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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language Arabic Subject Magic squares

1. Add MS 9599, ff 128r-131r and 133r-136v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 9599, ff 128r-131r and 133r-136v
Title:
[Kitāb al-tadbīr كتاب التدبير] Zarqālī, Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá زرقالي، إبراهيم بن يحيى
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the production and use of magic square talismans of the seven planets by the Andalusian astronomer Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá al-Ṭulayṭilī al-Zarqālī (أبو إسحق إبرهيم بن يحيى الطليطلي الزرقالي; d. 1100), also known as Walad al-Zarqīyāl (ولد الزرقيال), Ibn al-Zarqālluh (ابن الزرقاله)...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1223
Extent:

Ff. 128r-131r and 133r-136v

2. Delhi Arabic 110, ff 28a-r-119v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 110, ff 28a-r-119v
Title:
Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq ديوان العدد الوفق Anonymous
Scope & Content:
Mathematical treatise on the construction of magic squares and triangles (العدد الوفق). The text is defective at the beginning and end so the author's name is unknown, but in what remains of the preface the author records the title of the work and says that his intention is to compile all that h...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th or 16th century
Extent:

Ff. 28a-r-119v