Islamic astronomy and geography. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David A. King.
• Authors: King, David A
• Editors: King, David A
• Contents: Contents: Preface; Part I General: Islamic astronomy; From inscriptions to context: some Islamic astronomical instruments and their secrets; Some illustrations in Islamic scientific manuscripts and their secrets. Part II Regional Studies: Aspects of Fatimid astronomy: from hard-core mathematical astronomy to architectural orientations in Cairo; Mamluk astronomy and the institution of the muwaqqit; On the history of astronomy in the medieval Maghrib. Part III Mathematical Astrology: A Hellenistic astrological table deemed worthy of being penned in gold ink: the Arabic tradition of Vettius Valens' auxiliary function for finding the length of life. Part IV Sacred Geography and the Sacred Direction: The sacred geography of Islam; Al-Bazdawi on the qibla in early Islamic Transoxania. Part V Mathematical Geography: Too many cooks...: a new account of the earliest Islamic geodetic measurements; A world map in the tradition of al-Biruni (ca.1040) and al-Khazini (ca.1120) presented by Siraj al-Din al-Sajawandi (1210); Mathematical geography in 15th-century Egypt: an episode in the decline of Islamic science; Index.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
• Subjects: 520.91767; Islamic astronomy -- History; Astronomy -- Mathematics -- History; Astronomical geography -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000585155
• Related ISBNs: 9781000585018; 9781003278924
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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