This work is a commentary on a versified, 59-line introduction to algebra, entitled <em>Al-Muqni‘ fī al-jabr wa al-muqābila</em>, by the prolific and influential mathematician, jurist, and man of letters Abū al-‘Abbās Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī al-Maqdisī al-Shāfi‘ī, known as Ibn al-Hā’im (circa 1356-1412 [circa 753-815 AH]). It clarifies the nomenclature and explains the basic concepts of algebra, and provides succinct examples. The manuscript, completed on Thursday night, 8 Sha‘bān 1305 AH (March 21, 1888), is in the hand of Tāhā ibn Yūsuf.
<br>Arabic manuscripts; Arabic poetry; Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, d. 1412. Muqniʻ fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah
Anṣārī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, around 1420-1519
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