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Kashf al-Hijab li-Asfiya' al-Ahbab an Ajnihat al-Righab fi Marifat al-Hisab (Explanations of the Problems in Arithmetic with Examples)
ALTERNATE TITLE(S)
Arithmetic Primer
NOTES
This commentary by the eighteenth-century scholar al-Rasmuki explains a work by al-Samlali the medieval mathematician. Using charts and examples of problems, the commentator demonstrates the rules of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. He also discusses the history and development of mathematics. The text was used extensively by students in Timbuktu and North Africa.
SUBJECT
Arabic manuscripts
Arabic calligraphy
Islamic manuscripts
Mathematics
Timbuktu manuscripts
Arabic script
LANGUAGE
Arabic
CALL NUMBER
tam011
REPOSITORY
Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library
DIGITAL ID
aftmh tam011
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/aftmh.tam011
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