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Ḥamīdī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī.

Qabas al-ḍawʼ fī al-ḥisāb. - 12 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 997 H [29 January 1589]. - 7 leaves (17 lines), bound : paper ; 21 x 16 cm.

Ms. Title from cover. Transcribed by the author, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī Ḥamīdī, on 12 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 997 H [29 January 1589]. Paper: yellowed cream with watermarks; brown stains at bottom of leaves; leaves repaired near spine. Text is principally in black ink with some words in red. Occasional diacritical marks; catchwords on rectos. Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-710. Naskhī script; 17 lines in written area, 15 x 10 cm. Fol. 1b-7b. Binding: modern cardboard, covered in cloth; leather spine.

Text is a poem on arithmetic.




Arabic.

2008401700


Arithmetic--Poetry--Early works to 1900.
Mathematics, Arab--Poetry--Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

QA101 / .H185 1589