Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Qāhir ibn Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad al-Baġdādī

PERSON

Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Qāhir ibn Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad al-Baghdādī

Name (arabic)	أبو منصور عبد القاهر بن طاهر بن محمد البغدادي
Name (translit)	Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Qāhir ibn Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad al-Baghdādī
Alias	ʿAbd al-Qāhir ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Baghdādī
Flourished	286H/900J
Lived in	Baghdad Isfarain Nīshābūr
Died in	Isfarain
Number in MAMS	320
ismi_id	74997

Authored Works

3 works:

Arithmetic: Practical/ḥisāb

Kitāb al-takmilah fī ʿilm al-ḥisāb , كتاب التكملة في علم الحساب

[Treatises on Inheritances]

Mathematics: Applied

Kitāb al-misāḥah (ʿAbd al-Qāhir al-Baghdādī) , كتاب المساحة

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