al-Durr al-thamīn fī sharḥ urjūzat Ibn al-Yāsamīn الدر الثمين في شرح أرجوزة ابن الياسمين Ibn al-Hāʾim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ابن الهائم، أحمد بن محمد
Delhi Arabic 1901
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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+105+i. It was created in 5 Sha‘bān 887. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Commentary by Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ha’im al-Maqdisī al-Faraḍī (شهاب الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن الهائم المقدسي الفرضي, d. 1412), known as Ibn al-Hā’im (ابن الهائم) on the didactic poem (أرجوزة) on algebra al-Manẓūmah al-Yāsamīnīyah fī al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah (المنظومة الياسمينية في الجبر والمقابلة) by Abū Muḥammad ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥajjāj ibn al-Yāsamīn al-Adrinī al-Ishbīlī (أبو محمد عبد الله بن محمد بن حجاج بن الياسمين الأدرني الإشبيلي, d. 1204).
The copy was completed on the morning of Thursday 5 Sha‘bān 887/19 September 1482 (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 105r, lines 11-14, transcribed below).
A loose slip of paper containing mathematical notes in Arabic was found between ff. 73 and 74.
Begins (f. 1r, lines 2-4):
قال الشيخ الإمام العالم الحافظ المتقن المحقق وحيد عصره وفريد دهره صدر
الأفاضل وبحر الفضائل أبو العباس شهاب الدين أحمد بن الشيخ الإمام العلامة
شمس الدين محمد الشهير بابن الهائم فسح الله في مدته ونفع ببركته آمين
Ends (f. 105r, lines 6-11):
... وإذا ضم ذلك إلى وصية زيد وإلى ما بقى
للورثة كان المجتمع ثلثمائة والله سبحانه وتعالى أعلم فهذا آخر ما يسر بايراده
على أقل عباده في أسرف بلاده فله الحمد على وفق مراده والشكر على توالي الفتح
وازدياده والصلاة والسلام على محمد الذي ساد الخلق بانفراده وعلى آله
الذين سعدوا بأسعاده والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله
وصحبه وسلم ...
Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 105r, lines 11-14):
... وكان الفراغ من تعليقها صبيحة يوم الخميس
المبارك الخامس من شهر شعبان المكرم من
شهر سنة سبع وثمانين
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+105+i
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Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 180 x 125 mm leaf [110 x 90 mm written]
Foliation: Eastern Arabic foliation in black ink; 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; 17 lines per page; vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings, lemmata and diagrams, and overlinings in red
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. binding in purple cloth
Condition: Insect damage, some repaired; ff. 4 and 5 replaced on later paper
Marginalia: Occasional extensive marginalia, by more than one hand
Seals: ff. 1r and 105v
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- Delhi Arabic 1901
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- 5 Sha‘bān 887 (CE, Gregorian)
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- The Government of India: its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. 1r and 105v);
- Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī (جمال الدين محمد الحسيني): his seal, dated 1092/1681-2 (f. 1r);
- ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Umar al-Marjāwī al-shahīr bi-al-Ḥamāmī (عبد الله بن عمر بن المرجاوي الشهير بالحمامي): his inscription, without date (f. 1r).
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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
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Edition:
Ibn al-Hạʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, Sharḥ al-Urjūzah al-Yāsamīnīyah fī al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah, ed. by al-Mahdī ʻAbd al-Jawwād ([Tūnis]: Manshūrāt al-Jamʻīyah al-Tūnisīyah lil-ʻUlūm al-Riyādị̄yah, [2005?])
Study:
Rosenfeld, B. A. and Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th - 19th c.) , (Istanbul: IRCICA, 2003), nos. 521 and 783, pp. 192-93 and 263-64
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