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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, Translator, mathematician, d 901

11. 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

12. 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

13. IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1249, ff 118v-231v
Title:
كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة Kitāb al-kurrah wa-al-isṭūwānah Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaera et cylindro (Περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου; كتاب الكرة والأسطوانة) by the mathematician Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC), revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901) and presented here in the edition of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 118v-231v

14. IO Islamic 1270, ff 1v-9v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, ff 1v-9v
Title:
Kitāb fī sanat al-shams bil-irṣād كتاب في سنة الشمس بالإرصاد Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني
Scope & Content:
Astronomical treatise on the solar year by Abū al-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī (أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني; d. 901). The treatise contains eleven diagrams. The first leaf is mutilated. Begins (f. 1v, lines 4-5): إن الأوائل قد اختلفوا في سنة الشمس ولم يكن اختلافهم في مقدمين زمانها ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-9v

15. Or 6273, f 116r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6273, f 116r
Title:
Excerpt on dysmenorrhoea from Kitāb al-dhakhīrah (كتاب الذخيرة)
Scope & Content:
Excerpt on the treatment of dysmenorrhoea said to be from the Book of the Treasure (كتاب الذخيرة) attributed to Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت ابن قرة, d. 901; see line 18). Although material on this topic features in the edited text of the Book of the Treasure (see ed. Sobhy, chapter 18, pp. 117-18), ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

F. 116r