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Al-Abbās ibn Said al-Jawharī

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Al-Jawhari'
العباس بن سعيد الجوهري
Bornc. 800
Diedc. 860
possibly Baghdad
Academic work
EraIslamic Golden Age
Main interestsMathematics, astronomy, geometry

Al-ʿAbbās ibn Saʿid al-Jawharī (Arabic: العباس بن سعيد الجوهري; c. 800 – c. 860), known as Al-Jawhari, was a geometer who worked at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad and for in a short time in Damascus, where he made astronomical observations. Born (and probably dying) in Baghdad, he was probably of Iranian origin.[1][page needed] His most important work was his commentary on Euclid's Elements, which contained nearly 50 additional propositions and an attempted mathematical proof of the parallel postulate.[citation needed]

Described as having superb knowledge of Greek, which was unusual for a Muslim scholar), Al-Jawhari is credited with a translation into Arabic of the Indian polymath Shanaq al-Hindi's Book of Poisons.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Selin 1997, pp. 813–833.
  2. ^ Treiger 2022.

Sources

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  • Selin, Helaine (1997). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Berlin; New York: Springer Nature. ISBN 978-1-4020-4960-6.
  • Treiger, Alexander (2022). "From al-Biṭrīq to Ḥunayn: Melkite and Nestorian Translators in Early ʿAbbāsid Baghdad". Mediterranea. 7: 143–181. doi:10.21071/mijtk.v7i.13666. S2CID 247928028.

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