Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 63A]

Mathematics and Astronomy. This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 63A in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 749 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 749. 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.