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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IO Islamic 461 Name Ṭūsī, al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad, mathematician and astronomer, c 1135-1213

1. IO Islamic 461, ff 2v-7v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 461, ff 2v-7v
Title:
Anonymous treatise on the linear astrolabe
Scope & Content:
Anonymous treatise on the construction and use of the linear astrolabe (أسطرلاب خطّي), an instrument also known as 'al-Ṭūsī's Rod' (عصا الطوسي), named after its inventor Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (شرف الدين المظفر بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1213). The Persian table of contents (f. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

Ff. 2v-7v

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

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