• Ḥiyal (حيل, singular ḥīla حيلة "contortion, contrivance; device, subterfuge") is "legalistic trickery" in Islamic jurisprudence. The main purpose of ḥiyal...
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  • and most reliable copy is in the Topkapi Sarayi in Istanbul) is Kitab al-Hiyal al-Naficah ("Book of Ingenious Devices"). It describes 100 inventions, many...
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    The Book of Ingenious Devices (Arabic: كتاب الحيل, romanized: Kitāb al-Ḥiyāl, Persian: كتاب ترفندها, romanized: Ketâb tarfandhâ, lit. 'Book of Tricks')...
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    (Arabic: كتاب في معرفة الحيل الهندسية, romanized: Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiya, lit. 'Book in knowledge of engineering tricks', also known...
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    Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices: Kitáb fí ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya, transl. & anno. Donald R. Hill. (1973), Springer Science+Business...
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    manuscript of The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Kitab al-hiyal al-nafisa), AKM11, The Aga Khan Museum". Aga Khan Museum. Northrup 1998b...
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    doctrine of consideration has resulted in a phenomenon similar to that of Ḥiyal in Islamic contracts, whereby parties to a contract use technicalities to...
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  • 2008. Al-Ḫaṣṣāf is also the author of a Kitāb al-ḥiyal wa-l-maḫārij, a work on legalistic trickery or ḥiyal, and a kitāb aḥkām al-awqāf, on religious institutions...
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    Banu Musa Brothers (1979), The Book of Ingenious Devices (Kitāb al-Hiyal), translated by Routledge Hill, Donald, Springer, pp. 76–77, ISBN 978-90-277-0833-5...
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    interest continued in Muslim society "at times through the use of legal ruses (ḥiyal), often more or less openly," including during the Ottoman Empire. Still...
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  • of sharia on a certain matter, or they may employ legalistic stratagems (hiyal) to circumvent a stricter interpretation, while such strategies may not...
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  • Hila (given name), in Hebrew For the Islamic concept of "stratagem", see Ḥiyal Hila, Ambon, the town on the Indonesian island of Ambon where Fort Amsterdam...
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  • from Abu Yusuf's book, Kitabal-Hiyal (Book of Legal Devices) were incorporated in the book, Kitabal-Makharidj fi 'l-Hiyal written by his disciple, Muhammad...
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    whether in the form of qiyas, istislah (consideration of public interest), or hiyal (legal subterfuges). According to Daniel W. Brown, Ahl al-Ra'y thought a...
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    particularly known to have commissioned an edition of the Al-Jāmi‘ fī ṣinā‘at al-ḥiyal of Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, devoted to the depiction of mechanical devices...
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  • Francais de Damas, 1958. Al-Sunna Al-Manāsik Taḥrīm al-Namīma Ibṭāl al-Ḥiyal Hanbali Scholars Lewis, B.; Menage, V.L.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (1986)...
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    documented a combination lock in his book al-Ilm Wal-Amal al-Nafi Fi Sina'at al-Hiyal (The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices). Muhammad al-Asturlabi...
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  • summaries. It may refer to the following works: al-Tadhkirat al-Harawīya fī al-ḥiyal al-ḥarabīya ("al-Harawi’s Admonition Regarding War Stratagems") by Ali ibn...
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    Books on Stratagems (Kutub al-Ḥiyal, Kr. nos. 1150–1449) and The Books on Military Stratagems and Tricks (Kutub al-Ḥiyal al-ḥurūbiyya wa-l-makāyid, Kr...
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    Hill, Donald Routledge (1979), The Book of Ingenious Devices (Kitáb al-Ḥiyal) by the Banú (sons of) Músà bin Shákir, Springer Publishing, pp. 23–4, ISBN 90-277-0833-9...
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  • 1016/S0094-114X(01)00005-2. Banu Musa (1979). The book of ingenious devices (Kitāb al-ḥiyal). Translated by Donald Routledge Hill. Springer. pp. 76–7. ISBN 9027708339...
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    al-zarāqāt). Book of Ingenious Mechanical Device (Kitāb fī ma 'rifat al-ḥiyal al-handasiyya) of 1206 by Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari mentioned about ejectors...
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    spinning wheel Banu Musa (1979), The book of ingenious devices (Kitāb al-ḥiyal), translated by Donald Routledge Hill, Springer, pp. 23–4, ISBN 90-277-0833-9...
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    is known to have commissioned an edition of the Al-Jāmi‘ fī ṣinā‘at al-ḥiyal of Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, devoted to the depiction of mechanical devices...
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    Hill, Donald Routledge (1979), The Book of Ingenious Devices (Kitáb al-Ḥiyal) by the Banú (sons of) Músà bin Shákir, Springer Publishing, pp. 23–4, ISBN 90-277-0833-9...
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    charges, described as "commission" (Cyril Glasse), or legal subterfuges (ḥiyal), such as a lender buying something from the borrower for cash, while arranging...
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  • with the divine) and perfecting oneself) White or natural magic (ʿilm al-ḥiyal wa-ash-shaʾwadhah) Sebastian Günther and Dorothee Pielow list: ʿUlum al-gharība...
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    wa-al-Sirāʿ ʿalá al-Khayl" Bibliothèque Nationale MS Ar. 6604/2 "Kitāb al-Hiyal fī al-Hurūb wa-Fatḥ al-Madā'in wa-Hifz al-Durūb" British Library MS Add...
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    the equation". Banu Musa (1979), The book of ingenious devices (Kitāb al-ḥiyal), translated by Donald Routledge Hill, Springer, ISBN 90-277-0833-9 Kraus...
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    1 July 2018. Banu Musa (1979), The book of ingenious devices (Kitāb al-ḥiyal), translated by Donald Routledge Hill, Springer, p. 21, ISBN 90-277-0833-9...
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