Kitāb fī sanat al-shams bil-irṣād كتاب في سنة الشمس بالإرصاد Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني

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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 (!) فقط ...

Extent and format

Ff. 1v-9v

It is part of

Compendium of texts on mathematics and optics mostly by Alhazen (ابن الهيثم)

270 images

Ref: IO Islamic 1270

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IO Islamic 1270, ff 1v-9v

History of this record

Date(s)

16th century (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Astronomy, ArabAstronomy, MedievalAstronomy--Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī

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Kitāb fī sanat al-shams bil-irṣād كتاب في سنة الشمس بالإرصاد Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, IO Islamic 1270, ff 1v-9v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023697729.0x000001> [accessed 6 May 2024]

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