Three texts on mathematics and astronomy

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Three texts on mathematics and astronomy related to Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي; d. 1621), two by al-‘Āmilī, and a commentary by his student Jawād ibn Saʿd ibn Jawād al-Kāẓimī (جواد بن سعد بن جواد الكاظمي, d. ca 1654-5 [see al-Amīn, A‘yān al-shi‘ah , vol. 4, p. 271]).

The three texts were transcribed in 1114/1702-3 by Ibn Muḥammad Riḍá Muḥammad Amīn (ابن محمد رضى محمد أمين, see ff. 131v, lines 6-9, 142r, lines 18-19, and 158v).

Contents:

• (1) al-Kāẓimī (الكاظمي), Sharḥ khulāṣat al-ḥisāb (شرح خلاصة الحساب; ff. 2r-131v);
• (2) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Tashrīḥ al-aflāk (تشريح الأفلاك; ff. 132r-142r);
• (3) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb (خلاصة الحساب; ff. 142v-158v).

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. 158+iii

It is grouped into

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

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Ref: Or 6280, ff 2r-131v

Tashrīḥ al-aflāk تشريح الأفلاك ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين

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Ref: Or 6280, ff 132r-142r

Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb خلاصة الحساب ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين

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Ref: Or 6280, ff 142v-158v

Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 200 x 130 mm leaf [135 x 75 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling: Margins ruled, but no line ruling; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 15 lines per 10 cm

Script: Nasta‘līq ; the scribe is Ibn Muḥammad Riḍá Muḥammad Amīn (ابن محمد رضى محمد أمين, see ff. 131v, lines 6-9 and 158v next to colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. )

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and diagrams and overlinings in red

Binding: Eastern binding without flap; red leather spine, boards covered with yellow paper

Condition: Tidemark at upper edge corner towards back of volume

Marginalia: Few, most in first item

Seals: None

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 6280

History of this record

Date(s)

1114 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Immediate source of acquisition

Purchased from E. Hindamian, 26 October 1901

Related material

Finding aids

Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 40

Select Bibliography

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

Mathematics -- Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Bahā' al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn 'Āmilī

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