The Abjad Calculation in Haji Zeynalabdin Shirvani's Work "Riyaz As-Siyahat"

Haji Zeynalabdin Shirvani, a scholar, poet, and traveler who lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, authored his first work, Riyaz AsSiyahat. This work consists of two parts. The first part was published in 1960 in Tehran under the editorship of Asghar Hamid Rabbani. The second part was published in 1974 in Moscow as a three-volume edition by Agamir Guliyev. These three volumes were later translated from Persian into our native language at the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 under the scholarly editorship of Professor Zakir Eminov. The translations were carried out by Shahin Yahyayev (Volume I), Aladdin Malikov (Volume II), and jointly by Shahin Yahyayev and Aladdin Malikov (Volume III). The present article focuses on Riyaz As-Siyahat and the Abjad calculation used by the author in this work. The article begins with a brief overview of Haji Zeynalabdin Shirvani's life, followed by a concise discussion of the aforementioned work. It concludes with an explanation of the Abjad calculation and examples of its application in Riyaz As-Siyahat.