Thabat barāhīn ba‘ḍ ashkāl kitāb Ūqlīdis fī al-Ūṣūl ثبت براهين بعض أشكال كتاب أوقليدس في الأصول Sijzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad سجزي، أحمد بن محمد

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Geometrical treatise by Abū Sa‘īd Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Sijzī (أبو سعيد أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الجليل السجزي; d. ca 1020) containing demonstrations of some propositions from the Elements (Στοιχεῖα; الأصول) by Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης, أقليدس; fl. 300 BC).

The text contains numerous diagrams. The copy is defective at the end.

Begins (f. 87r, lines 2-3):

ثبت براهين بعض أشكال كتاب أوقليدس في الأصول استخراج الشيخ

الفاضل أبي سعيد أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الجليل ...

Extent and format

Ff. 87r-100r

It is part of

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

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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 87r-100r

History of this record

Date(s)

16th century (CE, Gregorian)

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Study:

• Van Brummelen, Glen, 'Sijzī: Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Jalīl al-Sijzī', in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers , ed. by Thomas Hockey et al. (New York: Springer, 2007) p. 1059

Subjects

Geometry--Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad SijzīEuclid

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Thabat barāhīn ba‘ḍ ashkāl kitāb Ūqlīdis fī al-Ūṣūl ثبت براهين بعض أشكال كتاب أوقليدس في الأصول Sijzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad سجزي، أحمد بن محمد, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, IO Islamic 1270, ff 87r-100r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023697729.0x00000e> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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