Qawl fī shakal Banī Mūsá قول في شكل بني موسى Alhazen ابن الهيثم

IO Islamic 1270, ff 28r-32r

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The record is made up of Ff. 28r-32r. It was created in 16th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Treatise by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (أبو علي الحسن بن الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; d. ca 1040) on a proposition from the prolegomena of the Banū Mūsá (بنو موسى, fl. 9th century) to the Conics (Κωνικά; كتاب المخروطات) by Apollonius of Perga (Ἀπολλώνιος; أبلونيوس; fl ca 200 BC).

The text contains five diagrams.

Begins (f. 28r, line 3):

إن أحد الأشكال التي قدمها بنو موسى لبراهين كتاب المخروطات وهو الشكل الأخير

Extent and format
Ff. 28r-32r
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Compendium of texts on mathematics and optics mostly by Alhazen (ابن الهيثم)
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Ref: IO Islamic 1270
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Arabic in Arabic script
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Manuscript item

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British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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IO Islamic 1270, ff 28r-32r

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16th century (CE, Gregorian)

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Edition:

  • Ibn al-Haytham, 'Fī shakl Banī Mūsá', in Majmūʿ al-rasāʼil li-Abī ʻAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham al-Baṣrī (Ḥaydarābād: Dāʼirat al-Maʿārif al-ʿUthmānīyah, 1357 [1938])

Study:

  • Sezgin, Fuat, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums , vol. 5 (Leiden: Brill, 1974), p. 358-74
Subjects
Geometry--Early works to 1800
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Alhazen

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Qawl fī shakal Banī Mūsá قول في شكل بني موسى Alhazen ابن الهيثم, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, IO Islamic 1270, ff 28r-32r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023697729.0x000008> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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IO Islamic 1270, ff 28r-32r
Title
Qawl fī shakal Banī Mūsá قول في شكل بني موسى Alhazen ابن الهيثم
Pages
28r:32r
Author
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