Khulāṣat al-handasah.

خلاصة الهندسة

Description

Main Author

Raz̤avī, Mīr Ghulām Ḥusayn.

Related Names

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner.
Bahadur Shah, S., bookseller.
Muḥammad Raḥīm Tājir-i Kirmānī, patron.
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Language(s)

Persian

Published

[India], [17-- or 18--]

Subjects

Manuscripts, Persian.
Commerce.
Business mathematics.
Manuscripts, Persian > Manuscripts, Persian / New York (State) > Manuscripts, Persian / New York (State) / New York.
Business mathematics > Business mathematics / Handbooks, manuals, etc.
New York (State) > New York (State) / New York.
India.
India > India / Commerce > India / Commerce / Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Booksellers' labels (Provenance)
Stamps (Provenance)
Handbooks and manuals.
manuscripts (documents)
codices (bound manuscripts)

Summary

Copy of a work on simple arithmetic for merchants; calculations are shown; some poetry verses also included.

Note

Shelfmark: MS Or 27.
Origin: Item is undated. Possibly 18th or 19th century.
Decoration: Rubrications in red.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Layout: Written in 11 long lines.
Title from introduction (p. 8).
Manuscript codex.
Also available as a digital facsimile.
Formerly owned by David Eugene Smith (stamp, p. [152])
Sold by S. Bahadur Shah, Dealer in Curiosities, Mochi Gate Lahore (note pasted to outside front cover).

Physical Description

151 leaves : paper ; 199 x 121 (118 x 79) mm, bound to 203 x 124 mm

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