Ibn_'Adlan_-_On_Cryptanalysis,_Al-mu'allaf_lil-malik_al-'Ashraf,_13th_century.jpg


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English: The cover ( right ) and the first page of Ibn Adlan's Fi hall al-mutarjam (On Cryptanalysis), also known as Al-mu'allaf lil-malik al-'Ashraf (The [Book] Written for King al-Ashraf) Undated, written for Emir Al-Ashraf Musa of Damascus (reigned 1229–1237). This is a copy preserved in Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, or the library of the Süleymaniye Mosque of Istanbul (manuscript number 5359)
Date c. 1229–1237
Source Al-Kadi, Ibrahim A. (1992). "Origins of Cryptology: The Arab Contributions". Cryptologia 16 (2): 97–126. DOI : 10.1080/0161-119291866801 . Image in page 114.
Author Original author: Ibn 'Adlan

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The cover (''right'') and the first page of Ibn Adlan's ''On Cryptanalysis''

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