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Manuscript/Mixed Material Raqāyiq al-ḥaqāyiq fī ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāyiq Risālah fī al-ḥisāb / رقايق الحقايق في الحساب الدرج والدقايق

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Title

  • Raqāyiq al-ḥaqāyiq fī ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāyiq

Other Title

  • Risālah fī al-ḥisāb
  • رقايق الحقايق في الحساب الدرج والدقايق

Summary

  • As the introduction (fol. 1b) notes, this text summarizes and simplifies Kashf al-ḥaqāʼiq fī ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāʼiq by Aḥmad ibn Rajab Ibn al-Majdī, 1366-1447, which calculates the movement of celestial bodies.
  • This manuscript by Badr al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ġazal (1423-1506) contains a commentary on, and abridgement of, the astrological treatise on the calculation of the movement of stars and planets, Kašf al-haqā'iq fī hisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqā'iq (The uncovering of the facts regarding the calculation of degrees and minutes), by the Egyptian astronomer and mathematician Ahmad ibn Rağab ibn al-Mağdī (1366-1447). Ibn al-Mağdī was a disciple of the famous 'Abdallāh al-Māridīnī (or al-Mārdīnī), who was the grandfather of the author of this work and who derived his own nickname, Sibt al-Māridīnī, from his famous maternal ancestor. Sibt al-Māridīnī means "the son of al-Māridīnī's daughter." While working as a muwaqqit (timekeeper) at Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Sibt al-Māridīnī produced an impressive number of works on various subjects, including the use of astronomical instruments, arithmetic, algebra, and the division of inheritances. He compiled astronomical tables for the latitude of Cairo and wrote several commentaries on earlier works, including a mathematical poem by 12th-century Moroccan or Andalusian scientist Ibn al-Yasamin. This work offers a very detailed treatment of sexagesimal mathematics and includes what appears to be the first mention of the periodicity of sexagesimal fractions. Chapter titles are highlighted in red ink. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1423-
  • Ibn al-Majdī, Aḥmad ibn Rajab, 1366-1447
  • Ibn Wafā, Muḥammad, scribe
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 14 [Dhū] al-Ḥijjah 1240 H [30 July 1825]

Headings

  • -  Ibn al-Majdī, Aḥmad ibn Rajab,--1366-1447.--Kashf al-ḥaqāʼiq fī ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāʼiq
  • -  Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Binding: Modern cardboard covered with cloth; leather spine.
  • -  Charts fol. 8b.
  • -  Fol. 1a-22b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-760.
  • -  Ms.
  • -  Naskhi script; 23 lines in written area, 16 x 10 cm.
  • -  Paper: yellowed cream, with watermarks, in good condition, though upper part of leaves stained with black ink. Black and red ink in text; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Title from introduction (fol. 1b).
  • -  Transcribed by Muḥammad ibn Wafāʼ on 14 [Dhū] al-Ḥijjah 1240 H [30 July 1825].
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله حمد الشاكرين و أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له شهادة المخلصين و أشهد أن محمدا عبده و رسوله سيد المرسلين . . . و بعد فيقول فقير رحمة ربه محمد سبط المارديني الموقت الشافعي . . . .

Medium

  • 22 leaves (23 lines), bound : paper ; 23 x 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QB23 .S53 1825

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008401024

Online Format

  • pdf
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Chicago citation style:

Sibṭ Al-Māridīnī, Badr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, Aḥmad Ibn Rajab Ibn Al-Majdī, Muḥammad Ibn Wafā, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Raqāyiq Al-Ḥaqāyiq Fī Ḥisāb Al-Daraj Wa-Al-Daqāyiq. [14 Dhū al-Ḥijjah H 30 July 1825, 1825] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008401024/.

APA citation style:

Sibṭ Al-Māridīnī, B. A. M. I. M., Ibn Al-Majdī, A. I. R., Ibn Wafā, M., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1825) Raqāyiq Al-Ḥaqāyiq Fī Ḥisāb Al-Daraj Wa-Al-Daqāyiq. [14 Dhū al-Ḥijjah H 30 July 1825] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008401024/.

MLA citation style:

Sibṭ Al-Māridīnī, Badr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, et al. Raqāyiq Al-Ḥaqāyiq Fī Ḥisāb Al-Daraj Wa-Al-Daqāyiq. [14 Dhū al-Ḥijjah H 30 July 1825, 1825] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008401024/>.