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Manual of arithmetic and geometry for merchants' use including how to calculate the area of a ship. According to the compiler, the work includes excerpts from the following texts: Muntakhab al-ḥisāb, Līlāvatī, and Dastūr al-ʻamal.

Persian Badīʻ al-ḥisāb. بدیع الحساب Rajab ʻAlī Beg رجب علی بیگ former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v Badīʿ al-ḥisāb

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[1], 76, [2] foliated leaves : 258 x 172 (185 x 90) mm, bound to 263 x 176 mm 15 long lines with some geometrical figures and formulas written vertically in between the text. Written in rapid nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized. Overlines, headings, and textual divisions in red. Geometrical diagrams in black. Table Table Table Table Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Diagram Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Diagram Diagram Table Table Table Table Table

Islamic binding. Full brown leather with blind tooling.

Copy completed on 25 April 1851; the corresponding date in Vikram Samvat, 1908, is also given (f. 76v).

1851 Lahore Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Arithmetic Geometry Manuscripts, Persian Codices Diagrams Manuals (instructional materials) Islamic bindings (Binding) Insertions (Provenance) Manuscripts