Author
Jawād ibn Saʿd ibn Jawād al-Qazimī
Publication Date
18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
245 x 135 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Arabic 1896
Record ID
vdc_100041910474.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Commentary by Jawād ibn Saʿd ibn Jawād al-Kāẓimī (Jawad bin Saad bin Jawad Al-Kazimi, d. ca 1654-5 [see al-Amīn,
A‘yān al-shī‘ah
, vol. 4, p. 271]) on the
Summa of Arithmetic
(Summary of the account) by his teacher Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (Bahā al-Din Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Amili; d. 1621).
The text contains numerous diagrams.
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4):
Praise be to God, the One, the Great, the One and Only, the One and Only, whose signs fall short of counting, and whose blessings are impossible for the passerby (?) to count.
May blessings and peace be upon the Master of His Prophets, who is perfected with the highest level of perfection, and on his family who are
The best of all prayers is its successive prayer, which takes care of the morning and the afternoon. As for what follows, the least of the servants says Jawad bin
Saad bin Jawad...
Ends (f. 168v, lines 11-13):
End of what is required? Let us stop talking, praising God for His success and guidance, not the straightness of His path, and I also [advise] you.
O brother, what do I recommend to the author? For in this explanation there are precious things that must be protected from those who do not belong to them, and praise be to God alone.
And blessings be upon the one after whom there is no prophet and his family, the righteous, the righteous, the pure, as long as night and day disappear...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 168v, lines 13):
...It was written with the help of the king
[Remainder of
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
erased]
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
Köken
The Government of India: its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. 1r, 168v and end flyleaf iii-v);
Semi-legible seal, dated 1125/1713-14 (f. 1r);
Anonymous inscription without date, with deleted seal (f. 1r).
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Editions of text commented upon:
‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn,
Khul
āṣat al-ḥisāb
(Tabrīz?: Maṭba‘ Muḥammad Zuyūr, 1262)
‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn,
Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb: al-khulāṣat fī ‘ilm al-ḥisāb wa al-jabr wa al-muqābilah; nuskhah-i taṣḥīh shudah hamrāh bā matn-i chāp-i sangī
(Qum: Majma‘-i Z̲akhā’ir-i Islāmī, 2011)
‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn,
Khulāsat al-ḥisāb, ma‘a taḥshīyah jadīdah kāfīyah li-ḥall al-ṣi‘āb wa-ḍamīmah lā’iqah bi-taḥ‘ṣīl al-nāzil wa-min al-judhūr wa-al-ki‘āb
(Diyūband: Kutubʹkhānah-i Raḥīmīyah, 1974)
‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn,
Rīyāḍīyāt (Mathematical Works)
, ed. by G. Shawky (Aleppo: Institute for the History of Arabic Science, University of Aleppo, 1976) pp. 31-163
Edition and German translation of text commented upon:
‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn,
Essenz der rechenkunst von Mohammed Beha-eddin ben Alhossain aus Amul, arabisch und deutsch
, ed. and trans. by G. H. F. Nesselmann (Berlin, 1843)
Studies:
Hashemipour, Behnaz, '‘Āmilī: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī', in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, ed. by Thomas Hockey et al. (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 42-43
al-Amīn, Muḥsin,
A‘yān al-shī‘ah
, 10 vols (Bayrūt: Dār al-ta‘āruf, 1983), vol. 4, p. 271
