Badīʻ al-ḥisāb.
- Holding institution:
- Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- Badīʻ al-ḥisāb.
بدیع الحساب - Creator:
- Rajab ʻAlī Beg
- Date:
- 1851
- Description:
- 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.
- Language:
- Persian
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Codices
Diagrams
Manuals (instructional materials)
Islamic bindings (Binding)
Insertions (Provenance)
Manuscripts
Arithmetic
Geometry
Manuscripts, Persian - Geographic region:
- Lahore
- Provenance:
- Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.
- Extent:
- 15 long lines with some geometrical figures and formulas written vertically in between the text.
- Publisher:
- Columbia University.
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 36: Badīʻ al-ḥisāb. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
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- MS Or 36
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World