Clarification of the Almagest
(إيضاح المجسطي)

Name: Clarification of the Almagest
Author: Al-Hakim Al-Maghribi, Muhyiddin bin Muhammad bin Abi Al-Shukur Al-Maghribi, 678 AH / 1280 AD.

Title	Clarification of the Almagest
Title Original	إيضاح المجسطي
Author	Al-Hakim Al-Maghribi, Muhyiddin bin Muhammad bin Abi Al-Shukur Al-Maghribi, 678 AH / 1280 AD.
Author Original	الحكيم المغربي، محي الدين بن محمد بن أبي الشكر المغربي، هـم
Publication Date:	It dates back to the tenth century AH and the sixteenth century AD
Publication Place	Baghdad - Iraq - Not identified
Subject	Astronomy, astrology.
Type	kitap
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	119
Physical Dimensions	25cm × 19cm
Library:	Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation
Library Asset ID	10251
Record ID	140628
Library Location	Iraq (Baghdad) -- Iraq Museum Library - Iraq (Baghdad) -- Iraq Museum Library
Date	It dates back to the tenth century AH and the sixteenth century AD
Notes	Almagest...a Greek word that means arrangement. The book Almagest is one of the best works written in the body, and on it the books written on this art were relied upon. It was written by Ptolemy al-Faluzi the Wise in thirteen articles, and the first person to interpret it and translate it into Arabic was Yahya ibn Khalid ibn Barmak, then it was transmitted by Hunayn ibn Ishaq and edited by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf and Thabit ibn Qurra during the reign of al-Ma’mun (Al-Fihrist, p. 327, Al-Kashf 2/1594). The author is a mathematician and astronomer from Andalusia, from the people of Cordoba. He was in the East during the days of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and worked with him in the observatory in “Maragha.” Among his works are: The Book of Stars, The Book of the Useful Introduction to the Rulings of Births, The Book of al-Jami’ al-Saghir fi Ahkam al-Azm al-Azum, The Umdat al-Hasib, and Ghaniyat al-Talib. The book “Taj Al-Azyaj” and “Ghanyat Al-Muhtaj” and others. The book is a summary of the book Almagest by Ptolemy al-Faluzi the Wise, by the great Catholic Abu al-Faraj Griephorius ibn Harun al-Malti. [It was mentioned at the beginning of this version that Ptolemy was named Al-Faluzi in reference to the city of Al-Faluzi from the fifth peninsula of the Roman lands, called Bakiladhi, between it and Pergamis, a distance of 3 days. It was mentioned in Nuzhat al-Ruh wa Rawdat al-Afrah that Ptolemy’s birth and origin was in Alexandria in Egypt. The author wrote it in ten articles: the first article in 12 chapters. The second article has 10 chapters and includes astronomical tables. The third article in 6 chapters. The fourth article is about the conditions of the moon and how to correct its movements. This article includes tables of the movement of the mean for the center of rotation of the moon, and it is in seven chapters. The fifth article in 16 chapters includes astronomical tables. The sixth article in 6 chapters. The seventh article in 6 chapters. The eighth article in 10 chapters, the ninth article in 21 chapters. The tenth article in 10 chapters. I wrote from a copy dated 695 AH 1296 AD.
Sample Text	Praise be to God, the Creator of the types of existing things and the inventor of the types of created beings
Durum	نسخة جيدة.
Satır sayısı	23
Sahiplik	محمد الحسيني. – عبد الحي بن عبد الرزاق الرضوي.
Kaynakça	معجم المؤلفين، ج 13، ص 224؛ تراث العرب العلمي في الرياضيات والفلك، ص 424؛ كشف الظنون، ج 6، ص 1596.
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Clarification of the Almagest

(إيضاح المجسطي)

Author Al-Hakim Al-Maghribi, Muhyiddin bin Muhammad bin Abi Al-Shukur Al-Maghribi, 678 AH / 1280 AD.

Author Original الحكيم المغربي، محي الدين بن محمد بن أبي الشكر المغربي، هـم

Publication Date It dates back to the tenth century AH and the sixteenth century AD

Publication Place Baghdad - Iraq - Not identified

Subject Astronomy, astrology.

Type kitap

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 119

Physical Dimensions 25cm × 19cm

Library Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation

Library Asset ID 10251

Record ID 140628

Library Location Iraq (Baghdad) -- Iraq Museum Library - Iraq (Baghdad) -- Iraq Museum Library

Date It dates back to the tenth century AH and the sixteenth century AD

Notes Almagest...a Greek word that means arrangement. The book Almagest is one of the best works written in the body, and on it the books written on this art were relied upon. It was written by Ptolemy al-Faluzi the Wise in thirteen articles, and the first person to interpret it and translate it into Arabic was Yahya ibn Khalid ibn Barmak, then it was transmitted by Hunayn ibn Ishaq and edited by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf and Thabit ibn Qurra during the reign of al-Ma’mun (Al-Fihrist, p. 327, Al-Kashf 2/1594). The author is a mathematician and astronomer from Andalusia, from the people of Cordoba. He was in the East during the days of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and worked with him in the observatory in “Maragha.” Among his works are: The Book of Stars, The Book of the Useful Introduction to the Rulings of Births, The Book of al-Jami’ al-Saghir fi Ahkam al-Azm al-Azum, The Umdat al-Hasib, and Ghaniyat al-Talib. The book “Taj Al-Azyaj” and “Ghanyat Al-Muhtaj” and others. The book is a summary of the book Almagest by Ptolemy al-Faluzi the Wise, by the great Catholic Abu al-Faraj Griephorius ibn Harun al-Malti. [It was mentioned at the beginning of this version that Ptolemy was named Al-Faluzi in reference to the city of Al-Faluzi from the fifth peninsula of the Roman lands, called Bakiladhi, between it and Pergamis, a distance of 3 days. It was mentioned in Nuzhat al-Ruh wa Rawdat al-Afrah that Ptolemy’s birth and origin was in Alexandria in Egypt. The author wrote it in ten articles: the first article in 12 chapters. The second article has 10 chapters and includes astronomical tables. The third article in 6 chapters. The fourth article is about the conditions of the moon and how to correct its movements. This article includes tables of the movement of the mean for the center of rotation of the moon, and it is in seven chapters. The fifth article in 16 chapters includes astronomical tables. The sixth article in 6 chapters. The seventh article in 6 chapters. The eighth article in 10 chapters, the ninth article in 21 chapters. The tenth article in 10 chapters. I wrote from a copy dated 695 AH 1296 AD.

Sample Text Praise be to God, the Creator of the types of existing things and the inventor of the types of created beings

Durum نسخة جيدة.

Satır sayısı 23

Sahiplik محمد الحسيني. – عبد الحي بن عبد الرزاق الرضوي.

Kaynakça معجم المؤلفين، ج 13، ص 224؛ تراث العرب العلمي في الرياضيات والفلك، ص 424؛ كشف الظنون، ج 6، ص 1596.

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