Author
Abu Al-Rayhan Muhammad bin Ahmed Al-Biruni, 440 AH / 1048 AD.
Author Original
أبي الريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني، هـم
Publication Date
1133 AH/1720 AD; 5 Rabi’ al-Thani
Publication Place
Rabat - Morocco -
Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Massi
Subject
Astronomy, astrology, timing, arithmetic, geometry, geography, coincidences, and the answer to the question.
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation
Library Asset ID
8773
Record ID
96665
Library Location
Morocco (Rabat) --The Ḥasanīya Library (Royal Library) - Morocco (Rabat) -- The Hassaniya Library (Royal Library)
Date
1133 AH/1720 AD; 5 Rabi’ al-Thani
Notes
The author's approach in this book is the question and answer method. He began by explaining the nature of geometry and the related elementary information (the six directions, the surface, the line, the point, the diameter, the sine...). Then he moved on to the science of numbers, astronomy and timing, then astronomical and physical geography. Then he touched on the science of the astrolabe and how to use this instrument before concluding to talk about the rulings of the stars and the nature of the zodiac signs. There are copies of this manuscript. See (Index of Illustrated Manuscripts, Part Three, Section One, pp. 21-22. The book was carefully printed with an English translation by Ramsy Wright, Oxford (Luzac) 1934 - see Relics of the Arab-Islamic Heritage 1: 400-402).
Sample Text
Being aware of the shape of the world and the nature of the sky and the earth and what is between them in terms of information taken with restriction is very useful in the industry of astrology, because through it a path is laid for the listener in which he becomes accustomed to the expressions that are used among its people, and his understanding of their meanings is facilitated... Therefore, I made this reminder for the seeker through question and answer.
Cilt
تسفير حديث
Yazı hakkında notlar
حسن
Resimler
النسخة موضحة بعدد كبير من الرسوم الهندسية والجغرافية والجداول الفلكية.
Görsel çizim
يحوي ثلاثة رسوم دائرية تبين بدقة أجزاء الأسطرلاب ورسومه
Mürekkep rengi
بني والعناوين بالأحمر
Harita
يحوي رسم لخريطة العالم المعروف في عصر المؤلف، والرسم معمول على شكل دائري يبن الأقطار والبحار والمحيطات
Kaynakça
كشف الظنون ، ج 1، ص 463؛ GAL S، ج 1، ص 75-870؛ الأعلام ، ج 5، ص 134؛ معجم المؤلفين ، ج 8، ص 241-242؛ GAS ، ج 6، ص 76-261.