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The Arabic Sources of Jordanus de Nemore
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The following article by Professors Menso Folkerts and Richard Lorch, from Munich University in Germany,...


The Arabic Partial Version of Pseudo-Aristotle's Mechanical Problems
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Based on manuscript evidence, the article presents a study of the historical and textual traditions of a...


Al-Hassâr's Kitâb al-Bayân and the Transmission of the Hindu-Arabic Numerals
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This article was a talk given at the 7th Maghrebi Colloque of the History of Arabic Mathematics held from 30...


A New Book on the Ottoman Military History: Guns for the Sultan by Gábor Ágoston
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Ágoston's book provides new insights into the Ottomans' approach to new innovations and reforms in modern...


Yaqut al-Hamawi
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Yâqût al-Hamawî was a Syrian biographer and geographer known for his encyclopaedia writings of the Muslim...


Glances on Calendars and Almanacs in the Islamic Civilization
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From the beginning of the Islamic history, the scholars developed the Islamic hijri calendar as a lunar...