1. Seven treatises on mathematics, astronomy and statics

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The script, ornamentation and binding of the volume indicate that it is part of a set comprising also manuscripts IO Islamic 923, IO Islamic 924 and IO Islamic 1249, all of which were transcribed in 1198/1784, probably for their owner Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal from 1772 to 1785. A collation note at the end of the first text (f. 7v) is dated 14 Shawwāl 1198/31 August 1784.A table of contents in Persian is given f. 1r.A date lable attached to the inside of the back cover (left board) shows that the manuscript was borrowed for two months in 1908 from the India Office Library by Eilhard Wiedemann (d. 1928), professor of physics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen. In 1911-12, Weidemann published a German translation of item 7 in this manuscript ('Die Schrift über den Qarasṭūn', in Bibliotheca Mathematica, 12, pp. 21-39).Contents:(1) Anonymous treatise on the linear astrolabe (أسطرلاب خطّي) (ff. 2v-7v);(2) Ibn al-Haytham (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf(مقالة في صورة الكسوف; ff. 8v-34r);(3) Anonymous, al-Muʿādalāt(المعادلات; ff. 35v-180r);(4) al-Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum (الكوهي، ويجن بن رستم), Risālah fī ʿamal ḍilʿ al-musabba‘ al-mutasāwī al-aḍlā‘ fī al-dā‘irah(رسالة في عمل ضلع المسبع المتساوي الأضلاع في الدائرة; ff. 182v-189r);(5) al-Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum (الكوهي، ويجن بن رستم), Ṭarīq fī istikhrāj khaṭṭayn bayna khaṭṭaynwa-tatawālá ‘alá nisbah(طريق في استخراج خطّين بين خطّين وتتوالى على نسبة; ff. 189v-191r);(6) Ibn Sinān, Ibrāhīm (ابن سنان ، إبراهيم), Kitāb fī misāḥat qaṭʿ al-makhrūṭ al-mukāfī(كتاب في مساحة قطع المخروط المكافي; ff. 191v-197r);(7) Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرّة), Kitāb fī al-qarasṭūn(كتاب في القرسطون; ff. 198v-207r).Codex; ff. i+208+iMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 230 x 130 mm leaf [150 x 80 mm written]Foliation: India Office Library foliation stamped in black inkRuling: Misṭarah; 12 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cmScript: Nasta‘līqInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings and diagrams in redDecoration: Every opening and every page has a border in gold, black and red ink; the first opening (ff. 2v-3r) is extensively illuminated in gold, red, green and blueBinding: Hybrid binding with European and Islamic-style features; leather doublureCondition: Excellent condition; book block re-sewn, boards reattached and spine replacedMarginalia: Very few and all appear to be by copyistSeals: ff.1r and 208v

3. Anonymous treatise on mathematics

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Anonymous and untitled treatise on mathematics containing numerous diagrams.The copy was completed at Ajmer (أجمير) on Tuesday 10 Rabī‘ I 1041/7 October 1631 by Muḥammad Amīn ibn Mirzā Muḥammad Faḍl Allāh Kāshānī (محمد أمين بن مرزا محمد فضل الله كاشاني; see colophon, f. 14v, lines 15-21 and second line of Persian inscription by hand of scribe to left of colophon, transcribed below).Contents:Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-3):بدانکه اهل این صناعت را در اخراج مسایل طریقهای بسیار است وقانونهای درست که متقدمان بدستآورده اند چون اربعه مناسب وطریق جبر ومقابله وطریق خطایی ومانند این ...Ends (f. 14v, lines 13-14):... این قدر هدایت که کردیم کفایتباشد در چگونگی بیرون کردن مسایل اکنون برین اختصار کردیم تا دراز نگردد والسلمColophon (f. 14v, lines 15-21):تمت هذه النسخة الشريفة في يوم الثلثاء عاشر شهر ربيع الأولسنة إحدى وأربعين ألف من الهجرةالنبوية المصطفوية علىيد العبد الضعيفمحمد أمين بن مرزامحمد فضل اللهكاشانيInscription to right of colophon (by hand of scribe):شبهای فقر وفنا از ما و بخت و ملک وجاه از توچو دنیا را بقائی نیست خواه از ما وخواه از توInscription to left of colophon (by hand of scribe):در محلی که انقلاب روزگار این فقیر کم بضاعت رااز نیسانی ما ببلده اجمیر انداخته بود بر سبیل استعجال نوشته شدFf. 2v-14v

4. Anonymous treatise on mathematics and Miftāḥ al-ḥisāb مفتاح الحساب Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd كاشي، جمشيد بن مسعود

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(1) Anonymous, Untitled treatise on mathematics (ff. 2-14);(2) Jamshīd al-Kāshī (جمشيد الكاشي), Miftāḥ al-ḥisāb(مفتاح الحساب; ff. 15-122).Codex; ff. ix+123+ixMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 240 x 135 mm leaf [150 x 75 mm written]Foliation: India Office Library foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭarah; 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cmScript: Nasta‘līq; the scribe of ff. 2v-14v is Muḥammad Amīn ibn Mirzā Muḥammad Faḍl Allāh Kāshānī (محمد أمين بن مرزا محمد فضل الله كاشاني; see f. 14v, lines 19-21)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings and diagrams in redBinding: Red leather binding, blind-tooled with stamped medallions and pendants, corner pieces and cartouche all of which contain inscriptions; leather doublures and first flyleaf marbled at front and back; bound in Seringapatam (Srirangapatna) at library of Tīpū Sulṭān (ٹیپو سلطان) of Mysore (reg. 1782-1799) (see Stewart, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Library of the Late Tippoo Sultan of Mysore. To which are Prefixed, Memoirs of Hyder Aly Khan, and his Son Tippoo Sultan [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1809], p. v)Condition: Minor insect damageMarginalia: Few by more than one handSeal: ff. 1r and 122v

5. Two mathematical treatises

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Contents:(1) al-Jurjānī الجرجاني)), al-Sharīfīyah fī sharḥ al-farāʾiḍ al-sirājīyah (الشريفية في شرح الفرائض السراجية; ff. 2v-88v);(2) al-Zamzamī (الزمزمي), al-Murshidah fī ṣināʿat al-ghubār (المرشدة في صناعة الغبار; ff. 89v-116v).Codex; ff. v+117+vPhysical characteristics:Material: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 220 x 150 mm leaf [160 x 105 mm written (item 1, ff. 2v-88v), 140 x 95 mm (item 2, ff. 89v-116v)]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: No ruling visible; 21 lines per page (item 1, ff. 2v-88v), 13 lines per page (item 2, ff. 89v-116v); vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cm (item 1, ff. 2v-88v), 9 lines per 10 cm (item 2, ff. 89v-116v)Script: Naskh; the scribe is Ibrāhīm ibn Mullā Ayyūb ibn Gharīb ibn Ibrāhīm (إبراهيم بن ملا أيوب ابن غريب ابن ابراهيم, see f. 88v, lines 18-19)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings and tables in redBinding: British Museum binding with blind-tooled, green leather from earlier (Ottoman) boards pasted onto present boardsCondition: Water damage (especially f. 2v), some stains and foxingMarginalia: Very fewSeals: Ff. 2r and 89r

6. Three texts on mathematics

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Contents:(1) Anonymous treatise on multiplication (ff. 1r-2v);(2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(خلاصة الحساب; preface only, f. 4r);(3) Luṭf Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Muhandis al-Lahūrī (لطف الله بن أحمد المهندس اللهوري), Sharḥ Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(شرح خلاصة الحساب; ff. 4v-69r).Codex; ff. v+69+iiMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 195 x 125 mm leaf [160 x 95 mm written (ff. 1r-2v), 100 x 57 mm written (ff. 4r-69r)]Foliation: India Office Library foliation in pencilRuling: no ruling visibile, 23 lines per page, vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cm (ff. 1r-2v); Misṭarah, 13 lines per page, vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cm, (ff. 4r-69r)Script: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings, figures and diagrams in redDecoration: NoneBinding: Half-leather India Office binding; boards covered with marbled paperCondition: Minor insect damage worse towards front of volume, spine missing, dark tidemark in gutter margin towards back of volumeMarginalia: ManySeals: ff. 4r and 69v

7. Three texts on mathematics and astronomy

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Three texts on mathematics and astronomy related to Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي; d. 1621), two by al-‘Āmilī, and a commentary by his student Jawād ibn Saʿd ibn Jawād al-Kāẓimī (جواد بن سعد بن جواد الكاظمي, d. ca 1654-5 [see al-Amīn, A‘yān al-shi‘ah, vol. 4, p. 271]).The three texts were transcribed in 1114/1702-3 by Ibn Muḥammad Riḍá Muḥammad Amīn (ابن محمد رضى محمد أمين, see ff. 131v, lines 6-9, 142r, lines 18-19, and 158v).Contents:(1) al-Kāẓimī (الكاظمي), Sharḥ khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(شرح خلاصة الحساب; ff. 2r-131v);(2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Tashrīḥ al-aflāk(تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 132r-142r);(3) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(خلاصة الحساب; ff. 142v-158v).Codex; ff. 158+iiiMaterial: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 200 x 130 mm leaf [135 x 75 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Margins ruled, but no line ruling; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cmScript: Nasta‘līq; the scribe is Ibn Muḥammad Riḍá Muḥammad Amīn (ابن محمد رضى محمد أمين, see ff. 131v, lines 6-9 and 158v next to colophon)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and diagrams and overlinings in redBinding: Eastern binding without flap; red leather spine, boards covered with yellow paperCondition: Tidemark at upper edge corner towards back of volumeMarginalia: Few, most in first itemSeals: None

8. Five treatises on astronomy and mathematics in Persian and Arabic

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A collection of five astronomical and mathematical treatises in Persian and Arabic. Folios 77v and 78r have been left blank.Contents:(1) al-Qūshjī (القوشجي), Risālah dar ‘ilm-i hay’ah(رسالة در علم هيئة; ff. 1v-46r)(2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Tashrīḥ al-aflāk(تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 46v-56v);(3) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي), Risālah sī faṣl(رساله سي فصل; ff. 56v-77r);(4) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي), Bīst bāb dar ma‘rifat asṭurlāb(بيست باب در معرفت اسطرلاب; ff. 78v-103r);(5) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb(خلاصة الحساب; ff. 103v-135v).Codex; ff. iv+135+vMaterial: Eastern laid paper; blue paper ff. 94-101Dimensions: 195 x 90 mm leaf [ff. 1v-79r 140 x 45 mm written; ff. 79v-135v 140 x 50 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭarah; 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubrications and some diagrams and overlinings in redDecoration: Illuminated opening ff. 1v-2r; illuminated ‘unwānsff. 46v and 56v; titles in gold ink ff. 78v and 103vBinding: red leather binding mixing European and Islamic styles; blind-tooled medallion and pendantsCondition: Very good; some margins repaired (ff. 94-113); lower corner torn from f. 110Marginalia: Occasional notes and corrections; many on ff. 46v-59v and 104r-105rSeals: f. 1r

9. Compendium of texts on mathematics and optics mostly by Alhazen (ابن الهيثم)

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Collection of twenty-one treatises on mathematics, optics and related subjects.Contents:(1) Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرّة), Kitāb fī sanat al-shams bil-irṣād(كتاب في سنة الشمس بالإرصاد) (ff. 1v-9v);(2) Abū Naṣr ibn ‘Irāq (أبو نصر بن عراق), Istikhrāj mā bayna al-markaz min al-Majisṭī al-shāhī(استخراج ما بين المركز من المجسطي الشاهي) (f 10r);(3) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī aḍwā’ al-kawākib(قول في أضواء الكواكب) (ff. 10v-12r);(4) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī ḍaw’(قول في الضوء) (ff. 12v-17v);(5) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bil-quṭū‘(مقالة في المرايا المحرقة بالقطوع) (ff. 18r-21r);(6) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bil-dā’irah(مقالة في المرايا المحرقة بالدائرة) (ff. 21v-25r);(7) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī al-makān(قول في المكان) (ff. 25v-27v);(8) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī shakal Banī Mūsá(قول في شكل بني موسى) (ff. 28r-32r);(9) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī ḍaw’ al-qamr(مقالة في ضوء القمر) (ff. 32v-47v);(10) Omar Khayyam (عمر الخيامي), Maqālah fī al-jabr(مقالة في الجبر) (ff. 48r-56r);(11) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī misāḥat al-mujassam al-mukhāfī(مقالة في المساحة المجسّم المخافي) (ff. 56v-69v);(12) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah mustiqṣāh fī al-shakl al-hilālīyah(مقالة مستقصاة في الشكل الهلالية) (ff. 70r-78v);(13) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf(مقالة في صورة الكسوف) (ff. 79r-86v);(14) Sijzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (سجزي، أحمد بن محمد), Thabat barāhīn ba‘ḍ ashkāl kitāb Ūqlīdis fī al-Ūṣūl(ثبت براهين بعض أشكال كتاب أوقليدس في الأصول) (ff. 87r-100r);(15) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī hay’at al-‘ālam(قول في هيئة العالم) (ff. 101r-116v);(16) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Risālah fī barkār al-dawā’ir al-‘iẓām(رسالة في بركار الدوائر العظام) (ff. 116v-118r);(17) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī mas’alah ‘adadīyah mujassama(قول في مسئلة عددية مجسمة) (ff. 118v-119);(18) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī qismat al-khaṭṭ alladhī ista‘maluhu Arshimīdas fī al-Kurah wa-al-usṭūwānah(قول في قسمة الخط الذي استعمله أرشميدس في الكرة والأسطوانة) (f. 119v);(19) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Mas’alah fī ikhtilāf manẓar al-qamr(مسئلة في اختلاف منظر القمر) (f. 120);(20) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Qawl fī istikhrāj mas’alah ‘adadīyah(قول في استخراج مسئلة عددية) (f. 121);(21) Alhazen (ابن الهيثم), Faṣl fī muqaddimat ḍil‘ al-musabba‘(فصل في مقدمة ضلع المسبع) (ff. 122-123).Codex; ff. iii+123+vMaterial: PaperDimensions: 280 x 115 mm leaf [220 x 80 mm written]Foliation: India Office foliation in Western Arabic numerals stamped in black ink;Ruling: Misṭarah; 37 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black ink, with diagrams and overlinings in redBinding: British Museum bindingCondition: Some waterstains; because of extensive worm damage (not now visible) the entire manuscript has been disbound and each folio lined with silk, inlaid in western paper and attached to guards before being reboundMarginalia: Very fewSeals: f. 1r

10. Compendium of mathematical, philosophical and historical texts

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Collection of twenty treatises (plus shorter notes and excerpts) relating to mathematics, philosophy, history and related subjects, including a number of Graeco-Arabic texts.The manuscript was copied in Dhū al-Qa‘dah 639/May 1242 at least in part from an exemplar that was copied in 'the west side of the city of Mahdīyah (بناحية المغرب بمدينة المهدية)' on 11 Rabī‘ I 531/7 December 1136 (see colophons of items sixteen, f. 172v, lines 11-16; and item eighteen f. 178r, lines 3-4).Contents:(1) Rāzī (رازي), Kitāb al-sīrah al-falsafīyah(كتاب السيرة الفلسفية) (ff. 1v-5v);(2) Ibn Abī Thawr al-Mawṣilī (‫ابن أبي ثور الموصلي‬), Maqālah fī al-nafs(‫(مقالة في النفس‬ (ff. 6r-12r);(3) Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرّة), Min masā’il allātī sa’ala ‘anhā Abū Musá ‘Isá ibn Asad(من مسائل التي سأل عنها أبو موسى عيسى بن أسد) (ff 12v-16v);(4) Abū al-Najā al-Fāriḍ (أبو النجا الفارض), Kitāb al-khamsīn mas’alah fī kasr al-manṭiq(كتاب الخمسين مسئلة في كسر المنطق) (ff. 16v-26v);(5) Sinān ibn Thābit (سنان بن ثابت), Sīyāsat al-nufūs(سياسة النفوس) (ff. 26v-31v);(6) Risālah tataḍammān ādāb wa-ḥikmah(رسالة تتضمن آدآب وحكمة) (ff. 31v-33r);(7) Ḥasan ibn Sahl (حسن بن سهل), Qaul fī al-akhbār allātī yukhbir bihā kathīrūn(قول في الأخبار التي يخبر بها كثيرون) (ff. 33v-40v);(8) Zajjājī (زجاجي), Sharḥ Risālat adab al-kātib(شرح رسالة أدب الكاتب) (ff. 41r-58v);(9) Ibn Abī Ṭāhir (إبن أبي طاهر), al-Mukhtṣar fī al-qirānātالمختصر في القرانات (ff. 59r-63v);(10) al-Juz’ al-awwal min kitāb al-jafar(الجزء الأول من كتاب الجفر) (ff. 64r-81r);(11) Ptolemy (بطلميوس) Kitāb fī al-hay’ah al-musammá al-iqtiṣāṣ(كتاب في الهيئة المسمى بالاقتصاص) (ff. 81v-102v);(12) Zarqālī (زرقالي), Kitāb al-‘aml bil-ṣafīḥah al-zījīyahكتاب العمل بالصفيحة الزيجية (ff. 103r-107v);(13) Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرّة), Kitāb fī ḥisāb ru’yat al-ahillah(كتاب في حساب رؤية الأهلّة) (ff. 108r-113r);(14) Avicenna (ابن سينا), Risālah fī lā taqarrara ‘indihi fī ḥujaj al-muthbitīn lil-māḍī mubdā’an zamānīyan wa-taḥwīlihā ilá al-qīyāsāt(رسالة في ما تقرر عنده في حجج المثبتين للماضي مبداءً زمانيًا وتحويلها إلى القياسات) (ff. 113v-121v);(15) Nicomachus of Gerasa (نيقوماخس الجراسيني), al-Madkhal ilá ‘ilm al-‘adad(المدخل إلى علم العدد) (ff. 122r-164r);(16) Apollonius of Perga (أبلونيوس), Fī al-ashkāl al-sanaubarīyah(في الأشكال الصنوبية) (ff. 164v-172v);(17) Abū Ma‘shar (أبو معشر), al-Qawl fī al-namūdhārāt(القول في نموذارات) (ff. 173r-175v);(18) Kindī (كندي), Risālah fī mulk al-‘arab wa-kamīyatihiرسالة في ملك العرب وكميته (ff. 175v-178v);(19) Abū al-Majd ibn ‘Aṭīyah (أبو المجد بن عطية), Maqālah fī al-ḍarb wa-l-qismah bil-hindī min ghayr maḥw wa-la naql(مقالة في الضرب والقسمة بالهندي من غير محو ولا نقل) (ff. 179r-188r);(20) Avicenna (ابن سينا), Maqālah fī al-nafs(مقالة في النفس; De anima) (ff. 188v-198v).Codex; ff. i+198+iMaterial: PaperDimensions: 326 x 235 mm leaf [215 x 155 mm written]Foliation: Eastern Arabic foliation in black ink; British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭarah; 27 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Brown ink, with some headings in redBinding: British Museum bindingCondition: Minor water damage and foxing, wax drippings and some burn marks; some leaves damaged and repairedMarginalia: Very fewSeals: 1r

11. Arabic versions of seven Greek treatises on mathematics edited by Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد

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First part of a collection of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) editions (تحارير) of the so-called intermediate books (متوسطات), Arabic versions of ancient Greek mathematical texts and responses to them which were meant to be read after Euclid's Elementsand in preparation for Ptolemy's Almagest. The second part of this collection is found in manuscript IO Islamic 923.The script, ornamentation and binding of the volume indicate that it is part of a set comprising also manuscripts IO Islamic 923 and IO Islamic 924. Since the latter was transcribed in 1198/1784, probably for Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal from 1772 to 1785 (see front paper ii recto), the collation notes in this manuscript dated to the month of Jumādá I without indication of the year probably refer to 1198 (March-April 1784).Contents:(1) Euclid (أقليدس), Data(تحرير كتاب المعطيات لإقليدس; ff. 1v-35r);(2) Euclid (أقليدس), Optica(تحرير المناظر لإقليدس; ff. 36v-56r);(3) Euclid (أقليدس), Phenomena(كتاب ظاهرات الفلك لأقليدس; ff. 57v-86r);(4) Autolycus (أوطولوقس), De ortibus et occasibus(كتاب أوطولوقس في الطلوع والغروب; ff. 87v-110r);(5) Hypsicles (إبسقلاوس), Anaphoricus(كتاب في المطالع; ff. 111v-116r);(6) Archimedes (أرشميدس), De sphaera et cylindro(كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة; ff. 118v-231v);(7) Archimedes (أرشميدس), Dimensio circuli(مقالة أرشميدس في تكسير الدائرة; ff. 231v-238r).Codex; ff. viii+240+viiiMaterial: PaperDimensions: 209 x 120 mm leaf [130 x 58 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭarah; 12 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 lines per 10 cmScript: Nasta‘līqInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in redDecoration: Every opening and every page has a border in gold, black and red ink; the first opening (ff. 1v-2r) is extensively illuminated in gold, red, green and blueBinding: Hybrid binding with European and Islamic-style features; gilt tooled; leather doublureCondition: Excellent condition; book block re-sewn, boards reattached and spine replacedMarginalia: Very few and all appear to be by copyistSeals: Ff. vii recto and 237v

12. Short mathematical texts, notes and diagrams in Arabic and Persian

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Notable contents include:Commentary on Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) edition of Euclid's (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) Elements(الأصول) (ff. 86v-88r);Text by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) (ff.88v-89v);Commentary on Ptolemy's (بطلميوس, Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168) Almagest(كتاب المجسطي) (f. 90r);A text on determining the qiblah(في معرفة سمت القبلة) by Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (أبو الريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني, ca 973-1048) (ff. 91v-92r);A text on determining the qiblah(في معرفة سمت القبلة) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) (f. 92v);A text on catoptrics, with elaborate diagrams (ff. 94r-95r);Commentry on Euclid (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) (ff. 95v-96r);Figure comprising all the figures in Euclid's (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) Elements(الأصول), Book One (ff. 97v-98r);Extract from Qāḍīzāde al-Rūmī's (قاضي زاده الرومي; d. after 1440) commentary on Maḥmūd al-Jaghmīnī's (محمود الجغميني; fl. first half of 13th century) al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī ‘ilm al-hay’ah al-basīṭah(98v-99r);Extract from al-Qūshjī (القوشجي; d. 1474) (1092v-103r);Extract from Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī's (كمال الدين حسن الفارسي; d. 1319) Tanqīḥ manāẓir Ibn al-Haytham(تنقيح مناظر ابن الهيثم; ff114v-115).Ff. 86v-117r