Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrology
Monography or Translations of known period
Uday Lāl,
Dastūr al-siyāq
[Preliminary Entry] Uday Lāl worked as a revenue officer of the Awadh princely state under Sa‘ādat ‘Alī Ḫān (r. 1798-1814). He wrote the Dastūr al-siyāq (1226/1811), where he translated, from Sanskrit or Hindi, the sections dealing with methods for measuring land and revenue assessment of a work on mathematics, the Buddhiprakāśa.
F. S.
Bibliography:
Hadi, Nabi, 2001, History of Indo-Persian Literature, New Delhi, Iran Culture House, pp. 623-624
Monzavī, Aḥmad, 1362 š./1983, Fihrist-i muštarak-i nusḫahā-yi ḫaṭṭī-yi fārsī-yi Pākistān, Islamabad, Iran Pakistan Institute of Persian Studies, vol. 1, p. 202
| Main Persian Title: | Dastūr al-siyāq |
| Translator: | Uday Lāl |
| Original Sources: |
Buddhiprakāśa.
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| Year / Period of Composition: | 1225/1811-1812 |