Manuscript/Mixed Material Hādhihi Ḥāshīyat al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʻĀlim al-ʻAllāmah Aḥmad al-Shāfiʻī al-Janājī al-Mālikī ʻalá Sharḥ Shaykh al-Islām Zakarīyā al-Anṣārī ʻalá al-Muqniʻ li-ibn al-Hāʼim fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah هذه حاشية الشيخ الإمام العالم العلامة أحمد الشافعي الجناجي المالكي على شرح شيخ الإسلام زكريا الأنصاري على المقنع لإبن الهائم في علم الجبر والمقابلة
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Title
- Hādhihi Ḥāshīyat al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʻĀlim al-ʻAllāmah Aḥmad al-Shāfiʻī al-Janājī al-Mālikī ʻalá Sharḥ Shaykh al-Islām Zakarīyā al-Anṣārī ʻalá al-Muqniʻ li-ibn al-Hāʼim fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah
Other Title
- هذه حاشية الشيخ الإمام العالم العلامة أحمد الشافعي الجناجي المالكي على شرح شيخ الإسلام زكريا الأنصاري على المقنع لإبن الهائم في علم الجبر والمقابلة
Summary
- Text is a commentary on Zakarīyā al-Anṣārī's commentary on the mathematical assumptions addressed by Ibn al-Hāʼim in al-Muqniʻ on the algebraic equality and inequality of functions.
- The Arabic mathematical tradition, which flourished during the Middle Ages, transmitted and enriched the knowledge derived from Greek and Indian sources. Arabic mathematicians further developed these studies, seeking to answer theoretical as well as practical problems. Medieval Arabic mathematical treatises were extensively copied, studied, and commented upon in subsequent centuries, as exemplified in this manuscript. This supercommentary (commentary on a commentary) by Aḥmad Muhammad al-Šāfiʻī al-Janājī al-Mālikī elucidates an earlier commentary by Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad al-Anṣārī (circa 1420-1519) on a work by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Farāḍī ibn al-Hāʼim (circa 1356-1412) concerning the algebraic equality and inequality of functions. It touches upon various mathematical solutions to concerns of daily life, such as the fair distribution of inheritances and other problems of a purely practical nature. Al-Hāʼim's writings had the didactic aim of presenting complex mathematical achievements of both Greek and Arabic origin to the wider public. This manuscript was copied in 1888 by a scribe named Ṭaha ibn Yūsuf in Nasta'liq script in black ink framed by double red lines, with the outer margins used for subheadings. The manuscript was in the collection of Shaykh Maḥmūd al-Imām al-Manṣūrī, professor of religion at Al-AzharUniversity in Cairo, which was purchased by the Library of Congress in 1945. World Digital Library.
Names
- Janājī, Aḥmad Muḥammad
- Anṣārī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1423-approximately 1520
- Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1412
- Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
- Yūsuf, Ṭāhā, scribe
- Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1305 [August 1888].
Headings
- - Anṣārī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad,--approximately 1423-approximately 1520.--Fatḥ al-mubdiʻ fī sharḥ al-Muqniʻ
- - Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad,---1412.--Muqniʻ fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah
- - Algebra--Early works to 1800
- - Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
- - Mathematics, Arab--Early works to 1800
Notes
- - [Egypt?]
- - Binding: old decorated cardboard.
- - Fol. 93a-181a.
- - Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-738.
- - Ms.
- - Nastaʻliq script; 23 lines in written area, 16 x 9 cm.
- - Paper: yellowed cream, in good condition; loose. Black ink used for the text, which is framed by double red lines. Outer margins used for subheading. Catchwords on rectos.
- - Transcribed by Ṭaha Yūsuf, who completed it in the middle of the month Dhū al-Ḥijjah, 1305 AH.
- - With: Hādhihi Ḥāshīyat al-ʻĀlim al-ʻAllāmah al-Shaykh Aḥmad Muḥammad al-Shāfiʻī al-Janājī al-Mālikī ʻalá Sharḥ al-Sibṭ al-Māridīnī ʻalá al-Yāsamīnīyah fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah / Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Janājī.
- - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
- - Arabic.
- - Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
- - Incipit: بإسم الله الرحمان الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين و الصلاة و السلام على سيد المرسلين سيدنا محمد و على أله و صحبه أجمعين أما بعد فيقول العبد الفقير أحمد الشافعي الجناجي . . . .
Medium
- 89 leaves (23 lines), bound : paper ; 23 x 17 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- QA154.8 .J36 1888
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2008427061
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Contributor
- Anṣārī, Zakarīyā Ibn Muḥammad
- Ibn Al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad
- Janājī, Aḥmad Muḥammad
- Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)
- Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām
- Yūsuf, Ṭāhā