Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādī

PERSON

Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādī

Name (arabic)	أبو يعقوب إسحاق بن حنين بن إسحاق العبادي
Name (translit)	Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādī
Alias	Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn
Born	214H/829J
Flourished
Died	297H/910J
Lived in	Baghdad
Student of	ِAbū Zakariyyāʾ Yuḥannā ibn Māsawayh
Number in MAMS	114
Biography URL	http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Ishaq_ibn_Hunayn_BEA.htm
ismi_id	96309

Authored Works

3 works:

Geometry: General

Kitāb al-muʿṭayāt fī al-handasah li-Uqlīdis , كتاب المعطيات في الهندسة لأقليدس

Mukhtaṣar kitāb Uqlīdis , مختصر كتاب أقليدس

Spherics

[Translation of the Spherics of Menelaus]

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