Author
Luṭf Allāh al-Muhandis ibn al-Ustādh Aḥmad al-Mi‘mār al-Lahūrī
Publication Date
18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IO Islamic 1362, ff 4v-69r
Record ID
vdc_100066090840.0x000002
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Commentary by Luṭf Allāh al-Muhandis ibn al-Ustādh Aḥmad al-Mi‘mār al-Lahūrī (Luṭf Allāh al-Muhandis ibn al-Ustādh Aḥmad al-Mi‘mār al-Lahūrī (Luṭf Allāh al-Muhandis ibn al-Ustādh Aḥmad al-Mi‘mār al-Lahūrī (Lutfullah al-Muhandis ibn al-Ustad Ahmad al-Mi’mār al-Lahwīrī, fl. second half of 17th century) on the
Summa of Arithmetic
(Summary of Account) by Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (Bahā al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Amili; d. 1621). The commentator's father, Ustādh Aḥmad al-Lahūrī (Professor Ahmad Allahuri), was chief architect of the Tāj Maḥal (built 1632-53).
The margins contain many annotations written and signed by the commentator's son Imām al-Dīn ibn Luṭf Allāh (see especially the note in the tail margin to gutter margin of f. 8r where the annotator signs his name 'Imām al-Dīn, son of Luṭf Allāh the commentator of this book' [Imām al-Dīn, son of Luṭf Allāh the commentator of this book]). Other marginal annotations are signed Khalkhālī (Khalkhālī, see e.g. annotations in margins of f. 8v) and ‘Abd al-Karīm (Abdul Karīm, see e.g. note in middle of tail margin of f. 17r).
The text contains numerous diagrams.
Begins (f. 4v, lines 2-5):
Praise be to God, the One, the One, the Eternal, the One who is not surrounded
He gathered his blessings and multiplied his portion by number and prayer upon him
Whoever pleases the broken bones of our crimes will meet his intercession one day
Account...
Ends (f. 69r, lines 9-11):
Many of its demands are maintenance-free
Concealment is true by concealing it from most of the people of this country
Time, so keep my commandment to you, and God will protect you. It has been fulfilled
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Loth, Otto,
A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the
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.
(London: Printed by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1877), Item 761, p. 221
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Editions of text commented upon:
‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn,
Khulāṣat 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 sangi
̄ (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
Rahman, A., M.A. Alvi, S.A. Khan Ghori and K.V. Samba Murthy,
Science and Technology in Medieval India: a Bibliography of Source Materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian
(New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy, 1982), p. 404-5
