Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 45]

<ul> <li><strong>Mathematics and Astronomy.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 45&nbsp;</strong><strong>in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth">&nbsp;<strong>Otto Loth,&nbsp;</strong></a><strong><em><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a></em>, (volume 1), no. 762&nbsp;here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>762.</p> <p>B 45. Size 9^1/2 in. by 5^1/2 in. ; foll. 16. Twenty one lines in a page.</p> <p>The first portion of a Commentary (ممزوج) on the خلاصة الحساب , by Ḥ&acirc;jj&icirc; Ḥusain YAZD&Icirc;.</p> <p>The preface begins: نحمدك يا من هو منه الابتداء و الاختتام . The author refers in it to an earlier commentary of his, entitled المبين . The commentary begins: و قال المص دام ظله العالى مقدمة فى امور ستة تعريف علم الحساب الخ.</p> <p>It breaks off in the middle of Chapter II., the rest of the MS. being lost.</p> <p>Written in a small hurried Nasta&rsquo;liḳ, on red paper. Of about the eleventh century.</p> <p>Inscribed خلاصة الحساب الخ .</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>