Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Islamic 1048]

<ul> <li><strong>Mathematics and Astronomy.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1048&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. 772 here with further notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>772.</p> <p>1048. Size 8 in.by 5^3/4in.; foll. 38. Twenty-five, twenty-three, and twenty-one lines in a page.</p> <p>I.Foll. 1-20. Calculation of various astronomical problems, by an unknown author.</p> <p>Entitled كفاية المحتاج من الطلاب الى معرفة المسائل الفلكية بالحساب . The work was completed on 23rd Dhu&rsquo;l-ḳa&rsquo;dah, 883.</p> <p>Begins: الحمدلله الذى خلقنا واوجدنا من العدم ... . و بعد فهذه رسالة حسابية مشتملة على قواعد كلية فى استخراج المسائل الفلكية الماخوذة من المقادير الهندسية .</p> <p>In nineteen chapters.</p> <p>A good copy, transcribed from a MS. which was written during the author&rsquo;s lifetime. Collated with another copy, by a different hand.</p> <p>II.Foll. 21-30. A sciatheric treatise, entitled الدرة البهية فى وضع خطوط فضل الدائر بالطرق الهندسية¹ , by MUḤAMMAD B. &lsquo;AL&Icirc; b. Muḥammad b. &lsquo;Al&icirc; الشبراملسى M&acirc;lik&icirc; Azhar&icirc;.</p> <p>Begins: الحمد لله الذى زين السماء الدنيا بزينة الكواكب . The treatise is divided into three parts (قسم) , as follows : I. فى الاصول الهندسية المحتاج اليها فى هذه الرسالة ; II. فى وضع خطوط فضل الدائر ; III. فى تتمات و تنبيهات تتعلق بالقسم الثانى . Each part consists of two chapters.</p> <p>III.Foll. 31-38. Two introductory treatises on Geometry and Astronomy, by an unknown author.</p> <p>Beginning: الحمد لله ذكر مقدمتین من الهندسة و الهيئة يستعان بهما على حدود الابواب و براهينها و بعض حدود و ذلك فى ١٤ بابا و خاتمة والله اعلم الباب الاول فى تعريف النقطة و الخط الخ.</p> <p>The first treatise consist of three, and the second (fol.32) of eleven chapters. They contain chiefly definitions.</p> <p>The two latter pieces are plainly written, by N&ucirc;r al-d&icirc;n b. Muḥammad b. Abu&rsquo;l-su&rsquo;&ucirc;d Yaz&icirc;d&icirc; Sh&acirc;fi&rsquo;&icirc;.</p> <p>The first is dated 27th Shaww&acirc;l, and the second, 15th Dhu&rsquo;l-ḥijjah, 1049.</p> <p>[Gaikwar.]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>¹ See on the subject, Cat. Bodl. ii. 284.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>