Sharḥ ‘alá al-urjūzah al-Yāsamīnīyah fī ‘ilm al-jabr شرح على الأرجوزة الياسمينية في علم الجبر

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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+34+iv. It was created in 21 Muḥarram 1081. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Anonymous commentary 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).

Commentaries on this Ibn al-Yāsamīn's poem were also written by Ibn al-Hā’im (ابن الهائم, d. 1412, see Delhi Arabic 1901, and edition by al-Jawwād 2005?), al-Qalaṣādī (القلصادي, d. 1486, see IO Bijapur 47, ff. 11r-18r), and Sibṭ al-Māridīnī (سبط المارديني, b. 1423, see Stowe 10, ff. 20r-27v, and edition by al-Suwaysī 1983) but the text of the anonymous commentary contained in the present manuscript is distinct from these other three commentaries.

The copy was completed Thursday the eleventh day after ‘Āshūrā’ (i.e. 21 Muḥarram) 1081/12 June 1670 (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 35v, lines 13-14, transcribed below).

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

الحمد لله الذي جبر قلوب أوليائه بحسن المقابلة يوم الحساب

وحط عنهم الأوزار ورفع قدرهم وأجزل لهم الثواب

وأحصى بعلمه كل شيء عددًا وجعلنا أمة وسطا

Ends (f. 34v, lines 9-12):

... وقد تظهر

لك استحالتها بالنظر فيها وفي هذا القدر الذي أوردته

كفاية للمبتدئ إن شاء تعالى وحسبي الله ونعم الوكيل

ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 354v, lines 13-17):

وكان الفراغ من مشقها يوم الخميس أحد عشر

مضين من عاشوراء سنة 1081 أوصل الله كاتبها

إلى مراده وكان له في يوم معاده وأدخله في زمرة

أجداده أوليائه وجعل ممن يتفضل على دماء الشهداء

مراده إنه جواد كريم

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Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+34+iv
Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 190 x 115 mm leaf [120 x 65 mm written]

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. foliation in pencil

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cm

Script: Nasta‘līq

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

Decoration: None

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 blue buckram with blach leather spine; the manuscript was previously in a binding with envelope flap as evidenced by impression left on endleaves

Condition: Minor tidemarks in gutter towards tail, very minor insect damage

Marginalia: Few, increasing towards back of volume

Seals: 1r and 34v

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Arabic in Arabic script
Type
Manuscript item

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British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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Unrestricted

Archive reference
IO Islamic 1490

History of this record

Date(s)
21 Muḥarram 1081 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Provenance
Immediate source of acquisition

From the library of Richard Johnson (1753-1807), incorporated into the collection of the East India House in 1807.

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Finding aids

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 765, p. 222

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Editions of other commentaries on the al-Manẓūmah al-Yāsamīnīyah :

  • 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?])
  • Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, al-Lumʻah al-Māridīnīyah fī sharḥ al-Yāsamīnīyah , ed. by Muḥammad al-Suwaysī (al-Kuwayt: al-Majlis al-Waṭanī lil-Thaqāfah wa-al-Funūn wa-al-Ādāb, 1983)

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