Sharḥ khulāṣat al-ḥisāb شرح خلاصة الحساب Kāẓimī, Jawād ibn Saʿd كاظمي، جواد بن سعد

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Commentary by Jawād ibn Saʿd ibn Jawād al-Kāẓimī (جواد بن سعد بن جواد الكاظمي, d. ca 1654-5 [see al-Amīn, A‘yān al-shī‘ah , vol. 4, p. 271]) on the Summa of Arithmetic (خلاصة الحساب) by his teacher Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي; d. 1621).

The text contains numerous diagrams.

Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4):

الحمد لله الواحد العظيم والفرد القديم الذي يقصر العد عن آياته ويتعذر المار (؟) الحصر [عن أ]قل نعمائه

والصلوة والسلام على سيد أنبيائه المكمل بأعلى مرابت الكمال و آله الذين هم

خير آل صلوة متتاليته تتبالي الغدو والأضال أما بعد فيقول أقل العباد جواد بن

سعد بن جواد ...

Ends (f. 168v, lines 11-13):

انتهى كلام المط[ـلوب ؟] فلنقطع الكلام حامدين لله على توفيقه والهداية لا سواء طريقه وإنا أيضـ[ـًا] أوصيك

أيها الأخ بما أوصي به المصـ[ـنف ؟] فإن في هذ[ا] الشرح نفائس يجب صيانتها عمن ليس أهلها والحمد لله وحده

والصلوة على من لا نبي بعده وآله الأبرار الحجج الأطهار ما اختف الليل والنهار ...

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 168v, lines 13):

... تمت كتابته بعون الملك

[Remainder of colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. erased]

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+169+ii

Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 245 x 135 mm leaf [162 x 179 mm text frames]

Foliation: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library foliation stamped in black ink

Ruling: No ruling visible; 14 lines per page; vertical spacing 10 lines per 10 cm

Script: Nasta‘līq

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings (in text block and in margins) and diagrams and lemmata overlined in red

Decoration: Text frames in yellow ink

Binding: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. purple cloth binding

Condition: Extensive insect damage, but with little loss of text

Marginalia: Few, most appear to be by hand of scribe

Seals: ff. 1r, 168v and end flyleaf iii-v

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Delhi Arabic 1896

History of this record

Date(s)

18th century (CE, Gregorian)

Provenance

• The Government of India: its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. 1r, 168v and end flyleaf iii-v);
• Semi-legible seal, dated 1125/1713-14 (f. 1r);
• Anonymous inscription without date, with deleted seal (f. 1r).

Immediate source of acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library, 1876

Related material

Select Bibliography

Editions of text commented upon:

• ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, Khul āṣat al-ḥisāb (Tabrīz?: Maṭba‘ Muḥammad Zuyūr, 1262)
• ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb: al-khulāṣat fī ‘ilm al-ḥisāb wa al-jabr wa al-muqābilah; nuskhah-i taṣḥīh shudah hamrāh bā matn-i chāp-i sangī (Qum: Majma‘-i Z̲akhā’ir-i Islāmī, 2011)
• ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, Khulāsat al-ḥisāb, ma‘a taḥshīyah jadīdah kāfīyah li-ḥall al-ṣi‘āb wa-ḍamīmah lā’iqah bi-taḥ‘ṣīl al-nāzil wa-min al-judhūr wa-al-ki‘āb (Diyūband: Kutubʹkhānah-i Raḥīmīyah, 1974)
• ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, Rīyāḍīyāt (Mathematical Works) , ed. by G. Shawky (Aleppo: Institute for the History of Arabic Science, University of Aleppo, 1976) pp. 31-163

Edition and German translation of text commented upon:

• ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, Essenz der rechenkunst von Mohammed Beha-eddin ben Alhossain aus Amul, arabisch und deutsch , ed. and trans. by G. H. F. Nesselmann (Berlin, 1843)

Studies:

• Hashemipour, Behnaz, '‘Āmilī: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī', in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers , ed. by Thomas Hockey et al. (New York: Springer, 2007) pp. 42-43
• al-Amīn, Muḥsin, A‘yān al-shī‘ah , 10 vols (Bayrūt: Dār al-ta‘āruf, 1983), vol. 4, p. 271

Subjects

Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900Mathematics -- Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Jawād ibn Saʿd KāẓimīBahā' al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn 'Āmilī

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