Author
the author
Publication Date
1070 (AH, Hijri)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5408, ff 115v-133r
Record ID
vdc_100139136389.0x000004
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
1070 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Abridgement of a treatise also by the author, Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ha’im al-Maqdisī al-Faraḍī (Shihāb al-Dīn Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ha’im al-Maqdisi al-Fardi, d. 1412), entitled
al-Murshidah fī ṣinā‘at al-ghubār
(Guide in the dust industry) on arithmetic and
ḥisāb al-ghubār
, or mathematical calculation by means of the Indian-derived 'dust' numerals.
The scribe is ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Zayn al-Dīn (Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Zayn al-Dīn, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 133r, tail margin, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 115v, lines 2-4):
After praising God, the One, in every respect and consideration, and blessings and peace be upon His Prophet Muhammad
The best one who chooses, and upon his family, companions, and righteous wives, is purity, for my book is marked as guide
In the dust industry, when it was accepted and began to spread, Sadnouli was assigned to it by his passion for brevity...
Ends (f. 133r, line 15):
May God’s blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad and his family. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 133r, tail margin):
Written by the least of the servants
Ali bin Muhammad bin Al-Hassan bin Zain Al-Din Al-Amili
May God forgive his bad deeds and these
The letter was read partly to my late grandfather
And on his reports to the place he wrote to
The message[...]
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards,
A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894
(London: British Museum, 1912), p. 40
