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¹ See the 3rd Sipihr, Fol. 47 *seq.*, India Office MS. No. 1187. The word *hindsa* (هندسه) meaning arithmetic, a cypher, etc., must be distinguished from the Arabic and Persian *handasa* (هندسه́) meaning geometry. See *Persian-English Dictionary* by Steingass; *Persian Dictionary Burhan i-Qāṭi'*, and Lane's *Arabic-English Lexicon*, Part VIII. I am indebted for this reference to Dr. Mirza of Lucknow University. For the date of Abū Ma'shar, see Nicholson, *Literary History of the Arabs*, p. 361. See also on this subject, Cajoris, *History of Mathematics*, 1919, p. 102; al-Bīrūnī's *Āthār al-Bāqīya*, Trans. by Sachau, p. 64; *The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society*, Bangalore, Vol. XVIII, 1928, pp. 256.67; XIX, 1928, pp. 29-40.