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The record is made up of Ff. 1r-2v. It was created in 18th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Anonymous treatise or fragment of a treatise on multipication. The text treats of two methods (مسلكان) of a type of multiplication it refers to as ضرب التوشيح.

Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-3):

وضرب التوشيح وهو أن تضع المضروب في اليمين والمضروب فيه في اليسار متحاذية المراتب بحيث يكون الآحاد

تحت العشرات وهي تحت المئات ويكون بينهما فرجة ليتسع العمل فاضرب أعلى مراتب المضروب في كل واحد واحد

من مراتب المضروب فيه ...

Ends (f. 2v, lines 5-7):

المسلك الثاني ضرب الأصفار وهو أن تجمع مراتب المضروبين ويلقي الواحد

عن المجموع وترتسم بعدة الباقي أصفارًا فتضرب أولًا أول المضروب في أول

المضروب فيه وتضع آحاد الحاصل فوق أول الأصفار وعشراته إن كانت له تلك

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Ff. 1r-2v
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Arabic in Arabic script
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Manuscript item

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British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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IO Islamic 1362, ff 1r-2v

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18th century (CE, Gregorian)

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Loth, Otto, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the 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. (London: Printed by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1877), Item 761, p. 221

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Anonymous treatise on multiplication, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, IO Islamic 1362, ff 1r-2v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066090840.0x000001> [accessed 26 April 2024]

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