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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Spherical astronomy -- Early works to 1800 Level [32] Fonds

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 1997
Title:: al-Qanūn al-Masʿūdī القانون المسعودي Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad بيروني، محمد بن أحمد
Scope & Content:: An early and complete copy of the comprehensive astronomical work, or Canon, by Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (أبو الريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني, ca 973-1048). The al-Qanūn al-Masʿūdī was dedicated to Sultan Mas‘ūd of Ghaznī (reg. 1030-1040), and summarises the astronomy of the Alma...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Rabī‘ I 570
Extent:: Codex; ff. iii+262+iii

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