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Subject(s)

• ʻĀmilī, Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn 1547-1621—Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb [Browse]
• Mathematics, Arab—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Arithmetic—Early works to 1900 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Autographs (manuscripts)—Islamic countries—19th century [Browse]

Contains

• ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621. Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb. Persian [Browse]
• عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين، 1547-1621. خلاصة الحساب. [Browse]

Summary note

A Persian translation of and commentary on Bahāʼ al-Dīn al-ʻĀmilī's mathematical treatise, Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 2a.
• Dedicated to Bahman Mīrzā (fol. 2a).
• On fol. 1a: "Tuḥfah-i Bahāʼīyah ast dar ʻilm-i ḥisāb" in Arabic script by a later hand.
• On front cover: Label reading "172" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: Text is written in a wide central column of 18 lines which then continues to a narrow column of 32-35 lines in the outer margin. Written in clear naskh in black on modern paper. Headings and overlining in red; catchwords. Notes written in the margins and between columns. Numerous charts and diagrams. Paper repairs to some leaves on the inner margins; otherwise in excellent condition.
• Origin: Composition completed on 29 Ramaḍān 1275 H. [28 April 1859]; this copy completed 13 Muḥarram 1276 H. [12 August 1859] (fol. 53b). Holograph.

Binding note

Black cloth over pasted boards.

Language note

Persian.

OCLC

708594269

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