Risālah fī barkār al-dawā’ir al-‘iẓām رسالة في بركار الدوائر العظام Alhazen ابن الهيثم

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Treatise on the construction and use of compasses for drawing large circles 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. 116v, lines 2-4):

إن أحد الحيل الهندسية التي تسخ الخادم مولانا الوزير الأمير الأجل أدام الله سلطانه

استخراجها آلة صغير المقدار تجري مجرى البركار نرسم مع صغرها دوائر في غاية

العظم ...

Extent and format

Ff. 116v-118r

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 116v-118r

History of this record

Date(s)

16th century (CE, Gregorian)

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Study:

• Sezgin, Fuat, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums , vol. 5 (Leiden: Brill, 1974), p. 358-74

Subjects

Geometry--Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Alhazen

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Risālah fī barkār al-dawā’ir al-‘iẓām رسالة في بركار الدوائر العظام Alhazen ابن الهيثم, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, IO Islamic 1270, ff 116v-118r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023697729.0x000010> [accessed 13 July 2026]

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