Or Ms 259: رساله درعلمِ وفق Risālah dar ‘ilm-i vafq, undated
Scope and Contents
This is the fourth maqālah (chapter) from a longer work on the theory of numbers in five chapters (see A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library by Mohammad Hukk et al. (1925) for further details.
This manuscript includes many tables.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- b. Sulaymān, Mawlānā Aḥmad (Scribe) (Person)
Language of Materials
Persian (Script: nasta'līq-shikastah)
Physical Description
Bound with Or Ms 260, 369, and 370.
The folios of this manuscript are interspersed with those of Or Ms 260, but have been numbered in pencil.
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
1 volume
Other Finding Aids
Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).
Physical Description
Bound with Or Ms 260, 369, and 370.
The folios of this manuscript are interspersed with those of Or Ms 260, but have been numbered in pencil.
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Creator
- b. Sulaymān, Mawlānā Aḥmad (Scribe) (Person)
Source
- Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice) (Donor, Person)
- Anderson, James, 1758-1833 (Persian Interpretor, East India Company) (Former owner, Person)
Repository Details
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