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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Euclid, fl 300 BC Level [40] File

1. Delhi Arabic 1909, ff 1v-152v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1909, ff 1v-152v
Title:
Taḥrīr uṣūl al-handasah wa-al-ḥisāb تحرير أصول الهندسة والحساب Euclid أقليدس Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the fundamental introduction to geometry, the Elements (Στοιχεῖα; الأصول) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης, أقليدس; fl. 300 BC), in the annotated edition (تحرير) of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274). The edi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
5 Jumādá II 1214
Extent:

Ff. 1v-152v

2. IO Islamic 461, ff 198v-207r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 198v-207r
Title:
Kitāb fī al-qarasṭūn كتاب في القرسطون Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحراني
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the static and mechanic theories underpinning the use of a kind of balance by Abū al-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī (أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني; d. 901). The treatise begins with postulates taken from the Kitāb fī al-thiqal wa-al-khiffah wa-qiyās al-ajrām ba‘ḍihā ilá ba‘ḍ (ك...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 198v-207r

3. IO Islamic 923, ff 71v-95r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 923, ff 71v-95r
Title:
Maqalah-’i avvalī az Kitāb-i Uqlīdas مقالهٔ اولى از كتاب اقليدس Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
A Persian version of Book One of the Elements (Στοιχεῖα; كتاب أقليدس في الأصول) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The diagrams are collected on three fold outs (ff. 74r, 89r and 95r). Begins (f. 71v, lines 1-2: مقالهٔ اولى از كتاب اقليدس چهل وهفت شكل اس...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

ff. 71v-95r

4. IO Islamic 923, ff 98v-101r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 923, ff 98v-101r
Title:
كتاب أقليدس في الثقل والخفة وقياس الأجرام بعضها إلى بعض Kitāb Uqlīdas fī al-thiqal wa-al-khiffah wa-qiyās al-ajrām ba‘ḍihā ilá ba‘ḍ Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
A work on the principles of specific gravity probably falsely attributed to the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The translation, presumabely from the Greek now lost, is said to have been corrected by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت ابن قرة; d. 901; f. 98v, line 3, tra...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

ff. 98v-101r

5. IO Islamic 1249, ff 1v-35r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 1v-35r
Title:
تحرير كتاب المعطيات لأقليدس Taḥrīr kitāb al-mu‘tīyāt li-Uqlīdis Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Data (Δεδομένα; كتاب المعطيات) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The text was translated by Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (إسحق بن حنين; d. ca 910), revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901) and is presented here in the edition (تحرير) o...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 1v-35r

6. IO Islamic 1249, ff 36v-56r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 36v-56r
Title:
تحرير المناظر لأقليدس Taḥrīr al-manāẓir li-Uqlīdis Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Optica (المناظر) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) presented here in the edition (تحرير) of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 1274). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 56r) following the text. Begins (ff. 36v, lines 2-4): تحرير ال...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 36v-56r

7. IO Islamic 1249, ff 57v-86r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 57v-86r
Title:
كتاب ظاهرات الفلك لأقليدس Kitāb Ẓāhirāt al-falak li-Uqlīdis Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the Phaenomena (Φαινόμενα; ظاهرات الفلك) by the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC) presented here in the edition of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 1274). The diagrams are collected on a fold out (f. 86r) following the text. Begins (f. 57v, lines 2-4)...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 57v-86r

8. IO Islamic 1270, ff 87r-100r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, ff 87r-100r
Title:
Thabat barāhīn ba‘ḍ ashkāl kitāb Ūqlīdis fī al-Ūṣūl ثبت براهين بعض أشكال كتاب أوقليدس في الأصول Sijzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad سجزي، أحمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Geometrical treatise by Abū Sa‘īd Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Sijzī (أبو سعيد أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الجليل السجزي; d. ca 1020) containing demonstrations of some propositions from the Elements (Στοιχεῖα; الأصول) by Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης, أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The text contains...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 87r-100r