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A treatise on arithmetic containing an introduction, four parts and a conclusion. The first part covers the arithmetic of whole numbers. The second part deals with fractions; the third, with roots; and the fourth, with unknowns. It is stated in the preface that the work is an abridgment of the authorʼs own work Kashf al-jilbāb ʻan ʻilm al-ḥisāb.
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- Author
- Qalaṣādī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1412 or 1413-1486 or 1487
- قلصادي، علي بن محمد، 1412 or 1413-1486 or 1487
- Related Name
- عطاء الله، احمد بن علي، active 18th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 532H
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- Arabic
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