Mohammed Ibn Al-Hussain Treatise

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)

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

Summary list of titles and authors of Oriental manuscripts prepared by Peter Colvin, 13/01/04

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Paper. Black and red ink.

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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.

University College London holds other Arabic manuscripts (Ref: MS ARAB): five other Arabic manuscripts, including one other (containing treatises on algebra) from the Graves collection, and others formerly belonging to Sandford Arthur Strong.