Copied in ʻAyntāb and Marʻash A.H. 1135-1143 [A.D. 1723-1731] by Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Muṣṭafá al-Marʻashī. Fols. 273; 21.2 x 16 cm.; written surface 16 x 8.7 cm.; 23 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in Fārisi; with catchwords; entries in red. A collection containing: 1. Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb by Bahāʼ al-Dīn al-ʻĀmilī, a compendium of arithmetic. 2. ḥall al-Khulāṣah li-ahl al-riyāsah, a commentary by Ramaḍān ibn Abī Hurayrah al-Jazarī d. after A.H. 1092 [A.D. 1681] on the preceding text. See Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, V, p. 180. Text overlined with red. Stated in original colophon that work was composed A.H. 1076 [A.D. 1665]. 3. Another commentary on Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb by ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad, known as al-Māʼ al-Jalī. The groundwork is designated here as al-Bahāʼīyah fī al-ḥisāb. 4. Another commentary on Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb by ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Abī Bakr al-Marʻashī. The groundwork is designated here as al-Risālah al-Bahāʼīyah. Text overlined with red. Copy illustrated with diagrams. Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses; ruled marginal lines on several folios. MS in good condition; Arabic binding with flap. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
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