Yazar
Rajab ʻAlī Beg. رجب علی بیگ.
Yazar Orijinal
رجب علی بیگ
Basım Tarihi
1851
Konu
Manuscripts, Persian. Geometry. Arithmetic.
Tür
kitap
Dil
Farsça
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
1 online resource ([1], 76, [2] foliated leaves) : paper, diagrams manuscript.
Kütüphane
Columbia Üniversitesi Kütüphaneleri
Kayıt Numarası
ht102811472
Lokasyon
Online
Tarih
1851
Notlar
Origin: Copy completed on 25 April 1851; the corresponding date in Vikram Samvat, 1908, is also given (f. 76v). Shelfmark: MS Or 36. Inserted: A letter written by David Eugene Smith on behalf of the American Mathematical Society (founded 1888) asking for contributions to the library of the Society laid in (between f. 5v and 6r). The back of the letter holds a handwritten long division problem, copied from f. 5v, with an explanation by Smith. Decoration: Overlines, headings, and textual divisions in red. Geometrical diagrams in black. Script: Written in rapid nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized. Layout: 15 long lines with some geometrical figures and formulas written vertically in between the text. Title from introduction (f. 2r). Manuscript codex. Islamic binding. Full brown leather with blind tooling.
Örnek Metin
Manual of arithmetic and geometry for merchants' use including how to calculate the area of a ship. According to the compiler, the work includes excerpts from the following texts: Muntakhab al-ḥisāb, Līlāvatī, and Dastūr al-ʻamal.
Erişim ve Kullanım
Digital version available with no restrictions
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Biyografik / Tarihsel Not
Author's name appears in the manuscript as Rajab ʻAlī Beg wald Fāz̤il Beg. The work is listed in Āghā Buzurg al-Ṭihrānī as number 215 (3.73). Author's name also listed in Fihris aʻlām al-Dharīʻah ilá taṣānīf al-Shīʻah as Ibn Rajab, ʻAbd al-Qāhir al-Ḥuwayzī al-ʻIbadi (1.852).
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1096273680
