Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq

PERSON

Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq

Name (arabic)	يعقوب بن طارق
Name (translit)	Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq
Flourished	يعقوب بن طارق Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq
Died	173H/790J
Lived in	Baghdad
Notes	(From MAMS2): Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq (fl. late 8th c. Baghdad) worked under the Caliph al-Manṣūr.
Number in MAMS	11
Biography URL	http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Yaqub_ibn_Tariq_BEA.htm
ismi_id	82201

Authored Works

6 works:

Astrology

al‐Maqālāt , المقالات

Astronomical Tables/zījes

Zīj maḥlūl fī al-Sindhind li-darajah darajah , زيج محلول في السندهند لدرجة درجة

Astronomy: Practical

Kitāb fī al-ʿ ilal , كتاب في العلل

Kitāb mā irtafaʿa min qaws niṣf al-nahār , كتاب ما ارتفع من قوس نصف النهار

Astronomy: Theoretical/hayʾaẗ al-ʿālam

Tarkīb al-aflāk (Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq) , تركيب الأفلاك

Mathematics: General

Taqṭīʿ kardajāt al-jayb , تقطيع كردجات الجيب

References

al-Nadīm, Ibn. 2009. Ibn Al-Nadīm's Kitāb Al-Fihrist. Ed. Ayman Sayyid. 2 vol.. London: Muʼassasat al-Furqān lil-Turāth al-Islāmī.

P. 245.

Hogendijk, Jan. 2008. “Ya˓qūb Ibn Ṭāriq”. In Encyclopaedia Of The History Of Science, Technology, And Medicine In Non-Western Cultures, ed. Helaine Selin, 2nd ed., 2341. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

P. 1044.

Plofker, Kim. 2007. “Yaʿqūb Ibn Ṭāriq”. In The Biographical Encyclopedia Of Astronomers, ed. Thomas Hockey, 2:1250-51. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Pp. 1250-51.

Rozenfeld, Boris, and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. 2003. Mathematicians, Astronomers And Other Scholars Of Islamic Civilisation And Their Works (7Th-19Th C.). Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture.

P. 16 (no. 11).

Hogendijk, Jan. 1988. “New Light On The Lunar Crescent Visibility Table Of Yaʿqūb Ibn Ṭāriq”. Journal Of Near Eastern Studies 47: 95-104.

King, David. 1986. A Survey Of The Scientific Manuscripts In The Egyptian National Library. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns; The American Research Center in Egypt.

P. 31.

Matvievskaya, Galina, and Boris Rozenfeld. 1983. Matematiki I Astronomy Musulmanskogo Srednevekovya I Ikh Trudi, Viii-Xvii Vv [Mathematicians And Astronomers Of The Muslim Middle Ages And Their Works, Viii-Xvii Centuries]. 3 vol.. Moscow: Nauka.

Vol. 2, p. 32.

Sezgin, Fuat. 1979. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (Gas), Vol. 7, Astrologie Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Pp. 101-2.

Sezgin, Fuat. 1978. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (Gas), Vol. 6, Astronomie Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Pp. 124-27.

Pingree, David. 1976. “Yaʿqūb Ibn Ṭāriq”. In Dictionary Of Scientific Biography, ed. Charles Gillispie, 14:546. New York: Scribner.

Sezgin, Fuat. 1974. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (Gas), Vol. 5, Mathematik Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Pp. 217-18.

Kennedy, Edward. 1968. “The Lunar Visibility Theory Of Yaʿqūb Ibn Ṭāriq”. Journal Of Near Eastern Studies 27 (2): 126-132.

Pingree, David. 1968. “The Fragments Of The Works Of Yaʿqūb Ibn Ṭāriq”. Journal Of Near Eastern Studies 27 (2): 97-125.

Krachkovsky, Ignaty. 1957. “Arabskaya Geograficheskaya Literatura”. In Izbrannye Sochineniya. Vol. 4. Moscow-Leningrad.

Pp. 66-68.

Kapp, A. 1935. “Arabische Übersetzer Und Kommentatoren Euklids, Sowie Deren Math.-Naturwiss. Werke Auf Grund Des Ta'rīkh Al-Ḥukamā' Des Ibn Al-Qifṭī: Iii”. Isis 24 (1): 37-79.

P. 66.

Lippert, Julius, and Jamāl Al-Qifṭī. 1903. “Taʾrīḫ Al-Hukamāʾ”. Leipzig: Theodor Weicher.

P. 373.

Suter, Heinrich. 1900. Die Mathematiker Und Astronomen Der Araber Und Ihre Werke.. Abhandlungen Zur Geschichte Der Mathematischen Wissenschaften Mit Einschluss Ihrer Anwendungen, Vol. 10. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner.

P. 4.

Suter, Heinrich. 1892. “Das Mathematiker-Verzeichniss Im Fihrist Des Ibn Abi Ja'qub An-Nadim”. Abhandlungen Für Geschichte Der Mathematischen Wissenschaften 6.

P. 33.

Sachau, Edward. 1888. Alberuni's India. An Account Of The Religion, Philosophy, Literature, Geography, Chronology, Astronomy, Customs, Laws And Astrology Of India About A.d. 1030. Trübner's Oriental Series. 2 vol.. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.

Vol. pp. 316, 353; vol. 2, pp. 67-68.

Ibn al-Nadīm, Muḥammad. 1871. Kitāb Al-Fihrist, Ed. Gustav Flügel. 2 vol.. Leipzig: Vogel.

P. 278.

Sarton, George. Introduction To The History Of Science. 3 vols. in 5 vol.. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, for the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Vol. 1, p. 530.