Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 53]

Mathematics and Astronomy. This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 53 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 754 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 754. 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.