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Mohammed Ibn Al-Hussain Treatise

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ARAB 1

Held at: University College London

Title: Mohammed Ibn Al-Hussain Treatise

Date(s): 17th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 240 pages

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, 17th century, containing: Mohammed Ibn Al-Hussain Karkhi, Kitab al-kafi fi 'ilm al-hisab wa-'ilm al-misahah wa-al-khawafi (Treatise on arithmetic, geometry, land surveying etc)

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Arabic - Nashk character.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Paper. Black and red ink.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

The manuscript formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. Formerly Graves 2342.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Graves' library was bequeathed to University College London in 1870.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

University College London holds other Oriental manuscripts (Ref: MS ORIENTAL): five other Arabic manuscripts, including one other (containing treatises on algebra) from the Graves collection, and others formerly belonging to Sandford Arthur Strong; and two Persian manuscripts (one of them an anatomical treatise).

Publication note:

Oriental manuscripts at University College London Special Collections are mentioned briefly in J D Pearson, Oriental Manuscript Collections in the Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland (Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1954).

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.