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

1. Add MS 7473, ff 12v-16v

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Add MS 7473, ff 12v-16v
Title:
Masā’il su’ilā ‘anhā Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī مسائل سئل عنها ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني
Scope & Content:
Philosophical treatise on the question of whether souls are limited or infinite by Abū al-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī (أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني; d. 901) written in response to questions put to him by Abū Musá ‘Isá ibn Asad (أبو موسى عيسى بن أسد). The full title is given as (f. 12v...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 12v-16v

2. Add MS 7473, ff 108r-113r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7473, ff 108r-113r
Title:
Kitāb fī ḥisāb ru’yat al-ahillah كتاب في حساب رؤية الأهلّة Thābit ibn Qurrah ثابت بن قرّة
Scope & Content:
Astronomical treatise on calcualating the appearance of the new moon by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت ابن قرة; d. 901). Contents: Begins (f. 108r, lines 4-6): قال ثابت قوم الشمس لوقت مغيبها من اليوم الذي تريد أن تعلم إن كان الهلال يرى فيه إذا كان قد جاوز الاجتماع تقويمًا تعرف به موضتها بالتقريب إذ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 108r-113r

3. Add MS 7473, ff 122r-164r

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Add MS 7473, ff 122r-164r
Title:
al-Madkhal ilá ‘ilm al-‘adad المدخل إلى علم العدد Nicomachus of Gerasa نيقوماخس الجراسيني
Scope & Content:
Arabic translation of the Introductio Arithmetica (Ἀριθμητικὴ εἰσαγωγή, المدخل إلى علم العدد المسمى بالأرثماطيقي) by the neo-Pythagorean philosopher and mathematician Nicomachus of Gerasa (Νικόμαχος ὁ Γερασινός, نيقوماخس الجراسيني; d. ca 120). The translation is attributed to Thābit ibn Qurrah (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 122r-164r

4. Add MS 7475

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Add MS 7475
Title:
Kitāb Baṭlamyūs fī al-ta‘līm al-ma‘rūf bi-l-Majisṭī naqala Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn كتاب بطلميوس في التعليم المعروف بالمجسطي نقل إسحق بن حنين Ptolemy بطلميوس
Scope & Content:
Books Seven to Thirteen of the Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), an Arabic version of the Μαθηματικῆς σύνταξις of of Ptolemy (بطلميوس, Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168). The book title on f. 199v names the translator as Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (d. c 910), the son of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. 873). This manuscript cal...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
615
Extent:
Codex; ff. iii+239+iii

5. Add MS 23570, ff 30r-62r

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Add MS 23570, ff 30r-62r
Title:
Kitāb al-ukar كتاب الأكر Theodosius ثاوذوسيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaericis (كتاب الأكر) by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδοìσιος; c 160-c 100 BC). The preface (f. 1v, lines 3-5, transcribed below) states that it was translated from Greek into Arabic by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; ca 820-912), up to Chapter 3, figure 5, at t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá II 1014
Extent:

Ff. 30r-62r

6. Add MS 23570, ff 62r-69v

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Add MS 23570, ff 62r-69v
Title:
Kitāb al-kurrah al-mutaḥarrika كتاب الكرة المتحركة Autolycus أوطولوقس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaera quae movertur (Περὶ κινουμένης σφαίρας; كتاب الكرة المتحركة) by the astronomer, mathematician and geographer Autolycus of Pitane (Αὐτόλυκος ὁ Πιταναῖος; أوطولوقس; fl. 300 BC), translation from the Greek revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901). Although...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá II 1014
Extent:

Ff. 62r-69v

7. Delhi Arabic 1926

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1926
Title:
Kitāb al-ukar كتاب الأكر Theodosius ثاودوسيوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaericis (كتاب الأكر) by Theodosius of Bithynia (ثاودوسيوس; Θεοδόσιος; c 160-c 100 BC). The preface (f. 1v, lines 3-5, transcribed below) states that it was translated from Greek into Arabic by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; c 820-912), up to Chapter 3, figure 5, at th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+34+ii

8. 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
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

9. IO Islamic 923, ff 1v-10r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 923, ff 1v-10r
Title:
Taḥrīr kitāb al-kurrah al-mutaḥarrikah تحرير كتاب الكرة المتحركة Autolycus أوطولوقس
Scope & Content:
Arabic version of the De sphaera quae movertur (Περὶ κινουμένης σφαίρας;كتاب الكرة المتحركة) by the astronomer, mathematician and geographer Autolycus of Pitane (Αὐτόλυκος ὁ Πιταναῖος; أوطولوقس; fl. 300 BC), translation from the Greek revised by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت بن قرة; d. 901). The diag...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17 Jumādá I 1198
Extent:

ff. 1v-10r

10. 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