PERSON

Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ

Name (arabic)

إخوان الصفاء

Name (translit)

Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ

Alias

Brethren of Purity

Flourished

286H/900J

Lived in

Number in MAMS

226

Biography URL

ismi_id

56849

Authored Works

11 works:

Arithmetic: Practical/ḥisāb

Fī al-tanāsubāt , في التناسبات

Astronomical Instruments

Risālat al-asṭurlāb , رسالة الأسطرلاب

Astronomy: General

al-Risālah al-thālithah fī al-asṭarnūmiyā , الرسالة الثالثة في الأسطر نوميا
Risālah fī al-hayʾah (Ikhwān) , رسالة في الهيئة

Geography: Practical

Fī al-jughrāfiyā , في الجغرافيا

Geometry: General

al-Jūmātriyā fī al-handasah wa-māhiyātihā , الجوماتريا في الهندسة وماهياتها

MUSIC

Fī al-mūsīqá , في الموسيقی

Natural Philosophy/ṭabīʿiyyāt

al-Ṭabīʿiyyāt , الطبيعيات
Risālah fī al-samāʾ wa-al-ʿālam (Ikhwān) , رسالة في السماء والعالم
Risālah fī māhiyyat al-ṭabīʿiyyāt (Ikhwān) , رسالة في ماهيّة الطبيعيّات

Number Theory

Fī al-ʿadad , في العدد

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al-Ṣafāʾ, Ikhwān, and Godefroid de Callataÿ. 1996. Les révolutions Et Les Cycles : Épîtres Des Frères De La pureté, XXXVI. Beyrouth; Paris; Louvain-la-Neuve: al-Bouraq; Academia-Bruylant.
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