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1 copy of Miftāḥ al-ḥussāb by Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʻūd, -approximately 1436

Author: Kāshī, Jamshīd ibn Masʻūd, -approximately 1436 كاشي، جمشيد بن مسعود

Treatise on arithmetic dedicated to Ulūgh Beg

Incipit: الحمد لله الذي توحد بابداع الاحاد وتفرد بتاليف صنوف الاعداد ... اما بعد فان احوج خلق الله تعالى الى غفرانه جمشيد ... الكاشي الملقب بالغيات ... يقول لما مارست بالاعمال الحسابية ...

Colophon: تمام شد كتاب مفتاح الحساب...بتاریخ بیست هفتم رمضان المبارک سنه 1222 هجری مطابق بيست نهم ماه نومبر سنه 1807 عيسوي

Language(s): Arabic

References

View the printed catalogue Gacek no.209

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 157 f.

Dimensions (leaf): 26.5 × 19.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 19 × 11 cm.

Layout

Hand(s)

Clear naskhi hand

History

Origin: 1222 AH; 1807 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of R.C. Reid

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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