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Lot Essay
Baha' al-Din Muhammad bin Husayn al-'Amili (1547-1622), was born in Ba'albek, Lebanon. He later studied in Iran and became Shaykh al-Islam (religious chief of the Iranian muslims) under the Safavid ruler Shah 'Abbas I (r.1587-1629) in Isfahan. He was also a mathematician, astronomer and philosopher.
For more on the Tashrih al-Aflak, see B.A. Rosenfeld and E. Ihsanoglu, Mathematicians, Astronomers & Other Scholars of Islamic Civilisation and their Works (7th-19th Centuries), Istanbul, 2003, pp.348-50, no.1058.
This manuscript is a majmu'a, or compilation. As well as the main work, mentioned above, it also includes a commentary by al-Majisti (Almagest) on the circle (Al-da'irah), a treatise on the angle (Al-zawiyah), and a treatise entitled Dhail al-usul by Tusi. This is probably Tusi's treatise entitled Tahrir kitab al-makhrutat li Abuluniyus, or 'Exposition of the Book of "Conic Sections" of Apollonius' (B.A. Rosenfeld and E. Ihsanoglu, op.cit., 2003, pp.211-19, no.606, M11).
For more on the Tashrih al-Aflak, see B.A. Rosenfeld and E. Ihsanoglu, Mathematicians, Astronomers & Other Scholars of Islamic Civilisation and their Works (7th-19th Centuries), Istanbul, 2003, pp.348-50, no.1058.
This manuscript is a majmu'a, or compilation. As well as the main work, mentioned above, it also includes a commentary by al-Majisti (Almagest) on the circle (Al-da'irah), a treatise on the angle (Al-zawiyah), and a treatise entitled Dhail al-usul by Tusi. This is probably Tusi's treatise entitled Tahrir kitab al-makhrutat li Abuluniyus, or 'Exposition of the Book of "Conic Sections" of Apollonius' (B.A. Rosenfeld and E. Ihsanoglu, op.cit., 2003, pp.211-19, no.606, M11).