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PERSON

Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar al-Karābīsī

Name (arabic)

أحمد بن عمر الكرابيسي
Name (translit)

Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar al-Karābīsī
Alias

Karābīsī
Aḥmad ibn Muḥmmad al-Karābīsī
Flourished

Number in MAMS

224
Biography URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3898
ismi_id

55720

Authored Works

5 works:

Arithmetic: Practical/ḥisāb

Kitāb al-ḥisāb al-hindī , كتاب الحساب الهندي
Risālah fī ḥisāb al-dawr , رسالة في حساب الدور

Geometry: General

Kitāb misāḥat al-ḥalaq , كتاب مساحة الحلق
Sharḥ Uṣūl Uqlīdis , شرح أصول أقليدس

Inheritance

Risālah fī al-waṣāyā , رسالة في الوصايا

References

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P. 89 (no. 224).

Brentjes, Sonja. 2000. “Aḥmad Al-Karābīsī's Commentary On Euclid's Elements”. In Sic Itur Ad Astra: Studien Zur Geschichte Der Mathematik Und Naturwissenschaften - Festschrift Für Den Arabisten Paul Kunitzsch Zum 70. Geburtstag, eds. Menso Folkerts and Lorch, Richard, 31-75. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Brockelmann, Carl. 1997. “Al-Karābīsī”. In Encyclopaedia Of Islam, 2nd ed., 4:596. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
Brockelmann, Carl. 1996. Geschichte Der Arabischen Litteratur (Gal). 5 vol.. Leiden; New York: E. J. Brill.

Vol. 1, p. 247; suppl. 1, p. 390.

King, David. 1986. A Survey Of The Scientific Manuscripts In The Egyptian National Library. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns; The American Research Center in Egypt.

P. 38.

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, pp. 163-64.

Sezgin, Fuat. 1979. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (Gas), Vol. 7, Astrologie Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

P. 405.

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

P. 277.

Ṭūqān, Qadrī. 1963. Turāth Al-ʿArab Al-ʿIlmī Fī Al-Riyāḍīyāt Wa-Al-Falak. Cairo: Dār al-Qalam.

P. 211.

Lippert, Julius, and Jamāl Al-Qifṭī. 1903. “Taʾrīḫ Al-Hukamāʾ”. Leipzig: Theodor Weicher.

P. 79.

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.

Pp. 65-66.

Suter, Heinrich. 1892. “Das Mathematiker-Verzeichniss Im Fihrist Des Ibn Abi Ja'qub An-Nadim”. Abhandlungen Für Geschichte Der Mathematischen Wissenschaften 6.

Pp. 38, 71.

Ibn al-Nadīm, Muḥammad. 1871. Kitāb Al-Fihrist, Ed. Gustav Flügel. 2 vol.. Leipzig: Vogel.

P. 282.

Khalifa, Hajji. 1835. Hajji Khalifa. Kashf Al-Ẓunūn ʿAn Asāmī Al-Kutub Waʾl-Funūn = Lexicon Bibliographicum Et Encyclopaedicum A Mustafa Ben Abdallah Katib Jelebi Dicto Et Nomine Haji Khalfa Celebrato Compositum. Ed. Gustav Flügel. 7 vol.. Leipzig-London: R. Bentley for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.

Vol. 1, p. 383; vol. 3, p. 63; vol. 5, p. 169.