Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c10.39

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c10.39

Sh. Aḥmad b. M. Maghribi Tilimsani al-Ansari as-Sa'imi (c. 1814) was attached as collector in the Department of Revenue of Madras. He composed several treatises on mathematics and astronomy. His *A'zamu'l-Ḥisāb* is a treatise on mathematics, now available in the State Central Library. The *Zubdatu'l Ḥisāb* is another mathematical treatise available in Asiatic Society in four chapters dealing with arithmetic, measurements, finding an unknown quantity and some essentials relating to arithmetic. He perhaps wrote another work *Mir’atu’l-’Alam* on mathematics. The manuscript is available in the State Central Library.

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