Author
ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621, author Author info »
Author Original
Muhammad bin Fazlullah Sharif, scribe
Subject
Astronomy, Arab > Early works to 1800. Astronomy > Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Arabic. Earth (Planet) > Rotation > Early works to 1800.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 volume (196 unnumbered pages) : diagrams ; 19 x 12 cm
Library
The Cornell University Library
Record ID
16200694
Library Location
Cornell University Library
Notes
Title devised by cataloger. Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Sample Text
Manuscript copy of Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ʻĀmilī 's Tashrih al-aflak ("Anatomy of the celestial spheres"), including his "Sharh," or commentary. Contains a theoretical explanation of the possibility of the Earth's rotation. Written in black naskh script, with astronomical diagrams and some additions written in red. One page preceding the manuscript and three pages at the end are written in a larger, looser Arabic script in black ink. Dated 1072 H (1656 AD).
Biyografik/Tarihsel not
Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ʻĀmilī was a Shia Islamic astronomer, theologian, poet, architect, and mathematician responsible for a cultural and intellectual revival of Safavid Iran in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The author of many works of poetry, theology, mathematics, and astronomy, he is credited as one of the first Islamic scholars to propose ideas of the Earth's movement prior to the dissemination of Nicolaus Copernicus's discoveries.
Kaynak göster
Tashrīḥ al-aflāk with commentary, #8850 Bd. Ms. 1.
Dahil eser
Sharḥ Tashrīḥ al-aflāk.
Üretildi
Iran?, 1656.