Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī
Name (arabic) |
أبو العبّاس أحمد بن محمد بن كثير الفرغاني
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Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī
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Alias |
احمد بن محمّد ابن كثير
Alfragano
Aḥmad al-Farghānī
Muḥammad ibn Kathīr
Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr
Alfraganus
Farghānī
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246H/860J
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An astronomer/engineer affiliated with the 9th-c. Baghdad Abbasid court. He is associated with the construction of the Great [or New] Nilometer at Old Cairo (completed 861). His descriptive compendium on the science of the stars became a popular and influential work in medieval Europe. |
Number in MAMS |
67
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Biography URL |
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ismi_id |
100957
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Authored Works
9 works:Astronomical Instruments
Astronomical Tables/zījes
Astronomy: General
Geography: Practical
References
P. 32 (no. 67).
Suppl. 1, pp. 392-93.
P. 34.
Vol. 1, pp. 1-314.
Vol. 2, pp. 55-58 (no. 39).
Pp. 149-51.
Pp. 259-60.
Overview of what is known of Farghānī's life and work, and an introduction to the secondary literature. Includes a survey of the chapter titles of Farghānī's compendium. This follows the more extensive summary in J. B. J. Delambre, "Histoire de l'astronomie du moyen âge," Paris, 1819, pp. 63-73.
Pp. 179-82.
Pp. 86-88.
It discusses the Latin translation of Farghānī's treatise and show something of the extent of its influence through the number of surviving manuscripts and studies, p. 113-16.
An edition of the Latin translation of John of Seville.
Vol. 3, p. 38-39.