Author
far the longest text in this manuscript was completed on 5 Jumādá II 1214/4 November 1799
Publication Date
5 Jumādá II 1214 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Place
India -
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
208 x 120 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Arabic 1909
Record ID
vdc_100032992749.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
5 Jumādá II 1214 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Front flyleaf ii-v contains a magical text based on the names of the Companions of the Cave (أصحاب الكهف, see Qur’ān 18:9-26). Ff. 1ar and 1av contain an astrnomical table.
The first and by far the longest text in this manuscript was completed on 5 Jumādá II 1214/4 November 1799 (see its
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 152r, lines 12-14).
Notes on slips of paper have been bound into the volume and now appear as ff. 36a, 62a, 74a and 74b. Before folio 1 there is a folio 1a.
Contents:
(1) Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين الطوسي),
Taḥrīr uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb
(تحرير أصول الهندسة والحساب; ff. 1v-152v);
(2) Three short texts related to Euclid's
Elements
(ff. 153v-156v);
(3) al-Jawharī (الجوهري),
Ziyādāt fī al-maqālah al-khāmisah min kitāb Uqlīdis
(زيادات في المقالة الخامسة من كتاب أقليدس; ff. 157r-158v).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Library, 1876
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Taḥrīr uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb تحرير أصول الهندسة والحساب Euclid أقليدس Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
313 images
Ref: Delhi Arabic 1909, ff 1v-152v
Three short texts related to Euclid's Elements
7 images
Ref: Delhi Arabic 1909, ff 153v-156v
Ziyādāt fī al-maqālah al-khāmisah min kitāb Uqlīdis زيادات في المقالة الخامسة من كتاب أقليدس Jawharī, al-‘Abbās ibn Sa‘īd جوهري، العباس بن سعيد
4 images
Ref: Delhi Arabic 1909, ff 157r-158v
Köken
The Government of India, its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. front flyleaf i-r and 167v)
