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Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 42]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 42 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 739 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 739. B 42. Size 73/4 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 208. Fifteen lines in a page. Another copy of same work, well written, with copious notes. Colophon: 1 …. قد فرغت عن استكتاب هذا الكتاب سلخ ذى الحج وانا العبد الكاتب بندۀ درگاه امجد شيخ برهان بن ولى احمد The book has been much injured by insects, especially in the latter portion. Seal of Muḥammad ‘Âdil Shâh. Note of the library of ‘Âlamgîr, A.H. 1069. Cat. 237 (Hendussuh), I.   1 Destroyed.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 63B]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 63B in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 750 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/218/mode/2up?view=theater">750</a>. B 63B. Size 101/4 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 86. Twenty-five lines in a page. A fragment of a Commentary (ممزوج) on the Arithmetic of Niẓâm Nîsâbûrî, by an unknown author. Imperfect both at the beginning and end. The first words of the text are (fol. 1v.): الباب الثانى من الفن الثانى فى مباحث الكسور الخ. Plainly written. Numerous blanks intended for diagrams. Fol. 86, a stray leaf, which had been placed at the beginning of the volume, bears the inscription اجزا شمس المنير در علم حساب . Cf. Catal . 238 (Hendussuh), v.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 63A]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 63A in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 749 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/218/mode/2up?view=theater">749</a>. B 63A. Size 73/4 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 96. Fifteen lines in a page. I.Foll. 1-74. Another edition of the preceding treatise. The name of the author is omitted; instead, the preface contains a dedication to Shams al-dîn ‘Abd al-laṭîf, son of the great Wazîr, Rashîd al-dîn. From this the treatise is called الرسالة الشمسية . It is mentioned under this title, الشمسيّة فى الحساب in Ḥ. Kh. iv. 76. This is probably the original edition, and the dedication was omitted after the fall and death of Rashîd al-dîn, A.H. 718. Well written. Dated 23rd Sha’bân, 1086. Scribe, Ghulâm Riḍa. Red lines round the pages. Some notes. II.Foll. 80-96. Various tables, the purport of which I am unable to state. They are without any inscription or explanation.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 49]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 49 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 748 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/218/mode/2up?view=theater">748</a>. B 49. Size 83/4 in. by 41/4 in.; foll. 83. Fifteen lines in a page. A treatise on Arithmetic, by AL-ḤASAN B. MUḤAMMAD NÎSÂBÛRÎ NIẒÂM (al-dîn, who flourished at the beginning of the eighth century; cf. no. 742). No title found. See for a full account of the work, Cat. Bodl. ii. 290 sq. Begins: الحمد لله الفرد بلا ند ‘ المنزه عن الزوج و الضد . Written in a large plain hand. Dated Tuesday, 29th Rabî’ I., 1136. Defects after foll. 37, 41, and 58. Inscribed: اين رساله هدايت الحساب در علم رياضى ... Cf. Catal . 238, vi.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 48]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 48 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 760 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 760. B 48. Size 101/4 in. by 6 in.; foll. 109. Twenty-five line in a page. Another copy of the preceding Commentary. Well written, by Shaikh Farîd b. Muḥammad. Defects after foll. 55, 80, and 95. Inscribed: اين اجزا شرح قشر الباب (!) در علم رياضى و حساب . Cf. Cat. 238, iii. 4 (?).

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 53]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 53 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 754 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/218/mode/2up?view=theater">754</a>. B 53. Size 71/2 in. by 41/2 in.; foll. 144. Fifteen lines in a page. Glosses (تعليقات) on Ḳâḍîzâdah’s Commentary, ascribed on the title-page to Molla ‘Alî Barjandî, who however, is more correctly named ‘ABD AL-‘ALÎ B. MUḤAMMAD BARJANDÎ. See Cat. St. Petersb. 111, and Ḥ. Kh. vi. 114, who only calls him by his surname. He flourished towards the end of the ninth century. Cf. no. 742. Plainly written by two hands. A defect after fol. 8. Cat. 238 (Hueut), i. 2.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 51]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 51 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 752 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/218/mode/2up?view=theater">752</a>. B 51. Size 83/4 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 124. Fifteen lines in a page. Another copy of the preceding Commentary. Plainly written. Of about A.H. 1000. Bîj. Libr., A.H. 1034, from Mîr Muḥammad Amîn. Catal. 238 (Hueut), i.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 52]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 52 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 751 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 751. B 52. Size 71/2 in. by 41/2 in.; foll. 119. Fifteen lines in a page. A Commentary (ممزوج) on Jaghmînî’s Compendium of Astronomy , called الملخًّص ; by Mûsa b. Maḥmûd1 ḲÂḌÎZÂDAH RÛMÎ, who dedicated his work to Ulugh Beg, grandson of Tîmûr, A.H. 815. See Ḥ. Kh. vi. 113; Cat. Bodl. ii. 247; Cat. St. Petersb. 110 sqq.; Codd. Hafn. 68; Cat. Mus. Brit. 190. Clearly written in a small Nasta’liḳ hand. Transcribed by قاضيشه بن صدرجهان بن قاضى قلندر الزبيرى , for his own use. Frequent marginal notes. Of the tenth century. Several passages have been supplied by a more modern hand. On fol. 114v. follow various extracts, partly in the same, and partly in a different hand ; one from Khuwârazmî’s commentary1 (خوارزمى شرح جغمینى ) , concerning the fixed stars ; another from FAṢÎḤ AL-DÎN’S glosses on the present commentary, 1 etc.   1 Alias Muḥammad. 1 Cf. Ḥ. Kh. vi. 114.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 47]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 47 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 770 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/224/mode/2up?view=theater">770</a>. B 47. Size 7 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 80. Twenty three lines in a page. I.Foll. 2-11. A treatise on Arithmetic, called تلخيص اعمال الحساب , by Abu’l-‘Abbâs Aḥmad b. Abu ‘Abdallah Muḥammad b. ‘Othmân Azdî IBN AL-BANNÂ Marrâkushî (flourished in the seventh century). Cf. Ḥ. Kh. ii. 400 ; Cat. Mus. Brit. 198. Begins : قال الشيخ الامام المغربى ابوالعباس ... رضه الغرض فى هذا الكتاب تلخيص اعمال الحساب و تعريف ابوابه و ضبط قواعده و مبانيه و هو يشتمل على جزاين (!) الاول فى اعمال العدد المعلوم و الثانى فى القوانين التى يمكن بها الوصول الى معرفة قدر المجهول المطلوب من المعلوم المفروض الخ. This is the first part (جزء) only. Well written in a small hand. The first few leaves are much injured by damp. There follows immediately, written in the same hand, ---- II. Foll. 11-18. A Commentary on Ibn Yâsmîn’s Algebra in verse (see no. 765) , by ‘Alî b. Muḥammad Ḳurashî, commonly called ḲALṢÂDÎ, Andalusî Basṭî (d. A.H. 891).1 It is entitled تحفة الناسين على ارجوزة ابن الياسمين 2 . Begins : يقول عبيد الله على بن محمد القريشى الشهير بالقلصادى الاندلسى البسطى غفر الله له و لوالديه و للمسلمين المومنين آمين المحدث الكل الى اجل معدود ‘ فله الشكر على اولانى من الفضل و الجود‘ وصلى ... اما بعد فالمراد من هذا الموضوع شرح الفاظ ارجوزة الفقيه الامام العالم ابى الفضل قاسم بن الياسمينى رحه 3 الخ. This piece is dated Thursday, 13th Ramaḍân, 866, and the copyist gives his name as Muḥammad b. ‘Abdallah Ṭarrânî الطرانى . III.Foll. 19-69. A Commentary on the تلخيص اعمال الحساب (see no. I.), entitled اللباب , by ‘ABD AL-‘AZÎZ B. ‘ALÎ B. DÂ’ÛD HAWÂRÎ المصراتى , who wrote it with the sanction of the author, and dedicated it to Abu Muḥammad ‘Abdallah b. Abu Madyan , Wazîr to Abu Ya’ḳûb ( Yûsuf, the Almohade ?). Cf. Ḥ. Kh. ii. 400; Casiri, i. 380 sq.; 1 Catal. Bodl. i. 76. Begins: قال العبد الخاضع ... المصراتى عفا الله عنه الحمد لله ولى النعم ‘ و بارئ النسم . The author says subsequently: .... وصلة الدعاء لمولانا امير المسلمين ابن امير المسلمين ابى يعقوب بالنصر العزيز من عنده و بعد اطال الله بقاء سيدنا الوزير المعظم ... سراج الدولة الميمونة ابو (!) محمد عبدالله بن عمادنا الشيخ الفقيه الصالح ... الاطهر ابى مدين الخ. The text is marked with ص , and the commentary with ش . Written like nos. I. and II. Dated end of Jum. I., 856. IV. Foll. 70v.-76. An extract from SHIHÂB AL-DÎN IBN AL-HÂ’IM’S (Aḥmad b. Muḥammad, died probably A.H. 815) Commentary on his own treatise on Inheritance. It bears on vested inheritance. It bears on vested inheritance (المناسخات) . Begins : الحمد لله رب العالمين ... قال الشيخ العلامة شهاب الدين بن الهائم قدس الله روحه فى اثناء شرحه على ألفيّته فى علم المواريث فى الكلام على المناسخات فصل اعلم ان علم المناسخات بالجدول هو من الصناعة البديعة العجيبة تلقيتها من استادى اى (؟ ابى ) الحسن الجلاوى رحه الخ. The work in question is perhaps identical with the كفاية الالفيّة , or كفاية الفرائض , ascribed to the author in Ḥ. Kh. v. 218 and 219 sq. This piece is written by the same hand as the preceding, but in a somewhat different style. It is dated A.H. 860. The colophon runs as follows: علقها العبد الفقير الى الله تعالى محمد الطرانى الازهرى الشافعى المقيم برواق بن .. 2 بتاريخ شهر محرم المبارك من شهور سنة ٨٦٠ . Many tables. V.Foll. 76v.-79. A short treatise on planes, without title. Begins: نبتدى بعد حمد الله ... بالسطح الذی يحيط به خط واحد ثم بالذى يحيط به خطان و كذا على توالى الاعداد . Inelegantly written in a small character, with rough diagrams. Transcribed by Abu Yazîd Sharwânî, A.H. 860. The vacant spaces at the beginning and the end of the treatises are usually filled with various extracts, anecdotes, etc. Seal of Ibrâhîm Nauras (‘Âdil Shâh II.). Cat. 237 (Hendussuh), ii.     1 Cf. Cat. Mus. Brit. 199; Casiri, i. 289. 2 The MS. has تحفة الناسينى على ارجوزة بن الياسمينى . 3 The name given here differs entirely from the common tradition (see no. 765). 1 the statements of Casiri, p. 381, however, seem to be incorrect. 2 This word is indistinct, it might beمعشر , as well as معمر .

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 78]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 78 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 766 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/222/mode/2up?view=theater">766</a>. B 78. Size 12 in. by 81/4 in.; foll. 44. Thirty lines in a page. Various fragments of a treatise on Astrology, with an ephemeris for the solar year beginning with 13th Sha’bân, 1006. The author is not mentioned. Begins: يا من تفرد بالوحدانية واوجد جميع الموجودات . Well written; headings in various colours. Many tables.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 43]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 43 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 771 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 771. B 43. Size 101/4 in. by 6 in.; foll. 50. Seventeen lines in a page. I.Foll. 1-14. IBN SÎNÂ’S (d. A.H. 428) Book of Definition, كتاب الحدود . Cf. Cat. Bodl. ii. 291 b; Cat. Lugd. iii. 324. Begins: صلى الله ... قال الرئيس ابو على الحسين ابن عبدالله ابن سينا عفا الله و رضى عنه الحمد لله رب العالمين ... اما بعد فان اصدقائى سالونى ان اُمْلى عليهم اشيآء يطالبونى بتحديدها الخ. II.Foll. 15-50. Books II.-V. of a work on Mathematics, entitled الفوائد البهائية فى القواعد الحسابية , by ‘IMÂD AL-DÎN ‘ABDALLAH B. AL-KHADDÂM (Baghdâdî). Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iv. 471. They are inscribed as follows: --- a.Foll. 15-20. المقالة الثانية فى المعاملات و قوانين البيوع وهى مشتملة على فصول . On contracts and sales. b.Foll. 20v.-33. المقالة الثالثة فى المساحات للسطوح و المجسّمات . On the mensuration of planes and solids. c.Foll. 33v.-39. المقالة الرابعة فى علم الجبر و المقابلة . On Algebra. d.Foll. 40-50. المقالة الخامسة فى استخراج المسائل بالجبر و المقابلة . On practical Algebra. The latter part concludes as follows: آخر القول من الفوائد البهائية فى القواعد الحسابية تاليف افضل المتاخرين و المتقدمين مولانا عماد الحق و الملة و الدين عبدالله بن الخدام نور الله قبره الخ. Plainly written.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 44]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 44 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 763 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 763. B 44. Size 9 in. by 43/4 in.; foll. 77. Twenty-one lines in a page. شرح خلاصة الحساب من تصانيف مولى المحقق و الاستاد المدقق المؤيد من عندالله تعالى سيد شمس الدين على الخلخالى تغمده الله بغفرانه الخ. Another Commentary (ممزوج) on the خلاصة الحساب , by Shams al-dîn ‘Alî Ḥusainî KHALKHÂLÎ. The preface begins: الحمد لله الفرد بلا ند ‘ والواحد بغير ضد . The commentary begins with مقدمة . It has a special conclusion, in which the name of the author is given as above. Legibly written in Shikastah. Additional notes by the author are on the margin. A lacuna extends from the end of fol. 15 over the whole of fol. 16. Cat. 238 (Hendussuh), iii. 2 (?).

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 45]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 45 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 762 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 762. B 45. Size 91/2 in. by 51/2 in. ; foll. 16. Twenty one lines in a page. The first portion of a Commentary (ممزوج) on the خلاصة الحساب , by Ḥâjjî Ḥusain YAZDÎ. 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. It breaks off in the middle of Chapter II., the rest of the MS. being lost. Written in a small hurried Nasta’liḳ, on red paper. Of about the eleventh century. Inscribed خلاصة الحساب الخ .

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Islamic 2166] [fragment] المدخل فى الاحكام

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2166 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 733 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 733. 2166. Size 91/4 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 18. From twenty-three to twenty-five lines in a page. I. Foll. 1-17. The fifth book of an Introduction to Astrology, entitled المدخل فى الاحكام, and ascribed to <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82216250/">ABU’L-ḤUSAIN ṢÛFÎ</a>. This work is possibly identical with Casiri i., p. 260, no. CMXV., but it is not mentioned elsewhere. The present fragment seems to be the concluding portion of the work. Begins: المقالة الخامسة من المدخل فى الاحكام الذى صنفه الفاضل العالم ابوالحسن عبدالرحمن بن محمد (sic ) الصوفى و هى سبعة فصول الفصل الاول فى ممازجات الكواكب و ذكر طرق الاحكام Well written. Dated <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0380">Iṣfahân</a>, beginning of Rabî’ I., 917 [= 1511 CE]. Transcribed by ‘Alî Dôst b. Ḳara Yûsuf. II. Foll. 17v.-18. Another fragment, probably belonging to the same work. It comprises sections 2 and 3 of book iv. Begins: الفصل الثانى من المقالة الرابعة فى مطرح الشعاع The third section is inscribed: الفصل الثالث من المقالة الرابع (sic ) فى مطرح شعاع الكواكب على مذهب بطلمیوس Written like no. I. Cf. Stewart’s Catal. 105, xvii. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_College">College of Fort William</a>, 1825.]

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Islamic 621] صور الكواكب

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 621 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 732 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 732. 621. Size 91/4 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 179. Seventeen lines in a page. Another copy of the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5628318">preceding work</a>, very neatly executed. Begins: الحمد لله الواحد العدل قال عبدالرحمن الخ [<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4085990">Johnson</a>.]

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Islamic 2389] صور الكواكب

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2389 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 731 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY. <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofarabi01greauoft/page/212/mode/2up?view=theater">731</a>. 2389. Size 91/2 in. by 61/4 in.; foll. 119. Eighteen and nineteen lines in a page. A Description of the Constellations, entitled صور الكواكب by <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82216250/">ABU’L-ḤUSAIN ‘Abd al-raḥmân b. ‘Omar ṢÛFÎ</a> (d. A.H. 376), who wrote it for ‘Aḍud al-daualah, the Bûyide. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iv. 113; Codd. Hafn. 67; Cat. Mus. Brit. 188; etc. A full translation of this work has been published by <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91016514/">Schjellerup</a> (<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/description-des-etoiles-fixes-composee-au-milieu-du-dixieme-siecle-de-norte-ere/oclc/6381984">Description des étoiles fixes</a>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6827074">St. Petersb. </a>1874). Begins: قال عبدالرحمن بن عمر المعروف بابى الحسين الصوفى بعد ان حمد الله الخ Clearly written in Nasta’liḳ, with figures and tables. A ticket, with a short description of the book, is attached to the outside of the binding. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wilkins">Sir Charles Wilkins</a>.]

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Islamic 1270] Anthology of scientific texts

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1270 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 734 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 734. 1270. Size 11 in. by 41/2 in.; foll. 123. Thirty-three lines in a page. I. Foll. 1-9. كتاب ثابت بن قرة فى سنة الشمس بالارصاد . A treatise of THÂBIT B. ḲURRAH (d. A.H. 288) on the Solar Year. Cf. Casiri i., p. 390, 1. 21, and Fihrist, ed. Flügel, ٢٧٢. Begins: ان الاوائل قد اختلفوا فى سنة الشمس  The first Ieaf is mutilated. Several blanks. II. Fol. 10. A small tract, inscribed استخراج بعد ما بين المركزين المجسطى الشاهى لابى نصر بف (؟) عراق (sic) Then follow various treatises of AL-ḤASAN B. AL-ḤASAN B. AL-HAITHAM (Baṣrî, d. A.H. 430). Compare, in general, Casiri i. 414 sqq., and Woepcke, l’Algèbre d’Omar Alkhayyâmî, p. 73 sqq., where most of these treatises are mentioned. They are as follows:- III. Foll. 10v.-12. قول الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم فى اضواء الكواكب . On the Light of the Stars. Cf. Cat. Bodl. i. 190. Begins: قد يظن قوم من المتفلسفين ان اضواء الكواكب مكتسبة من ضوء الشمس  IV. Foll. 12v.-17. قول الحسن ... فى الضوء . On Light. Begins: الكلام فى ماهية الضوء من العلوم الطبيعية و الكلام فى كيفية اشراق الضوء محتاج الى العلوم التعليمية  V. Foll. 18-21. مقالة الحسن ... فى المرايا المحرقة بالقطوع On some kind of burning – glasses. See Catal. Lugd. iii. 61. Begins: ان من اشرف ما استنبطه المهندسون . VI. Foll. 21v.-25. مقالة للحسن ... فى المرايا المحرقة بالدائرة 1 . On circular burning-glasses. Begins: الشعاع الشمسى يخرج من الشمس على خطوط مستقيمة  VII. Foll. 25v.-27. قول الحسن ... فى المكان On Place. Begins: قد اختلف اهل النظر المتحققون بالبحث عن حقائق الامور الموجودة فى مائية المكان  VIII. Foll. 28-32. قول الحسن ... فى شكل بنى موسى . On a Proposition from the Prolegomena of the Banu Mûsa (Muḥammad, al-Ḥasan and Aḥmad) to Apollonius’ Book of Conic Sections. See Cat. Mus. Brit. 443 sq., and below, no. 745. Cf. regarding the Banu Mûsa, Fihrist, ed. Flügel, ٢٧١. IX. Foll. 32v.-47. مقالة لابى على الحسن ... فى ضوء القمر On the Light of the Moon. Begins: ان جرم القمر فى تغير احواله الخ  Then follows – X. Foll. 48-56. مقالة فى الجبر للحكيم السيّد الاوحد ابى الفتح عمر بن ابرهيم الخيّامى حرس الله جماله . The Algebra of ‘OMAR KHAIYÂMÎ (who flourished in the fifth century). See the edition of Woepcke, Paris, 1851. Foll. 48 and 49 should be placed after fol. 50. Then follow again treatises by AL-ḤASAN B. AL-ḤASAN B. AL-HAITHAM, viz.— XI. Foll. 56v.-69. مقالة للحسن ... فى مساحة المجسّم المكافئ . On the mensuration of parabolic solids. The preface begins: كل قول و كل تاليف فان فان لقائله و مؤلفه محرك   The author says that he had met with two earlier works on the subject, one by Thâbit b. Ḳurrah, which was rather large and difficult, and the other by Abu Sahl Kûhî, which was limited to the easier of the two species of solids in question. XII. Foll. 70-78. مقالة مستقصاة للحسن .... فى الاشكال الهلالية . On the segments of the circle. This is an enlarged and improved edition of a short treatise which he had written for a friend at an earlier date. 1 Begins: كان بعض اخوانى سالنى عن الشكل الهلالى الذى يعمل على محيط الدائرة فالفت قولا مختصراً فى الاشكال الهلالية  XIII. Foll. 79-86. مقالة للحسن ... فى صورة الكسوف . On the Eclipse of the Sun. Cf. Cat. Bodl. i. 190a. Begins: قد يوجد صورة ضوء الشمس فى وقت كسوفها  Then follows --- XIV. Foll. 87-100. Demonstration of select propositions Of Euclid, ascribed to ABU SA’ÎD AḤMAD B. MUḤAMMAD B. ‘ABD AL-JALÎL (Sijzî, who flourished in the fourth century).2 Begins: ثبت براهين بعض اشكال كتاب اوقليدس فى الاصول استخراج الشيخ الفاضل ابى سعيد احمد بن محمد بن عبدالجليل فى الشكل الثانى من المقالة الاولى نريد ان نصل بنقطة مفروضة الخ. Incomplete, terminating abruptly. Then follow more treatises by AL-ḤASAN B. AL-ḤASAN B. AL-HAITHAM, viz.— XV. Foll. 101-116. قول للحسن ... فى هيئة العالم On the Configuration of the Universe. The preface begins: قال لم يزل كثير من اصحاب التعاليم ممّن انعم النظر فى علم الهيئة فادرك حقائق الصور الموجودة لجملة العالم و لجلّ اجزائه يجرّدون قولا مسلا الخ. At the end is an additional note by the author, inscribed: تعليق وجدناه بخط الشيخ اطال الله بقاءه فى آخر هذه المقالة فنقلناه كما وجدناه . XVI. Foll. 116v.-118. A treatise on the use and construction of certain compasses wherewith to draw large circles. It is styled in the conclusion الرسالة فى بركار الدوائر العظام . Cf. the list in Casiri i. 416, 1.7 infr., and Woepcke, p. 74, pen., no. 22. This treatise is probably identical with Cat. Lugd. iii. p. 94, no. MLXIV. Begins: العزة لله ان احد (sic) الحيل الهندسية التى نسخ لخادم مولانا الوزير الامير الاجل ادام الله سلطانه استخراجها آلة صغيرة المقدار تجرى مجرى البركار ترسم مع صغرها دوائر فى غاية العظم الخ. XVII. Foll. 118v.-119. قول للحسن ... فى مسئلة عددية مجسمة . An algebraic problem. Begins: نريد ان نقسم عددا معلوما بقسمين حتى يكون احدهما مكعب الاخر . XVIII. Fol. 119v. قول للحسن بن الهيثم فى قسمة الخط الذى استعمله ارشميدس فى الكرة و الاسطوانة . This treatise has been translated by Woepcke, l.e., p. 91. Cf. Cat. Lugd. iii. 60. XIX.Fol. 120. مسئلة فى اختلاف منظر القمر استخراج الشيخ الجليل ابى على الحسن الخ. On the Parallax of the Moon. Begins: اذا كان ارتفاع القمر اقل من ثلثين درجة  XX. Fol. 121. قول للحسن ... فى استخراج مسئلة عددية . Solution of an arithmetical problem. Begins: المسئلة نريد ان نجد عددًا اذا قسم على اثنين بقى منه واحد و ان قسم على ثلثة بقى منه واحد XXI. Foll. 122-123. فصل للحسن ... فى مقدمة ضلع المسبع . On the Side of the Septangle, which is to be drawn in a circle; referring to the treatise of Archimedes, تسبيع الدائرة or المسبّع فى الدائرة . Cf. Fihrist ٢٦٦, Wenrich, de auctor. Grace. vers., p. 193. Begins: ان ارشميدس بنى ضلع المسبع على المربع الذى قدمه  Well written in a small hand, with numerous neatly drawn diagrams. Of about the tenth century. Worm-eaten. [<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4085990">Johnson</a>.]   1 Or بالدوائر , as the conclusion has. 1 Both of these editions are mentioned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Woepcke">Woepcke</a>, <a href="https://archive.org/details/lalgbredomaralk00khaygoog/page/n6/mode/2up">l’Algèbre d’Omar Alkhayyâmî</a>, second list, p.74, nos. 20 and 21. 2 See Woepcke, l.c., p. 117.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Islamic 1487]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1487 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 737 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 737. 1487. Size 7 in. by 41/4 in.; foll. 204. Sixteen lines in a page. Another copy of the preceding work. Written in a small Nasta’liḳ hand. The diagrams well executed. Of the tenth century. Notes in the earlier portion. [Tippu.]

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Islamic 1328]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1328 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 740 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 740. 1328. Size 91/2 in. by 61/4 in.; foll. 269. Eleven lines in a page. Another copy of the same work. Plainly written. Dated Monday, 12th Rabî’ I., A. 3 of ‘Âlamgîr II.1 The diagrams are omitted in the latter portion. At the beginning are marginal notes. Appended is a letter of Mr. Vansittart regarding the MS., dated Lakhnau. [Johnson.]   1 i.e. A.H. 1169.

Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Islamic 1228]

<ul> <li>Mathematics and Astronomy.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1228 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 736 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 736. 1228. Size 61/2 in. by 4 in.; foll. 156. Seventeen lines in a page. The Elements of EUCLID in Arabic, as edited by NAṢÎR AL-DÎN ṬÛSÎ (d. A.H. 672). This work is commonly called تحرير اقليدس . See Aumer, Hdss. Münch . 374, and Cat. Mus. Brit. 618. Cf. Ḥ. Kh. ii. 213; Wenrich, de auctor. Graecor. Versionibus, p. 185; etc. This version is different from that printed at Rome, 1594. According to Aumer, l.c., it was printed at Constantinople, 1801 (A.H. 1216). Part of it, comprising six books (مقالة) , was also published by the Calcutta School Books Society, 1824. Written in a small cursive hand. Dated A.H. 933. At the end is added the date of the editor, 22nd Sha’bân, 646. On the first two foll. are various notes. Worm-eaten. [Hastings.]