Līlāvatī
Contributors: Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner; Bahādur Shāh I, 1643-1712, dedicatee; Fayz̤ī, Abū al-Fayz̤ ibn Mubārak, 1547 or 1548-1595, translator; Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605, commissioning body; Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published: 1711
Place of publication: Lahore
Language: per
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Geometry; Arithmetic; Persian Manuscripts
Other titles: Līlāvatī dar ʻilm-i ḥisāb
Work titles: Līlāvatī
Description: Translation by Abū al-Fayz̤ ibn Mubārak Fayz̤ī (d. 1595) of Bhāskarācārya's Sanskrit work on geometry and arithmetic. The text is dedicated to a Muḥammad Shāh ruling in Lāhore, i.e. Bahādur Shāh I, 1643-1712 of the Mughal Empire.
Notes: Manuscript codex.

Title from f. 1v.

Layout: 13 long lines; extensive marginalia.

Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed, unvocalized.

Decoration: Rubrications.

Shelfmark: MS Or 38.

Origin: Copied in Lahore in 1123 A.H. (1711) (f. 56v).

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Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.

Persian.

Red half leather binding with marbled paper sides. Sewn on recessed supports with hollow spine. Gold fillet lines and titling on spine.

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