This is a textbook on accounting and bookkeeping in Sīyāq method. It was written in 1255 AH/1839 in two chapters called 'Baḥr' [sea] and a supplementary chapter called 'Sāhil' [seashore]. The first 'baḥr' is on the "Science of accounting and its derivatives", the second 'baḥr' on the "bookkeeping rules", and the 'seashore' on 'additional attributions'. Each '‌Baḥr' is divided into several 'Shaṭ', 'Rashḥah', 'saḥāb' and 'Qaṭrah'. — Multiple dates; Iṣfahān

Title

This is a textbook on accounting and bookkeeping in Sīyāq method. It was written in 1255 AH/1839 in two chapters called 'Baḥr' [sea] and a supplementary chapter called 'Sāhil' [seashore]. The first 'baḥr' is on the "Science of accounting and its derivatives", the second 'baḥr' on the "bookkeeping rules", and the 'seashore' on 'additional attributions'. Each '‌Baḥr' is divided into several 'Shaṭ', 'Rashḥah', 'saḥāb' and 'Qaṭrah'. — Multiple dates; Iṣfahān

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 258

Place of origin

Iṣfahān

Date

1849

Language

Persian

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Western paper (watermark), natural buff, mixed thickness (thin, regular and thick), one size, glossy.

Physical extent

85 ff.

Hands

Cursive Naskh, relatively large, one hand. Mūsavī, Muḥammad Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad Ḥasan Darb... Iṣfahānī موسوی، محمد حسین بن محمد حسن درب… اصفهانی Some lines are wiped out; some titles are unwritten.

Decoration

Rubricated titles and geometrical diagrams; figures in Sīyāq script.

Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Subject

Accounting (Islamic law)

Bookkeeping