Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.238

v1.c7.238

The son of Mubārak of Nagor, the son of Khizr of Sind, Fayḍī translated the Līlāvatī of Bhāskara (b. 1114) into Persian at the request of the emperor Akbar (1556-1605) in A.H. 995=A.D. 1587; the title of the translation is Līlāvatī or Tarjamah i Līlāvatī. The manuscripts are listed by C. A. Storey, Persian Literature, vol. 2, pt. 1, London 1958, pp. 4-5. There are two editions: Calcutta 1827 and [NP] A.H. 1271=A.D. 1854/55.