An expert of Majlis (Iranian parliament) Library, a permanent member of the assessing group of registering national works, said that the process of registering Al-Tafhim(Al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sana'at al-Tanjim) a work by Abu-Rayhan Al-Biruni has begun.

IBNA: As UNESCO's senior expert, Roslyn Russell visited the library last week, Ali Khakpour said: "A version of the ancient work which existed in the center was presented to her for Memory of the World registration."

He went on to say that during the visit the work's English version's final and registered forms were presented to her. She was astonished seeing that the 900 years old work was preserved so well.

Al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sana'at al-Tanjim is a Persian language work by the renowned Iranian scientist, Abu-Rayhan Al-Biruni (440-362 HD/ 973-1048 AD) containing questions and answers in a format easily understandable by new learners in sciences.
This is the oldest Persian text on Mathematics and Astrology and was composed simultaneously in Persian and Arabic by Abu-Rayhan himself. It was written when Iranian scientists and scholars used Arabic to write their scientific works. By composing his book in Persian, Abu-Rayhan contributed to the vivification of scientific Persian.

Id : 73193