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ABU’L-WAFĀ B. SAʿID

ABU’L-WAFĀ B. SAʿID

ABU’L-WAFĀʾ B. SAʿĪD, author of a Persian Moḵtaṣar-e moštamel bar mesāḥat-e abʿād va soṭūḥ va moǰassamāt va bar kayfīyat-e aʿmāl-e hendī (“Epitome comprising areas, distances, surfaces, and solids and the manner of the Indian operations”). The unique manuscript, in Leningrad, was copied from the author’s autograph written in 823/1420-21.

 

Bibliography

Storey, II/1, p. 8, no. 17.

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Pingree, David. "ABU’L-WAFĀ B. SAʿID." Encyclopaedia Iranica. Published December 15, 1983. https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abul-wafa-b-said/