Author
Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybūghā al-Majdī al-Shāfi‘ī
Publication Date
17 Rabī‘ II 840 (AH, Hijri)
Publication Place
Cairo -
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
235 x 150 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 7469
Record ID
vdc_100040139973.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
17 Rabī‘ II 840 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Commentary by Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybūghā al-Majdī al-Shāfi‘ī (Shihabuddin Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Rajab ibn Taybugha al-Majdi al-Shafi’i, d. 1447) of the
Talk to him about it
(Summary of account work,
Epitome of the Operations of Arithmetic
) by Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Marrākushī (Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Marrakshi, d. 1321), known as Ibn al-Bannā’ (Ibn al-Banna’, see fol. 1v, line 16). The title of the commentary is found in the author's preface (f. 1v, line 25).
The copy was completed on Monday 17 Rabī‘ II 840/29 October 1436 by Abū al-Barakāt Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-‘Irāqī (Abu al-Barakat Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Iraqi); it was copied from a manuscript in Ibn al-Majdī's hand, which was completed on Thursday 6 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 834/August 16 1431 (see author's and scribe's colophons, f. 203v, lines 10-11 and 16-18, transcribed below). Abū al-Barakāt al-‘Irāqī was apparently Ibn al-Majdī’s student, since he refers to Ibn al-Majdī as ‘my master’ (Sir, scribe’s
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 203v, line 14, transcribed below). Abū al-Barakāt al-‘Irāqī states that he copied the text for his own use (see scribe’s
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 203v, line 17, transcribed below). The manuscript was made an endowment (endowment) as noted at the head of many pages.
Ibn al-Bannā’s
Talk to him about it
is divided into two parts (two parts) each subdivided into sections (3 and 2 respectively) and chapters (sections). The commentary on Part Two (Part Two) begins on f. 104v.
Folio 48a is a fragment of a letter dated 18 J[umādá II ?] [12]20/13 September (?) 1805 that has been bound into the volume.
Between folios 152 and 153 is a slip of paper containing a fragment of a note apparently on the calculation of inheritance shares (Ilm al-Farid).
Folios 181-82 are a later bifolium of Western laid paper bound into the volume. They contain a short commentary concerning the calculation of inheritance shares (Ilm al-Farid) signed by the author, Muḥammad ibn al-Marḥūm al-Shaykh Yūsuf al-Faraḍī (Muḥammad ibn al-Marhum al-Faraḍī), and dated Tuesday 27 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1157/29 December (?) 1744 (f. 102r, lines). 15-16).
After the
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(ff. 204r-206v) are various notes on mathematical subjects. Folio 204r-204v contains a long note 'on the determination of repetitions of the multiplication by means of two errors' (On how to extract repetitions of multiplication by means of two errors). Folio 206r contains an short addendum (tail and addition) to a work on chess by Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá al-Ṣūlī (Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Yahya al-Suli, d. 947). The addendum is said to be copied by the hand of its anonymous author and is followed by a brief biographical sketch of al-Ṣūlī copied by the same hand.
Begins (f. 1, lines 2-4):
The poor man says to the mercy of his Lord, who acknowledges his shortcomings and sin, and hopes for the pardon of the Resurrecter, the Initiator (?) Ahmed.
Al-Shafi’i Ibn Al-Majdi Praise be to God who gathered the scholars in the car houses and beat them
When the credit is divided with the arrow of happiness and the veil is lifted from their hearts...
Ends (f. 203v, lines 7-9):
...all the issues have been made
This chapter is branched from a single origin, as (?) has shown that every question mentioned is branched off
To infinite lengths, and let this be the last thing we mentioned in this blessed comment, and God knows best
Author's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 203v, lines 10-13):
It was completed on the morning of the blessed Wednesday, the sixth of Dhul-Hijjah
In the year eight hundred and thirty-four, at the hands of Al-Faqir to God Almighty, its writer and author, Ahmed Ibn Al-Majdi
Al-Shafi’i, may God forgive him, his parents, and all Muslims, Amen, Amen, and may God’s blessings be upon him
The most honorable creation of Muhammad and his family and peace
Scribe's
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 203v, lines 14-19):
This is the last thing I found in my master’s copy, which was in his handwriting, preserved by God Almighty, which was transmitted
Including this copy, and the completion of writing this copy was the draft version
Monday, the seventeenth of the month of Rabi’ al-Akhir, in the year eight hundred and forty
He wrote it for himself and for anyone who asks him (?) after him, the poor servant, to the mercy of his Lord, the Rich and Everlasting
Abu Al-Barakat Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Muhammad Al-Iraqi, may God forgive him, his parents, his descendants (?) and all Muslims.
Amen, and may God’s blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad, his family, and his companions. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs
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 417, pp. 198-99
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Mary Rich (née Mackintosh), widow of Claudius James Rich (1786-1821),
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in Baghdad (1808-1821), 25 March 1825
Köken
[al-Ḥāj Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd] al-Raḥmān al-Riwāq ([الحاج محمد ابن عبد] الرحمن الرواق) : his inscription defaced but partially legible, dated 28 R[ajab ?] 1220/22 October (?) 1805 (f. 1r; cf. f. 48av);
al-Ḥāj Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Riwāq (الحاج محمد ابن عبد الرحمن رواق): his inscription, on letter dated 18 J[umādá II ?] [12]20/13 September (?) 1805 (f. 48av [fragment of letter bound in between ff. 48 and 49]);
Aḥmad ibn ‘Arafāt (أحمد بن عرفات): his inscription without date, but before 906/1500-1 (see subsequent inscription; f. 203v);
Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Fatḥ al-Ṣūfī al-Shāfi‘ī al-Kutubī (محمد بن أبي الفتح الصوفي الشافعي الكتبي, d. Cairo after 1500-1), astronomer and mathematician: his inscription, dated 906/1500-1 (f. 203v, cf Ibn Abī al-Fatḥ's signature in MS Cairo, Dār al-Kutub, Rīyāḍah 663, f. 55v, line 12, available at https://www.wdl.org/en/item/115/view/1/116/ [accessed 26/01/2017]);
Muḥammad ‘Alī ibn al-Ustādh ‘Uthmān al-Mutaṭabib (محمد علي بن الأستاذ عثمان المتطبب): his inscription signed at Aleppo (حلب) without date, but after 906/1500-1 (see preceding inscription; f. 203v).
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition and French translation of work commented upon:
Ibn al-Bannāʾ,
Talkhīṣ aʿmāl al
-
ḥisāb
, ed. by Mohamed Souissi (Muḥammad Sūwaysī) (Tunis: Manshūrāt al-Jāmi‘ah al-Tūnisīyah, 1969)
Studies:
Charette, François, 'Ibn al-Majdī: Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybughā al-Majdī al-Shāfiʿī', in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, ed. by Thomas Hockey et al. (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 561-62
Samsó, Julio, 'Ibn al-Bannāʾ: Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUthmān al‐Azdī al-Marrākushī', in
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
, ed. by Thomas Hockey et al. (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 551-52
Thompson, J.R. Fawcett, 'The Rich Manuscripts',
The British Museum Quarterly
27.1/2 (1963) pp. 18-23
Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu,
Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th
-
19th c.)
, (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2003), no. 815, pp. 276-77
