عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
ALei611
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
al-Karābīsī, Aḥmad - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
De Young, Gregg
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
GENERAL NOTES
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(661 words)
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Aḥmad b. ʿUmar (or Muḥammad) al-Karābīsī (fl. fourth/tenth century) is credited with several Arabic treatises on mathematical topics. We know nothing about his life except that the bio-bibliographer al-Nadīm (d. c.385/995), in his K. al-Fihrist , an "index" of Arabic books completed c.377/987-8, mentions him among several commentators on Euclid's Elements active during the fourth/tenth century. His name, deriving from the Arabic kirbās (pl. karābīs ), a white cotton fabric, implies that his family was involved in the production or
SET
Title
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
International Standard Serial Number
9789004356665
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Islam.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
De Young, Gregg
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Article]
275578
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