Abū Maḥmūd Ḥāmid ibn al-Ḫiḍr al-Ḫujandī

PERSON

Abū Maḥmūd Ḥāmid ibn al-Khiḍr al-Khujandī

Name (arabic)	أبو محمود حامد بن الخضر الخجندي
Name (translit)	Abū Maḥmūd Ḥāmid ibn al-Khiḍr al-Khujandī
Alias	Abū Muḥammad Ḥāmid ibn al-Khiḍr al-Khujandī Ḥāmid al-Khujandī
Flourished
Died	379H/990J
Lived in	Ḫujand Rayy
Number in MAMS	269
Biography URL	http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Khujandi_BEA.htm
ismi_id	53428

Authored Works

8 works:

Arithmetic: Practical/ḥisāb

[Arithmetic Treatise]

Astronomical Instruments

Kitāb al-ālah al-shāmilah , كتاب الآلة الشاملة

Kitāb al-ʿamal bi-al-zarqālah , كتاب العمل بالزرقالة

Risālat al-ṣafīḥah al-āfāqiyyah al-musammāh bi-al-jāmiʿah , رسالة الصفيحة الآفاقيّة المسمّاة بالجامعة

Astronomy: General

Kitāb fī al-sāʿāt al-māḍiyyah fī al-layl , كتاب في الساعات الماضيّة في الليل

Risālah fī taṣḥīḥ al-mayl wa-ʿarḍ al-balad , رسالة في تصحيح الميل وعرض البلد

Astronomy: Practical

Kitāb samt al-Qiblah , كتاب سمت القبلة

Geometry: General

Masāʾil mutafarriqah handasiyyah , مسائل متفرّقة هندسيّة

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