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Subject Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900 Name Alhazen, 965-1039 Digitised Content Platform Qatar Digital Library

1. Delhi Arabic 110, ff 28a-r-119v

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 110, ff 28a-r-119v
Title:
Dīwān al-‘adad al-wafq ديوان العدد الوفق Anonymous
Scope & Content:
Mathematical treatise on the construction of magic squares and triangles (العدد الوفق). The text is defective at the beginning and end so the author's name is unknown, but in what remains of the preface the author records the title of the work and says that his intention is to compile all that h...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th or 16th century
Extent:

Ff. 28a-r-119v

2. IO Islamic 1270, f 121r-121v

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1270, f 121r-121v
Title:
Qawl fī istikhrāj mas’alah ‘adadīyah قول في استخراج مسئلة عددية Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Scope & Content:
Treatise on an arithmetical problem 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. 121r, lines 3-4): المسئلة نريد أن نجد عددًا إذا قسم على اثنين بقي منه واحد وإن قسم على ثلثة بقي منه واحد ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

F. 121r-121v

3. 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
Extent:

Ff. 118v-119r