Mathematics and Astronomy [IO Bijapur 63B]

Mathematics and Astronomy. This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 63B in the India Office collections. [metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 750 here with further notations and hyperlinks]. 750. 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.