Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 49]

Mathematics and Astronomy. This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 49 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 748 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 748. 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.