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arabischen Handschriften mf. 258. from 5921 to 5925

the manuscripts requested by you can unfortunately
not be traced among our holdings.
According to our information it is at present among the holdings of the:
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Biblioteka Jagiellonska
Aleja Mickiewisza 22. PL-30-059 KRAKOW. POLEN

Please try to contact them, they should be able to supply you with a copy.
We do not have any information if we ever get the manuscript back.

Yours sincerely,
Kristina Münchow
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5921 Elliasan ben Elliasan. 1650

5922 Abu sahl elquhi. 990
Abũ Sahl Wĩjan (or Waijan) b. Rustam al-Kũhĩ (fl. 988), born at Kũh in [Tnull]abaristãn,
a distinguished geometer and astronomer, wrote, according to the Fihrist, a “Book of the Elements” after that of Euclid;
the 1st and 2nd Books survive at Cairo, and a part of the 3rd Book at Berlin (5922)

5923 Maqale des Euclides von Abdallah ben hilal liv X.

5924 Maqale des Euclides von Abu gafar elhazin
. Abĩ Ja`far al-Khāzin (i.e. “the treasurer” or “librarian”), one of the first mathematicians and astronomers of his time, was born in Khurāsān and died between the years 961 and 971. The Fihrist speaks of him as having written a commentary on the whole of the Elements, but only the commentary on the beginning of Book X. survives (in Leiden, Berlin and Paris).


5925 Maqale des Euclides von Mmançur ben ali ben arraq abu naçr
Abũ Na[snull ]r Mansũr b. 'Aliã b.'Irãq wrote,
at the instance of Mu[hnull]. b. A[hnull]mad Abũ ‘r-Rai[hnull]ãn al-Bĩrũnĩ (973-1048),
a tract “on a doubtful (difficult) passage in Eucl. Book XIII.” (Berlin, 5925).