PERSON

Abū Sahl ʿĪsá ibn Yaḥyá al-Jurjānī al-Masīḥī

Name (arabic)

أبو سهل عيسى بن يحيى الجرجاني المسيحي

Name (translit)

Abū Sahl ʿĪsá ibn Yaḥyá al-Jurjānī al-Masīḥī

Born

0977 CE/ 0366 AH

Flourished

Died

1011 CE/ 0401 AH

Born in

Lived in

Number in MAMS

285

ismi_id

51928

Authored Works

6 works:

Astronomy: General

Kitāb fī sukūn al-ʿarḍ aw ḥarakatihā , كتاب في سكون العرض أو حركتها
Maqālah fī al-jidhrī ikhtiṣār kitāb al-Majisṭī , مقالة في الجذري إختصار كتاب المجسطي
Risālah fī qawānīn al-ṣināʿah , رسالة في قوانين الصناعة

Geometry: General

Kitāb fī mabādiʾ al-handasah , كتاب في مبادئ الهندسة

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P. 108 (no. 285).

Brockelmann, Carl. 1996. Geschichte Der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL). 5 vol. Leiden; New York: E. J. Brill.

Vol. 1, p. 238; suppl. 1, p. 424.

Sezgin, Fuat. 1996. Geschichte Der Arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), Vol. 3, Medizin-Pharmazie, Zoologie-Tierheilkunde Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Pp. 326-27.

Matvievskaya, Galina, and Boris Rozenfeld. 1983. Matematiki I Astronomy Musulmanskogo Srednevekovya I Ikh Trudi, VIII-XVII Vv [Mathematicians and Astronomers of the Muslim Middle Ages and Their Works, VIII-XVII Centuries]. 3 vol. Moscow: Nauka.

Vol. 2, p. 199.

Sezgin, Fuat. 1978. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), Vol. 6, Astronomie Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

P. 241.

Sezgin, Fuat. 1974. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), Vol. 5, Mathematik Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Pp. 336-37.

Suter, Heinrich. 1900. Die Mathematiker Und Astronomen Der Araber Und Ihre Werke.. Abhandlungen Zur Geschichte Der Mathematischen Wissenschaften Mit Einschluss Ihrer Anwendungen, Vol. 10. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner.

P. 79.

Uṣaybiʻah, Ibn. 1884. ʿUyūn Al-anbāʾ Fī ṭabaqāt Al-aṭibbāʾof Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʻah. Ed. August Müller. 2 vol. Cairo‐Königsberg: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Wahbīyah.

Vol. 1, pp. 327-28.

Leclerc, Lucien. 1876. Histoire De La médecine Arabe: Exposé Complet Des Traductions Du Grec; Les Sciences En Orient, Leur Transmission à l’Occident Par Les Traductions Latines. 2 vol. Paris: E. Leroux.

Vol. 1, pp. 356-57.

Sarton, George. Introduction to the History of Science. 3 vols. in 5 vol. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, for the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Vol. 1, p. 678.

Kâtip, Çelebi. Kashf Al-ẓunūn ʿan asāmī Al-Kutub Wa-Al-funūn. 2 vol. Istanbul: Maṭabiʻ Wikālat al-Maʿārif al-Jalīlah; Milli Eg‐itim Bakanlig‐i Yayinlari.

Vol. 2, p. 311; vol. 5, pp. 220, 356.