PERSON

Abū Isḥaq Ibrāhīm ibn Hilāl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Zahrūn al-Ṣābiʾī al-Ḥarrānī

Name (arabic)

أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن هلال بن إبراهيم بن زهرون الصابئي الحرّاني

Name (translit)

Abū Isḥaq Ibrāhīm ibn Hilāl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Zahrūn al-Ṣābiʾī al-Ḥarrānī

Alias

Ibrāhīm ibn Hilāl al-Ṣābiʾī

Born

312H/925J

Flourished

Died

383H/994J

Lived in

Number in MAMS

251

ismi_id

55076

Authored Works

4 works:

Astronomical Instruments

Kitāb Abū al-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Qurrah fī ālāt al-sāʿāt allatī tusammá ruẖāmāt , كتاب أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرّة في آلات الساعات التي تسمى رخامات

Geometry: General

TECHNOLOGY

Risālat al-Ṣābiʾī ilá Abī Sahl al-Kūhī yasʾaluhū al-naẓar fī shukūk ʿaraḍat lahu fī mā istaẖrajahū , رسالة الصابئي إلى أبي سهل الكوهي يسألهوا النظر في شكوك عرضت له في ما استخرجهوا
Risālah ilá Abī Sahl al-Kūhī , رسالة إلى أبي سهل الكوهي

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