PERSON

Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Dāyah al-Miṣrī

Name (arabic)

أبو جعفر أحمد بن يوسف بن إبراهيم بن الداية المصري

Name (translit)

Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Dāyah al-Miṣrī

Alias

Aḥmad al-Miṣrī
أحمد بن يوسف المصري المهندس کاتب الطولون
Ibn al-Dāyah
احمد بن يوسف المصري المهندس کاتب الطولون

Died

286H/900J

Lived in

Number in MAMS

119

ismi_id

96038

Authored Works

4 works:

Astrology

Sharḥ Kitāb al-thamarah , شرح کتاب الثمرة

Astronomy: General

Fī al-ṣafīḥah li-kull al-ʿurūḍ , في الصفيحة لكل العروض

Mathematics: General

Fī al-qisī al-mutashābihah , في القسيّ المتشابهة
Kitāb al-nisbah wa-al-tanāsub , كتاب النسبة والتناسب

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