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1. Delhi Arabic 110

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 110
Title:
Composite volume containing the Nukhbat al-fikr fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar (نخبة الفكر في مصطلح أهل الأثر) by Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī (ابن حجر العسقلاني), and the Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq (ديوان العدد الوفق)
Scope & Content:
Composite volume comprising two unrelated manuscripts (codicological units) bound together. Contents: (1) Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī (ابن حجر العسقلاني), Nukhbat al-fikr fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar (نخبة الفكر في مصطلح أهل الأثر; ff. 2v-27r); (2) Anonymous, Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq (ديوان العدد الوفق...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th to 18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+119+i

2. Delhi Arabic 110, ff 2v-27r

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 110, ff 2v-27r
Title:
Nuzhat al-naẓar fī tawḍīḥ Nukhbat al-fikar نزهة النظر في توضيح نخبة الفكر Ibn Ḥajar al-ʻAsqalānī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī ابن حجر العسقلاني، أحمد بن علي
Scope & Content:
Commentary by Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-ʻAsqalānī (أحمد بن علي العسقلاني , d. 1449) known as Ibn Ḥajar (ابن حجر) on his own Nukhbat al-fikar fī muṣṭalaḥ ahl al-athar (نخبة الفكر في مصطلح أهل الأثر; A Selection of Thoughts Concerning the Terminology of the Traditionists), a treatise on the science o...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 2v-27r

3. 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