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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Mathematics -- Early works to 1800 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 7473, ff 164v-172v

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Add MS 7473, ff 164v-172v
Title:
Min kitāb Abūlūnīyūs fī al-ashkāl al-sanaubarīyah من كتاب أبولونيوس في الأشكال الصنوبرية Apollonius of Perga أبولونيوس
Scope & Content:
The title states that this text is an excerpt from an Arabic version of the Conics (Κωνικά; في الأشكال الصنوبية) by Apollonius of Perga (Ἀπολλώνιος; أبولونيوس; fl ca 200 BC). The colophon, however, gives the title of the work as the Book of Burning-Mirrors and Compendium of Conics (كتاب المرايا ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Dhū al-Qa‘dah 639
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Ff. 164v-172v

2. Add MS 23569, ff 103v-135v

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Add MS 23569, ff 103v-135v
Title:
Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb خلاصة الحساب ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين
Scope & Content:
Very popular textbook of arithmetic by Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي; d. 1621). The treatise contains numerous diagrams and tables (ff. 104v, 105r, 105v, 106r, 109r, 109v, 110v, 112r, 118v, 119r, 122r, 122v and 124v). The text is defective at the en...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1646-1647
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Ff. 103v-135v

3. IO Islamic 461, ff 35v-180r

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IO Islamic 461, ff 35v-180r
Title:
al-Muʿādalāt المعادلات
Scope & Content:
Anonymous epitome (تلخيص) of a lost treatise by Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213) on cubic equations fundamental to algebraic geometry (see the epitomiser's preface, f. 35, lines 2-7, transcribed below and edited by Rashed in Sharaf al-Dīn...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 35v-180r

4. IO Islamic 461, ff 182v-189r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 182v-189r
Title:
Risālah fī ʿamal ḍilʿ al-musabba‘ al-mutasāwī al-aḍlā‘ fī al-dā‘irah رسالة في عمل ضلع المسبع المتساوي الأضلاع في الدائرة Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum كوهي، ويجن بن رستم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the construction of an equilateral heptagon within a circle by Abū Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Kūhī (أبو سهل ويجن بن رستم الكوهي also spelled al-Qūhī [القوهي]; fl. second half of the 10th century). The text contains seven diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 188r) at the en...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 182v-189r

5. IO Islamic 461, ff 189v-191r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 189v-191r
Title:
Ṭarīq fī istikhrāj khaṭṭayn bayna khaṭṭayn wa-tatawālá ‘alá nisbah طريق في استخراج خطّين بين خطّين وتتوالى على نسبة Kūhī, Wayjan ibn Rustum كوهي، ويجن بن رستم
Scope & Content:
Short geometrical treatise by Abū Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Kūhī (أبو سهل ويجن بن رستم الكوهي also spelled al-Qūhī [القوهي]; fl. second half of the 10th century). The text contains one diagram, which is presented on a fold out (f. 190r). Contents: Begins (f. 189v, lines 2-): نجعل الخطين ا ب...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 189v-191r

6. IO Islamic 461, ff 191v-197r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 191v-197r
Title:
Kitāb fī misāḥat qaṭʿ al-makhrūṭ al-mukāfī كتاب في مساحة قطع المخروط المكافي Ibn Sinān, Ibrāhīm ابن سنان، إبراهيم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the mensuration of conic sections by Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah (إبراهيم بن سنان بن ثابت بن قرّة, d. 946). The text contains seven diagrams, which are collected on a fold out (f. 197r) at the end of the text. Begins (f. 191v, lines 2-3): قد كنت علمت كتابًا في مساحة هذ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 191v-197r

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

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IO Islamic 461, ff 198v-207r
Title:
Kitāb fī al-qarasṭūn كتاب في القرسطون Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحراني
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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
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Ff. 198v-207r

8. IO Islamic 1270, ff 118v-119r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, ff 118v-119r
Title:
Qawl fī mas’alah ‘adadīyah mujassama قول في مسئلة عددية مجسمة Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on cubic numbers by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040). Begins (f. 118v, line 3): نريد أن نقسم عددًا معلومًا بقسمين حتى يكون أحدهما مكعب الآخر ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
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Ff. 118v-119r

9. Or 5408, ff 94r-115r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5408, ff 94r-115r
Title:
Sharḥ al-Urjūzah al-Yāsamīnīyah fī ʿilm al-jabr شرح الأرجوزة الياسمينية في علم الجبر
Scope & Content:
Anonymous commentary on the didactic poem (أرجوزة) on algebra al-Manẓūmah al-Yāsamīnīyah fī al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah (المنظومة الياسمينية في الجبر والمقابلة) by Abū Muḥammad ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥajjāj ibn al-Yāsamīn al-Adrinī al-Ishbīlī (أبو محمد عبد الله بن محمد بن حجاج بن الياسمين الأدر...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
mid-Jumādá I 1070
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Ff. 94r-115r

10. Or 5408, ff 115v-133r

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Or 5408, ff 115v-133r
Title:
Nuzhat al-ḥussāb fī ‘ilm al-ḥisāb نزهة الحُسّاب في علم الحِساب Ibn al-Hāʾim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ابن الهائم، أحمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Abridgement of a treatise also by the author, Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ha’im al-Maqdisī al-Faraḍī (شهاب الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن الهائم المقدسي الفرضي, d. 1412), entitled al-Murshidah fī ṣinā‘at al-ghubār (المرشدة في صناعة الغبار) on arithmetic and ḥisāb al-g...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1070
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Ff. 115v-133r