Author
a commentary upon it entitled
Ibāḥat al-bāḥah
Publication Date
24 Jumada 836 (AH, Hijri Qamari)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
185 x 140mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 11210
Record ID
vdc_100106889047.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
24 Jumada 836 (AH, Hijri Qamari)
Notes
Rough holograph copies of a short treatise on arithmetic and mensuration (geodesy) in verse form (
urjūzah
)right
al-Bāḥah fī ʿilmay al-ḥisāb wa-al-misāḥah
(Al-Baha fi the sciences of arithmetic and surveying, ff. 2r-27r), followed by a commentary upon it entitled
Ibāḥat al-bāḥah
(Ibhat al-Baha, ff. 28r-109v, both by Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUmar al-Biqāʿī (Ibrahim ibn Umar al-Biqa’i, d. 1480).
According to the authorial
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
on the final folio of the commentary - a replacement - the present copy was completed on the night of 24 Jumādá 836/16 January 1433 (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 109r, lines 14-19), when its author was around 25 years old.
Content:
(1) al-Biqāʿī (Al-Biqāʿī),
al-Bāḥah fī ʿilmay al-ḥisāb wa-al-misāḥah
(Al-Baha fi the sciences of arithmetic and surveying, ff. 2r-27r);
(2) al-Biqāʿī (Al-Biqā`), Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUmar,
Ibāḥat al-bāḥah
(Permissibility of courtyard, ff. 28r-109v).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Oskar Rescher (1884-1972), 10 May 1930
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
al-Bāḥah fī ʿilmay al-ḥisāb wa-al-misāḥah الباحة في علمي الحساب والمساحة Biqāʿī, Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUmar بقاعي، إبراهيم بن عمر
52 images
Ref: Or 11210, ff 2r-27v
Ibāḥat al-bāḥah إباحة الباحة Biqāʿī, Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUmar بقاعي، إبراهيم بن عمر
164 images
Ref: Or 11210, ff 28r-109v
Köken
Muṣṭafá Ṣidqī (مصطفى صدقي, d. 1183/1769-70), Ottoman bibliophile and poet: his ownership seal with date [1]179/1765-66 (f. 3r)
Aḥmad ibn Nāṣir al-Din ibn ʻAlī al-Biqāʼī (أحمد ابن ناصر الدين بن علي البقاعي): his ownership statement (ff. 3r and 28r)
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Biographical information:
Brockelmann, Carl,
History of the Arabic Written Tradition: Volume 1
, trans. by Joep Lameer. Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East; volume 117/2 (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016), p. 154
Saleh, Walid, "al-Biqāʿī", in
Encyclopaedia of Islam
, THREE, edited by Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson. Consulted online on 10 December 2020 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_23717>