किताब-अल-जबर-वल-मुक़ाबला

Also known as Al-Kitāb al-Mukhtaṣar fī Ḥisāb al-Jabr wal-Muqābalah

The Concise Book of Calculation by Restoration and Balancing (, ; or ), commonly abbreviated Al-Jabr or Algebra (Arabic: ), is an Arabic-language mathematical treatise on algebra written in Baghdad around 820 by the Persian polymath Al-Khwarizmi. It was a landmark work in the history of mathematics, with its title being the ultimate etymology of the word "algebra" itself, later borrowed into Medieval Latin as .

Key facts

Book.name: The Concise Book of Calculation by Restoration and Balancing
Book.image: Image-Al-Kitāb al-muḫtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala.jpg
Book.alt: title page in Arabic writing and calligraphy; hand-drawn ornamental frame; parchment is gilded and stained from age
Book.caption: Title page, 9th century
Book.author: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Book.title_orig: كتاب المختصر في حساب الجبر والمقابلة
Book.orig_lang_code: ar
Book.illustrator: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Book.country: Abbasid Caliphate
Book.language: Arabic
Book.subject: Algebra
Book.pub_date