This manuscript is a didactic work on arithmetic and algebra, composed in versified form, as a <em>qasīda</em> of 59 verses. It was composed by Ibn al-Hā’im al-Fardī in 1402 (804 A.H.). The beginning of the work also names ‛Alī b. ‛Abd al-Samad al-Muqrī al-Mālikī (died Dhu al-Ḥijja 1381 [782 A.H.]), a scholar and teacher who had come to Egypt and taught at the ‛Amr b. ‛As madrasa for several years. The main part of the <em>qasīda</em> begins by introducing and defining key terms in arithmetic and algebra, including the square root (<em>jadhr</em>), square (<em>māl</em>), cube (<em>ka‛b</em>, <em>muka‛ab</em>), and others. The four basic operations of addition (<em>jam</em>), subtraction (<em>tarh</em>), multiplication (<em>darb</em>), and division (<em>taqsīm</em>) then are introduced. The work then lists six standard problems in algebra and arithmetic. The manuscript was copied in 1882 (1299 A.H.) by a scribe named ‛Abd al-Fattāh, from a copy made by his teacher, Shaykh Ḥasan ‛Attār al-Azharī.
<br>Arabic manuscripts; Naskh script
Ibn al-Hā’im al-Fardī (753-815 AH / 1352-1412 AD)
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