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Book Of The Fixed Stars
''The Book of Fixed Stars'' ( ar, كتاب صور الكواكب ', literally ''The Book of the Shapes of Stars'') is an Astronomy, astronomical text written by Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) around 964. Following Graeco-Arabic translation movement, the translation movement in the 9th century AD, the book was written in Arabic language, Arabic, the common language for scholars across the vast Islamic territories, although the author himself was Persian people, Persian. It was an attempt to create a synthesis of the comprehensive star catalogue in Ptolemy’s ''Almagest'' (books VII and VIII) with the indigenous Arabic astronomical traditions on the constellations (notably the Arabic constellation system of the ''Anwā’''). The original manuscript no longer survives as an Autograph (manuscript), autograph, however, the importance of tradition and the practice of diligence central to Islamic manuscript tradition have ensured the survival of the ''Book of Stars'' in later-made cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sufi
ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Sufi ( fa, عبدالرحمن صوفی; December 7, 903 – May 25, 986) was an iranianRobert Harry van Gent. Biography of al-Sūfī'. "The Persian astronomer Abū al-Husayn ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn ‘Umar al-Sūfī was born in Rayy (near Tehrān) on 7 December 903 4 Muharram 291 Hand died in Baghdād on 25 May 986 3 Muharram 376 H... the Persian astronomer Abū al-Husayn ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn ‘Umar al-Sūfī who was commonly known by European astronomers as Azophi Arabus". University of Utrecht, Netherlands. Retrieved January 11, 2014 astronomer also known as ʿAbd ar-Rahman as-Sufi, ʿAbd al-Rahman Abu al-Husayn, ʿAbdul Rahman Sufi, or ʿAbdurrahman Sufi and, historically, in the West as Azophi, Azophi Arabus, and Albuhassin. Al-Sufi published his famous ''Book of Fixed Stars'' in 964, which included both textual descriptions and pictures. Al-Biruni reports that his work on the ecliptic was carried out in Shiraz. He lived at the Buyid court in Isfahan. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
