Written surface: 9.5 x 18.8 cm, 25 lines per page, in clear naskhi script in black ink, on beige paper, with headings, keywords, and markings in red. Text: folios: 1b – 36a The title "Kitāb Mufīd al-ḥiṣāb" [The Book of Mathematical Assistant] appears at the end of the manuscript. At the beginning, the manuscript was called "Kitāb fī al-ʻadad al-Hindī" [A book on Indian numerals]. Arab authors always considered, and correctly so, the Arabic numerals as coming from India. Recent cloth, in excellent shape. Paper size: 19 x 25.6 cm. Anonymous. No reference can be found for this manuscript, probably a unique one. MS Arab 432. Houghton Library, Harvard University. In Arabic.
- Collection
- Islamic Heritage Project
- Pages
- 1 v. (36 leaves) ; 25.6 cm.
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Harvard Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- 990117554470203941; 612856807
- Rights
- Held in the collections of Harvard University.
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/e30cceb0e880ed6bbe86524bee24ce8a
