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fundament of fundaments of this year, which is 288, the number 

 342, subtract the sum 830 from the lunar broken year, which not 

 being possible, you must add to it the solar year ; the remaining 285 

 is the fundament of the Coptic year ; subtract it if possible from the 

 lunar year, and if it be not possible add to it the solar year ; the 

 number of the broken solar year is 237, the sum gives 802; sub- 

 tract from it the Coptic fundament 165 ; the remaining 337 dis- 

 tribute amongst the above said months, giving to each 30 days, you 

 will find the first Ramazan to fall on the 7th of Mesori. 



Section VII. Of the Persian year. 

 The beginning of it is the Yazdjerdian Na?v?'ooz ; be it known 

 that this Nawrooz falls regularly in the next year on the day of the 

 week next to that with which it begun in the former, so if it begins 

 this year with Monday it begins next with Tuesday, because there 

 is no intercalar year in the Yazdjerdian cyclus. The way, of know- 

 ing it, is to throw away the hundred and odd number of the year of 

 the Hedjra, and to multiply the rest with 11. Keep what you 

 obtain and multiply it again with 1 1 : add to one of these two pro- 

 ducts 53, and call this sum Madjmoo, divide the second with 30, 

 subtract the quotient Madjmoo, from the number which remains 

 beside; if the quotient is less than 19, you do not mind it, if it is 

 greater than 19 you add it to the quotient, subtract the rest of the 

 Madjmoo from the broken lunar year, and if this is not possible add 

 to it the solar year ; from the sum subtract the Madjmoo, the remain- 

 ing number gives the day of the Nawrooz. For example — if you 

 wish to know on which day of the Yesdedjerdran year falls the first 

 of Ramazan of the year 961, you throw away the hundred and the 

 odd number of the years of the Hedjra, multiply the remaining 80 

 with 11, which gives 660, add to the first 660 the number 93 which 

 makes 713, and call this Madjmoo, divide the second 660 with 30, the 

 quotient of which is 22 ; subtract this from the Madjmoo, and you 

 will obtain 891 ; subtract of this the solar year and you will get 326. 

 As it is impossible to subtract this sum from the broken lunar, year 

 you must add to this the solar, which makes 602, from which you 

 subtract 326, the remaining 276 are the days of the Yesdedjerdran 

 year, which you distribute according to the months Farwardeen 30, 

 Ardebehesht 30, Khorded 30, Tir 30, Mordad 30, Shahirwer 30, 

 Mihs, 30 Aden, 30, Azes, 30, Dei 30, Rahman 30, Isfendarmed 30; 

 and you will find the first Ramazan to fall on the tenth of Del 



