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11. Delhi Arabic 1901

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1901
Title:
al-Durr al-thamīn fī sharḥ urjūzat Ibn al-Yāsamīn الدر الثمين في شرح أرجوزة ابن الياسمين Ibn al-Hāʾim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ابن الهائم، أحمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Commentary by Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ha’im al-Maqdisī al-Faraḍī (شهاب الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن الهائم المقدسي الفرضي, d. 1412), known as Ibn al-Hā’im (ابن الهائم) on the didactic poem (أرجوزة) on algebra al-Manẓūmah al-Yāsamīnīyah fī al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
5 Sha‘bān 887
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+105+i

12. Delhi Arabic 1902

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1902
Title:
Composite volume of treatises on mathematics
Scope & Content:
Composite volume comprising four codicological units: ff. 1-20, 21-53, 54-69, and 70-79. The manuscript contains many inclusions, notes on small slips of paper, now bound into the volume. Contents: (1) al-Nīsābūrī (النيسابوري), al-Risālah al-Shamsīyah fī al-uṣūl al-ḥisābīyah (الرسالة الشمس...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+79+ii

13. IO Islamic 461, ff 35v-180r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 35v-180r
Title:
al-Muʿādalāt المعادلات
Scope & Content:
Anonymous epitome (تلخيص) of a lost treatise by Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213) on cubic equations fundamental to algebraic geometry (see the epitomiser's preface, f. 35, lines 2-7, transcribed below and edited by Rashed in Sharaf al-Dīn...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 35v-180r

14. IO Islamic 461, ff 182v-189r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 182v-189r
Title:
Risālah fī ʿamal ḍilʿ al-musabba‘ al-mutasāwī al-aḍlā‘ fī al-dā‘irah رسالة في عمل ضلع المسبع المتساوي الأضلاع في الدائرة Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum كوهي، ويجن بن رستم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the construction of an equilateral heptagon within a circle by Abū Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Kūhī (أبو سهل ويجن بن رستم الكوهي also spelled al-Qūhī [القوهي]; fl. second half of the 10th century). The text contains seven diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 188r) at the en...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 182v-189r

15. IO Islamic 461, ff 189v-191r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 189v-191r
Title:
Ṭarīq fī istikhrāj khaṭṭayn bayna khaṭṭayn wa-tatawālá ‘alá nisbah طريق في استخراج خطّين بين خطّين وتتوالى على نسبة Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum كوهي، ويجن بن رستم
Scope & Content:
Short geometrical treatise by Abū Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Kūhī (أبو سهل ويجن بن رستم الكوهي also spelled al-Qūhī [القوهي]; fl. second half of the 10th century). The text contains one diagram, which is presented on a fold out (f. 190r). Contents: Begins (f. 189v, lines 2-): نجعل الخطين ا ب...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 189v-191r

16. IO Islamic 461, ff 191v-197r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 191v-197r
Title:
Kitāb fī misāḥat qaṭʿ al-makhrūṭ al-mukāfī كتاب في مساحة قطع المخروط المكافي Ibn Sinān, Ibrāhīm ابن سنان، إبراهيم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the mensuration of conic sections by Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah (إبراهيم بن سنان بن ثابت بن قرّة, d. 946). The text contains seven diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 197r) at the end of the text. Begins (f. 191v, lines 2-3): قد كنت علمت كتابًا في مساحة هذ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 191v-197r

17. IO Islamic 461, ff 198v-207r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 198v-207r
Title:
Kitāb fī al-qarasṭūn كتاب في القرسطون Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحراني
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the static and mechanic theories underpinning the use of a kind of balance by Abū al-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī (أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني; d. 901). The treatise begins with postulates taken from the Kitāb fī al-thiqal wa-al-khiffah wa-qiyās al-ajrām ba‘ḍihā ilá ba‘ḍ (ك...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 198v-207r

18. 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

19. 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

20. IO Islamic 1210

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1210
Title:
Talkhīṣ al-miftāḥ تلخيص المفتاح Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd كاشي، جمشيد بن مسعود
Scope & Content:
Abridgement of the Miftāḥ al-ḥisāb (مفتاح الحساب) by Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd al-Kāshī (غياث الدين جمشيد بن مسعود بن محمود الكاشي, d. 1429 or 1436) or al-Kāshānī (الكاشاني), composed by the author himself (see f. 1v, lines 5-7, transcribed below). The abridgement is arranged ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+10+i