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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language Farsi Subject Mathematics -- Early works to 1800

1. IO Islamic 824

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 824
Title:
Scientific and Philosophical Compendium of Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān Ghūjārātī (أحمد بن سليمان غوجاراتي)
Scope & Content:
Compendium of short texts, extracts and notes on scientific and philosophical subjects, compiled by Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān Ghūjārātī (أحمد بن سليمان غوجاراتي; d. 1681), and completed in Dhū al-ḥijjah 1134/September-October 1722 (see note on f. 5r). The manuscript was later owned by the compiler''s ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
Dhū al-ḥijjah 1134
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+250+i

2. IO Islamic 1039

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1039
Title:
Anonymous treatise on mathematics and Miftāḥ al-ḥisāb مفتاح الحساب Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd كاشي، جمشيد بن مسعود
Scope & Content:
(1) Anonymous, Untitled treatise on mathematics (ff. 2v-14v); (2) Jamshīd al-Kāshī (جمشيد الكاشي), Miftāḥ al-ḥisāb (مفتاح الحساب; ff. 15v-122r).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1041
Extent:

Codex; ff. ix+123+ix

3. Or 11313, ff 2r-21r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11313, ff 2r-21r
Title:
Kitāb al-tadhkirah fī al-ḥisāb كتاب التذكرة في الحساب
Scope & Content:
Treatise on arithmetic in three sections (أقسام), each subdivided into chapters (أبواب) and parts (فصول). In the preface to the work, the author states that he called his work a Memorandum (تذكرة), and that it is a condensed translation of a Persian text called The Introduction (التبصرة), in whi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
Dhū al-Qaʻdah 748
Extent:
Ff. 2r-21r

4. Or 11313, ff 97r-136r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11313, ff 97r-136r
Title:
Zubdat al-hayʼah زبدة الهيئة [Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد]
Scope & Content:
Treatise on astronomy usually attributed to Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي, d. 1274; see Storey [ed.], ‘3 Astronomy and Astrology’, § 91, item 15, Storey Online, Brill Reference Online https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/storey-online/3-astr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
3 Muḥarram 751
Extent:
Ff. 97r-136r