PERSON

Abū Saʿīd Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrat al-Ḥarrānī

Name (arabic)

أبو سعيد سنان بن ثابت بن قرة الحرّاني

Name (translit)

Abū Saʿīd Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrat al-Ḥarrānī

Alias

Sinān ibn Thābit

Died

330H/942J

Lived in

Notes

(From MAMS2): He was a son of Thābit ibn Qurrah.

Number in MAMS

169

ismi_id

61249

Authored Works

7 works:

Astronomy: Anwāʾ

Kitāb al-anwāʾ (Sinān ibn Thābit) , كتاب الأنواء

Astronomy: General

Risālah fī al-istiwāʾ , رسالة في الإستواء
Risālah fī al-nujūm , رسالة في النجوم
Risālah fī qismah ayyām al-jumʿah ʿalá al-kawākib al-sabʿah , رسالة في قسمة أيّام الجمعة علی الكواكب السبعة
Risālah fī Suhayl , رسالة في سهيل

Geometry: General

Iṣlāḥ kitāb Aqāṭūn fī al-uṣūl al-handasiyyah , إصلاح كتاب أقاطون في الأصول الهندسيّة
Maqālah anfadhahā ilá al-malik ʿAḍud al-Dawlah fī al-ashkāl dhawāt al-khuṭūṭ al-mustaqīmah allatī taqaʿu fī al-dāʾirah wa-ʿalayhā , مقالة أنفذها إلى الملك عضد الدولة في الأشكال ذوات الخطوط المستقيمة التي تقع في الدائرة وعليها

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

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

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Sezgin, Fuat. 1975. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (Gas), Vol. 2, Poesie Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

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P. 291.

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