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Ataullah Rashidi

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Ataullah designed the Bibi Ka Maqbara at Aurangabad

Ataullah Rushdi bin Ahmad Ma'mar[a] was a 17th-century architect and a mathematics writer from the Mughal Empire of present-day India. He designed the Bibi Ka Maqbara at Aurangabad and some buildings at Shahjahanabad. As a mathematics writer, he translated the Arabic-language Khulasat al-Hisab and the Sanskrit-language Bijaganita into Persian.

Biography

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Ataullah was the eldest son of Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori, the architect of Taj Mahal.[4] He had two younger brothers, Lutfullah Muhandis and Nurullah, who were also involved in architecture.[3]

Ataullah designed the buildings for emperor Shah Jahan's' new capital, Shahjahanabad.[5] The only design attributed solely to him is that of Bibi Ka Maqbara, the mausoleum of Aurangzeb's wife Dilras Banu Begum, completed in 1660-1661.[6][1]

Makramat Khan, a collaborator of his father, trained Ataullah in arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy.[3] His younger brother Luftullah was also a famous mathematician.[1] Ataullah wrote two works on mathematics in Persian language:[1]

  • Khulāṣat-ul Rāz or Khulasah-i-Raz ("Essence of Mystery [of Arithmetic]") is a book on arithmetic, algebra and mensuration. It is an abridged translation of Baha' al-din al-'Amili's Arabic language book Khulasat al-Hisab, which was used as a textbook in madrasas of medieval India. The author wrote the book in verse form, and dedicated it to the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Other transliterations of his name include 'Aṭāullāh Rushdī bin Aḥmad Ma'mār,[1] 'Ata Allāh Rushdī ibn Aḥmad i Nādir,[2] Ata Allah Rashidi,[3] and Ata Allah Rashdi.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g S. M. Razaullah Ansari (2019). "Persian translations of Bhāskara's Sanskrit texts and their impact in the following centuries". In K. Ramasubramanian; Takao Hayashi; Clemency Montelle (eds.). Bhāskara-prabhā: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Springer. pp. 384–385. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-6034-3_18. ISBN 9789811360343. S2CID 166240155.
  2. ^ a b c David Pingree, ed. (1970). Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit Series A. Vol. 1. American Philosophical Society. p. 39.
  3. ^ a b c Chanchal Dadlani (2016). "Innovation, Appropriation, and Representation: Mughal Architectural Ornament in the Eighteenth Century". In Gülru Necipoglu; Alina Payne (eds.). Histories of Ornament: From Global to Local. Princeton University Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780691167282.
  4. ^ a b W.E. Begley; Z.A. Desai, eds. (1989). Taj Mahal: The Illumined Tomb. Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (Harvard University / MIT). p. 270. ISBN 9780295969459.
  5. ^ Nabi Hadi (1995). Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. p. 325. ISBN 9788170173113.
  6. ^ Khursheed Kamal Aziz (2004). The Meaning of Islamic Art: Explorations in Religious Symbolism and Social Relevance. Vol. 1. Adam. p. 476. ISBN 9788174353979.