر اللغم لعثمان المهتدي الترجمان في قلعة بلغار في تأريخ )

Name: Al-Muhtadi’s Gift in the Science of Geometry, Surveying, Throwing Yeast, and Digging Mines / by Uthman Al-Muhtadi Al-Tarjuman in Bulghar Castle in the year 960. al-Muhtadī al-tarjumān fī Qalʻat Bulghār fī taʾrīkh 960.
Author: Muhtadi, 'Uthman, 16th or 18th century

Title	Al-Muhtadi’s Gift in the Science of Geometry, Surveying, Throwing Yeast, and Digging Mines / by Uthman Al-Muhtadi Al-Tarjuman in Bulghar Castle in the year 960. al-Muhtadī al-tarjumān fī Qalʻat Bulghār fī taʾrīkh 960.
Title Original	هدية المهتدي في علم الهندسة والمساحة ورمي الخميرة وحفر اللغم لعثمان المهتدي الترجمان في قلعة بلغار في تأريخ
Author	Muhtadi, 'Uthman, 16th or 18th century
Author Original	Muhtadī, ʻUthmān, 16th or 18th cent
Publication Place	- [18--?]
Subject	Military fireworks—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800, Geometry—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type	Book
Language	ar
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	170
Library:	Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID	9947303663506421
Record ID	qj72p7207
Library Location	Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 162L
Date	01-01-1799 T00:00:00 G/12-31-1899 T:Khas:Khasz — 1799-1899
Notes	Manual with illustrations on geometry, the throwing of missiles and the planting of mines, written by an interpreter in the Castle of Bulghār in 960 H. / 1553 (the 9 of 960 is overwritten by a later hand). In a ms. in Dār al-Kutub (Cairo), this text is presented as a translation from French and another European language, and the date associated with the name is 1160 H. / 1747 (see D. King, Survey, H43). For a description of the content, see D. King, Fihris, Pt II, 6/4/48. \| Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., 21 long lines per page. Diagrams and figures in the margin. Written in medium large naskh in black ink with use of red; black ink and pencil for the illustrations. European glazed paper with watermark. Pagination in pencil using Arabic numerals between brackets in the middle of the upper margin. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Collation: Paper ; fol. 170 ; 17¹⁰ ; the quires are numbered using the abbreviation "k" and Arabic numerals ; catchword on the verso of each leaf., Incipit: الحمد لله الذي علم للانسان ما لم يعلم والصلاة والسلام على محمد الذي هو مدينى العلم والحكم وعلى اله واصحابه الذين هم كالنجوم في الظلم وبعد فلما رايت بعض الرسالات الهندسية صنفها المتقدمون, Explicit: والغاما كبيرة تحت بروجه اي بروج العدو لرميها وافادها وامثال ذلك وليكون هذا القدر كافيا لافادة غرضنا في ترتيب هذه الرسالة وقد وقع فيها تطويل وتكرير واظهار كثير في موقع ... الواقف بها تحقيقها من غير تبديل المقال بالمآل وهو غاية رجاي وهذا من فضل ربي وهو هداني الى سبيله وقد تمت هذه النسخة \| Upper and lower covers made of paper on paper pasteboards. Rebacked. Disbound. \| Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina). \| Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1056, Brockelmann, C. GAL, S N II, 665, King, D. Survey (1986), H43., King, D. Fihris (1981-1986), Part II, 6/4/48.

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Al-Muhtadi’s Gift in the Science of Geometry, Surveying, Throwing Yeast, and Digging Mines / by Uthman Al-Muhtadi Al-Tarjuman in Bulghar Castle in the year 960. al-Muhtadī al-tarjumān fī Qalʻat Bulghār fī taʾrīkh 960.

(هدية المهتدي في علم الهندسة والمساحة ورمي الخميرة وحفر اللغم لعثمان المهتدي الترجمان في قلعة بلغار في تأريخ )

Author Muhtadi, 'Uthman, 16th or 18th century

Author Original Muhtadī, ʻUthmān, 16th or 18th cent

Publication Place - [18--?]

Subject Military fireworks—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800, Geometry—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Type Book

Language ar

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 170

Library Princeton University Library

Library Asset ID 9947303663506421

Record ID qj72p7207

Library Location Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 162L

Date 01-01-1799 T00:00:00 G/12-31-1899 T:Khas:Khasz — 1799-1899

Notes Manual with illustrations on geometry, the throwing of missiles and the planting of mines, written by an interpreter in the Castle of Bulghār in 960 H. / 1553 (the 9 of 960 is overwritten by a later hand). In a ms. in Dār al-Kutub (Cairo), this text is presented as a translation from French and another European language, and the date associated with the name is 1160 H. / 1747 (see D. King, Survey, H43). For a description of the content, see D. King, Fihris, Pt II, 6/4/48. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., 21 long lines per page. Diagrams and figures in the margin. Written in medium large naskh in black ink with use of red; black ink and pencil for the illustrations. European glazed paper with watermark. Pagination in pencil using Arabic numerals between brackets in the middle of the upper margin. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Collation: Paper ; fol. 170 ; 17¹⁰ ; the quires are numbered using the abbreviation "k" and Arabic numerals ; catchword on the verso of each leaf., Incipit: الحمد لله الذي علم للانسان ما لم يعلم والصلاة والسلام على محمد الذي هو مدينى العلم والحكم وعلى اله واصحابه الذين هم كالنجوم في الظلم وبعد فلما رايت بعض الرسالات الهندسية صنفها المتقدمون, Explicit: والغاما كبيرة تحت بروجه اي بروج العدو لرميها وافادها وامثال ذلك وليكون هذا القدر كافيا لافادة غرضنا في ترتيب هذه الرسالة وقد وقع فيها تطويل وتكرير واظهار كثير في موقع ... الواقف بها تحقيقها من غير تبديل المقال بالمآل وهو غاية رجاي وهذا من فضل ربي وهو هداني الى سبيله وقد تمت هذه النسخة | Upper and lower covers made of paper on paper pasteboards. Rebacked. Disbound. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina). | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1056, Brockelmann, C. GAL, S N II, 665, King, D. Survey (1986), H43., King, D. Fihris (1981-1986), Part II, 6/4/48.