Al Abbas Al Jawhari

العباس بن سعيد الجوهري

Al-Abbas al-Jawhari — observatory man and Euclid commentator 1

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Al-Abbas ibn Sa'id al-Jawhari, one of the astronomers, whose main study was geometry, according to Ibn al-Nadim's "Fihrist". 2

His works

Ibn al-Nadim mentions two of his books: a commentary on the book of Euclid, and the book of "Figures" that he added to the first treatise of Euclid. 2

His birth and death dates need an additional source; they are not recorded.

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  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p.375
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