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Ataullah Rashidi

17th-century Mughal architect and a mathematics writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ataullah Rashidi
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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.

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Ataullah designed the Bibi Ka Maqbara at Aurangabad

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]
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Notes

  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]

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