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al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah

Title	al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah
Publication Date:	1872
Subject	Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800, Longitude--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
Type	belge
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Harvard Library
Library Asset ID	LCCN: 2008401693, LCCallNum: QB225 .J54 1872
Record ID	TN_cdi_loca_primary_2008401693
Library Location	ONLINE ACCESS
Date	1872
Notes	Mulahhas fī al-Hay'a (Compendium of astronomy) by Sharaf al-Dīn Mahmūd ibn Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Jiġhmīnī (died circa 1221) is one of the most famous textbooks of astronomy ever produced in the Islamic world. The importance of the work is clearly indicated by the existence of thousands of copies of the text, some representing the autonomous tradition of the Mulahhas itself, others preserving the work as part of the many commentaries and even supercommentaries (commentaries on commentaries) that were produced in the centuries that followed its appearance. One well-known extensive commentary is that by Ṣalāh al-Din Musa ibn Muḥammad (also called Qādī Zāda, died 1436). The Mulahhas was translated into Persian and Turkish in the early modern period. Its clearly didactic aim made it part of the educational curriculum in different lands of the Islamic world, and students often read the Mulahhas together with one of its later commentaries. Al-Jiġhmīnī's compendium is made up of three sections: an introduction devoted to the general description of celestial and terrestrial bodies; the first part of the treatise containing an explanation of the celestial orbs and planets; and the second part of the treatise that deals with the Earth. As an elementary introduction for students, the book does not contain any complex mathematical calculations, but it does provide the theoretical framework in which such astronomical calculations can be understood. The copy of the Mulahhas fī al-Hay'a preserved in this manuscript is enriched by drawings of the orbits of the sun and other planets early in the work and of the seven climatic zones of the Earth in the middle. World Digital Library. Text is a compendium of astronomy which describes the methods of determining the positions of longitude; it consists of an introduction and two chapters.
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al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah

Publication Date 1872

Subject Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800, Longitude--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Type belge

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Harvard Library

Library Asset ID LCCN: 2008401693, LCCallNum: QB225 .J54 1872

Record ID TN_cdi_loca_primary_2008401693

Library Location ONLINE ACCESS

Date 1872

Notes Mulahhas fī al-Hay'a (Compendium of astronomy) by Sharaf al-Dīn Mahmūd ibn Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Jiġhmīnī (died circa 1221) is one of the most famous textbooks of astronomy ever produced in the Islamic world. The importance of the work is clearly indicated by the existence of thousands of copies of the text, some representing the autonomous tradition of the Mulahhas itself, others preserving the work as part of the many commentaries and even supercommentaries (commentaries on commentaries) that were produced in the centuries that followed its appearance. One well-known extensive commentary is that by Ṣalāh al-Din Musa ibn Muḥammad (also called Qādī Zāda, died 1436). The Mulahhas was translated into Persian and Turkish in the early modern period. Its clearly didactic aim made it part of the educational curriculum in different lands of the Islamic world, and students often read the Mulahhas together with one of its later commentaries. Al-Jiġhmīnī's compendium is made up of three sections: an introduction devoted to the general description of celestial and terrestrial bodies; the first part of the treatise containing an explanation of the celestial orbs and planets; and the second part of the treatise that deals with the Earth. As an elementary introduction for students, the book does not contain any complex mathematical calculations, but it does provide the theoretical framework in which such astronomical calculations can be understood. The copy of the Mulahhas fī al-Hay'a preserved in this manuscript is enriched by drawings of the orbits of the sun and other planets early in the work and of the seven climatic zones of the Earth in the middle. World Digital Library. Text is a compendium of astronomy which describes the methods of determining the positions of longitude; it consists of an introduction and two chapters.

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