PERSON
Yūsuf al-Khūrī al-Qass al-Sāḥir
| Name (arabic) |
يوسف الخوري القسّ الساحر
|
| Name (translit) |
Yūsuf al-Khūrī al-Qass al-Sāḥir
|
| Alias |
Yūsuf al-Khūrī al-Qiss
Yūḥannā ibn Yūsuf al-Qass
|
| Flourished |
183H/800J
|
| Died |
299H/912J
|
| Notes |
A Christian priest, physician and mathematician, who translated from Syriac into Arabic Archimedes' Treatise on Triangles (which was later revised by Sinān ibn Thābit), and the medical works of Galen. |
| Number in MAMS |
117
|
| ismi_id |
95824
|
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