PERSON

Abū Zayd Aḥmad ibn Sahl al-Balkhī

Name (arabic)

أبو زيد أحمد بن سهل البلخي

Name (translit)

Abū Zayd Aḥmad ibn Sahl al-Balkhī

Alias

Abū Zayd al-Balkhī

Born

235H/850J

Died

322H/934J

Lived in

Student of

Teacher of

Number in MAMS

156

ismi_id

63444

Authored Works

3 works:

Astronomy: General

Kitāb tafsīr ṣuwar Kitāb al-samāʿ wa-al-ʿālam li-Abī Jaʿfar al-Khāzin , كتاب تفسير صور كتاب السماع والعالم لأبي جعفر الخازن

Geography: Practical

Ṣuwar al-aqālīm , صور الأقاليم

Mathematics: General

Kitāb faḍīlah ʿulūm al-riyāḍiyyāt , كتاب فضيلة علوم الرياضيّات

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Sezgin, Fuat. 2000. Geschichte Der Arabischen Schrifttums (Gas), Vol. 10, Mathematische Geographie Und Kartographie Im Islam Und Ihr Fortleben Im Abendland. Historische Darstellung,1. Frankfurt am Main: Institut für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften.
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Sezgin, Fuat. 1996. Geschichte Der Arabischen Schrifttums (Gas), Vol. 3, Medizin-Pharmazie, Zoologie-Tierheilkunde Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

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