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هدية المهتدي في علم الهندسة والمساحة ورمي الخميرة وحفر اللغم / لعثمان المهتدي الترجمان في قلعة بلغار في تأريخ 960
Hadīyat al-muhtadī fī ʻilm al-handasah wa-al-masāḥah wa-ramy al-khamīrah wa-ḥafr al-lughm / li-ʻUthmān al-Muhtadī al-tarjumān fī Qalʻat Bulghār fī taʾrīkh 960.
1799-1899
Manual with illustrations on geometry, the throwing of missiles and the planting of mines, written by an interpreter in the Castle of Bulghār in 960 H. / 1553 (the 9 of 960 is overwritten by a later hand). In a ms. in Dār al-Kutub (Cairo), this text is presented as a translation from French and another European language, and the date associated with the name is 1160 H. / 1747 (see D. King, Survey, H43). For a description of the content, see D. King, Fihris, Pt II, 6/4/48.
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