Ḍawʼ al-sirāj. - Faraḍī, Maḥmūd ibn Abī Bakr, 1246 or 1247-1300
14th-century copy of a late 13th-century manual on the mathematics of the Islamic law of inheritance, in the form of a paragraph by paragraph commentary on the Farāʼiḍ al-Sirājīyah of 12th-century legal and mathematical scholar Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Sajāwandī.
Binding: Morocco with flap (Type II), faded marbled paper overlay on covers.
Decoration: Diagrams (f. 43v-46r, 111r-111v, 114v-117r) and tables (105r-110r, 112r-114r, 118v-120v) in red and black ink; title page text in red and black ink (f. 1r); occasional words and phrases in red ink; double frame of red ink around text block and double red lines between sections on final pages of manuscript (f. 104v-120v).
Foliation: Paper, i + 123 leaves; [i, 1-123]; alternating gatherings of 10 and 6 leaves.
Layout: Written in 19 long lines.
Ms. codex.
Origin: Sections of the copy dated to different times, though signed by the same scribe. First section dated 10 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 723 (27 March 1323) (f. 104r), end of the book dated Rajab 724 (July 1324) (f. 118r), and the added pages after the end dated Ramaḍān 747 (December 1346-January 1347) (f. 122r). The scribe is Masʻūd ibn Qāsim ibn Aḥmad ibn Masʻūd (f. 118r) with the added nisbah al-Shīrānī [?] (f. 104r).
Keywords: Sajāwandī, Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -- active 12th century; Farāʼiḍ al-Sirājīyah (Sajāwandī, Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad); Inheritance and succession (Islamic law) -- Early works to 1800.; Mathematics, Arab -- Early works to 1800.; Inheritance and succession (Islamic law); Mathematics, Arab; Manuscripts, 14th century; Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Medieval; Early works