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'ABDULLAH BIN MUHAMMAD BIN MUHAMMAD AL-KHAWWAM AL-BAGHDADI (D.1324 AD): AL-FAWA'ID AL-BAHA'IA FI AL-QAWA'ID AL-HISABIYA

MAMLUK EGYPT OR SYRIA, DATED MIDDLE OF SHA'BAN AH 735/APRIL 1335 AD

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'ABDULLAH BIN MUHAMMAD BIN MUHAMMAD AL-KHAWWAM AL-BAGHDADI (D.1324 AD): AL-FAWA'ID AL-BAHA'IA FI AL-QAWA'ID AL-HISABIYA
MAMLUK EGYPT OR SYRIA, DATED MIDDLE OF SHA'BAN AH 735/APRIL 1335 AD
An early copy of this work on geometry, algebra and arithmetic, Arabic manuscript on paper, ff.. , each folio with 15ll. of black naskh script, occasional words and titles picked out in red, with diagrams, copious marginal notes, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated title cartouche, f.1 with illuminated shamsa and later owners' notes and seal impressions, colophon dated, in soft green morocco binding
Folio 6 7/8 x 4 ¾in. (17.6 x 12cm.)

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Lot Essay

Ibn al-Khawwam studied with Nasir al-Din Tusi and went on teaching in Isfahan around 1277 AD. The present treatise is arranged in five chapters wih an introduction and a conclusion and deals with algebra, arithmetic and geometry.

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