Kitāb Mufīd al-ḥiṣāb: manuscript, 1910; Kitāb fī al-ʻadad al-hindī
( كتاب مفيد الحساب : مخطوطة، 1910 ; كتاب في العدد الهندي)

Title	Kitāb Mufīd al-ḥiṣāb: manuscript, 1910; Kitāb fī al-ʻadad al-hindī
Title Original	كتاب مفيد الحساب : مخطوطة، 1910 ; كتاب في العدد الهندي
Publication Place	No place, unknown, or undetermined -
Subject	Mathematics, Ancient--India Mathematics, Arab
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	1 v. (36 leaves) ; 25.6 cm.
Library:	Harvard University \| CURIOSity Collections
Record ID	990117554470203941
Library Location	Houghton Library, Harvard University
Date	1910
Notes	Written surface: 9.5 x 18.8 cm, 25 lines per page, in clear naskhi script in black ink, on beige paper, with headings, keywords, and markings in red. Text: folios: 1b – 36a The title "Kitāb Mufīd al-ḥiṣāb" [The Book of Mathematical Assistant] appears at the end of the manuscript. At the beginning, the manuscript was called "Kitāb fī al-ʻadad al-Hindī" [A book on Indian numerals]. Arab authors always considered, and correctly so, the Arabic numerals as coming from India. Recent cloth, in excellent shape. Paper size: 19 x 25.6 cm. Anonymous. No reference can be found for this manuscript, probably a unique one. According to the colophon, copy completed on 28 Jumādā al-Ākhirah 1328 AH [July 7, 1910 AD]. In Arabic.
Şöyle Atıf Yapınız	MS Arab 432. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Dizi	Open Collections Program at Harvard University

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Kitāb Mufīd al-ḥiṣāb: manuscript, 1910; Kitāb fī al-ʻadad al-hindī

( كتاب مفيد الحساب : مخطوطة، 1910 ; كتاب في العدد الهندي)

Publication Place No place, unknown, or undetermined -

Subject Mathematics, Ancient--India Mathematics, Arab

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 1 v. (36 leaves) ; 25.6 cm.

Library Harvard University | CURIOSity Collections

Record ID 990117554470203941

Library Location Houghton Library, Harvard University

Date 1910

Notes Written surface: 9.5 x 18.8 cm, 25 lines per page, in clear naskhi script in black ink, on beige paper, with headings, keywords, and markings in red. Text: folios: 1b – 36a The title "Kitāb Mufīd al-ḥiṣāb" [The Book of Mathematical Assistant] appears at the end of the manuscript. At the beginning, the manuscript was called "Kitāb fī al-ʻadad al-Hindī" [A book on Indian numerals]. Arab authors always considered, and correctly so, the Arabic numerals as coming from India. Recent cloth, in excellent shape. Paper size: 19 x 25.6 cm. Anonymous. No reference can be found for this manuscript, probably a unique one. According to the colophon, copy completed on 28 Jumādā al-Ākhirah 1328 AH [July 7, 1910 AD]. In Arabic.

Şöyle Atıf Yapınız MS Arab 432. Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Dizi Open Collections Program at Harvard University