Two treatises on algebra and inheritance calculations and an excerpt on magic squares by Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad خزاعي، محمد بن أحمد
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- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Two treatises on algebra and inheritance calculations and an excerpt on magic squares by Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad خزاعي، محمد بن أحمد
- Contributor:
- Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Khuzā‘ī (author)
- Date:
- 1627/1627
- Description:
- Collection of treatises and excerpts mostly by the Yemeni mathematician Jamāl al-Dīn Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ‘Umar al-Khuzā‘ī (جمال الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد بن عمر الخزاعي, fl. 13th century, see King, 'A Medieval Arabic Report on Algebra Before al-Khwārizmī' and idem, Mathematical Astronomy in Medieval Yemen, appendix, no. 3) and related to algebra and inheritance calculations.Contents:(1) al-Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (الخزاعي، محمد بن أحمد), Sharḥ al-mukhtaṣar fī al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah(شرح المختصر في الجبر والمقابلة; ff. 1r-124v);(2) al-Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (الخزاعي، محمد بن أحمد), Kitāb al-inshā’ fī ‘ilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah(كتاب الإنشاء في علم الجبر والمقابلة; ff. 125v-130v);(3) al-Khuzā‘ī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (الخزاعي، محمد بن أحمد), Excerpt on magic squares (ff. 130v-132v).Codex; ff. iii+133+iMaterial: Western laid paperDimensions: 302 x 200 mm leaf [200 x 115 mm written]Foliation: India Office Library foliation stamped in black inkRuling: Misṭarah; 35 lines per page; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and diagrams and overlinings in redDecoration: NoneBinding: Purple cloth India Office bindingCondition: Extensive insect damage especially towards ends of volume, but little damage to text block; f. 1 mutilated, but with minimal loss of text; ff. 1-6 severly trimmed; ff. 131 and 132 are guardedMarginalia: Numerous by many handsSeals: front flyleaf iii and ff. 2r and 132v
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type:
- Manuscript
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Mathematics -- Early works to 1800
Algebra -- Early works to 1800
Inheritance and succession (Islamic law) - Extent:
- Codex; ff. iii+133+i
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100042392200.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100042392200.0x000001_en
Delhi Arabic 1897 - Is part of:
- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts