Author
means of the dust board
Publication Date
8 Shawwal 1148 AH)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 15480, ff 89v-116v
Record ID
vdc_100054032349.0x000002
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
8 Shawwal 1148 AH)
Notes
Treatise on mathematical calculation by means of the dust board (takht) and dust numerals (dust) by the Meccan mathematician and astronomer ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad b. Ismā‘īl al-Zamzamī al-Makkī (Ali bin Muhammad bin Ismail al-Zamzamī al-Makkī, fl. 15th century).
The copy was completed on 8 Shawwāl 1148/21 February 1736 (but note that the
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
to item 1 in this manuscript is dated 1177/1764, see f. 88v, lines 18-20) by Ibrāhīm ibn Mullā Ayyūb ibn Gharīb ibn Ibrāhīm (Ibrahim ibn Mullā Ayyub ibn Gharib ibn Ibrahim, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 116v, lines 11-17, transcribed below).
Beginnings (f. 89v, lines 2-4):
As for what follows, praise be to God, the One and Sublime, in every way, consideration, and prayer
Peace be upon our master Muhammad, the best of those he chooses, and upon his family, companions, and wives
The pure purdah, my book is titled as a guide to making dust
Ends (f. 116v, lines 3-7):
...this
The summary of this summary is something that the student who obtained it cannot afford to be ignorant of, and whoever wants to
More than that, its origin is sufficient for anyone who wants to explore how to deal with the unknown
In proportionate numbers, he has the aid that exceeds the books of this art
All praise is due to God, Lord of the worlds
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 116v, lines 8-19):
May God bless our master Muhammad
And peace be upon his family and companions
Very well done book
On the eighth day of
The month of Shawwal
At the hands of the poor
To Rahma Allam
The unseen Abraham
Bin Mulla Ayoub
Year 1148
Thank God
Alone
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Cureton, William and Charles Rieu,
Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens
(London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 894, p. 409
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Study:
Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu,
Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th
-
19th c.)
, (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2003), no. 878, p. 299
