Abū ʿAlī Yaḥyỳ ibn Abī Manṣūr al-Munajjim

PERSON

Abū ʿAlī Yaḥyá ibn Abī Manṣūr al-Munajjim

Name (arabic)	أبو علي يحيى بن أبي منصور المنجّم
Name (translit)	Abū ʿAlī Yaḥyá ibn Abī Manṣūr al-Munajjim
Alias	Bizīst ibn Fīrūzān Yaḥyá ibn Abī Manṣūr
Flourished
Died	204H/820J
Lived in	Baghdad Aleppo
Died in	Aleppo
Teacher of	Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Mūsá ibn Shākir Abū al-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn Mūsá ibn Shākir Ḥasan ibn Mūsá ibn Shākir Banū Mūsá
Notes	Yaḥyá ibn Abī Manṣūr was known for his participation in the ʿAbbāsid caliph al-Maʾmūn's astronomical observations.
Number in MAMS	31
Biography URL	http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Yahya_ibn_Abi_Mansur_BEA.htm
ismi_id	104105

Authored Works

5 works:

Astronomical Tables/zījes

Al-Zīj al-Maʾmūnī al-mumtaḥān , الزيج المأموني الممتحن

Astronomy: General

Al-Ibānah ʿan aflāk , الإبانة عن أفلاك

Kitāb al‐rujūʿ wa‐al‐hubūṭ , كتاب الرجوع والهبوط

Astronomy: Practical

Fī maʿrifah taqwīm al-kawākib al-khamsah , في معرفة تقويم الكواكب الخمسة

Kitāb yaḥtawī ʿalá arṣād lahū wa-rasāʾil ilá jamāʿah fī al-arṣād , كتاب يحتوي على أرصاد له ورسائل إلى جماعة في الأرصاد

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Al-Bīrūnī, Abū. 1967. The Determination of the Coordinates of Positions for the Correction of Distances Between Cities; A Translation from the Arabic of Kitāb taḥdīd nihāyāt Al-amākin Li-taṣḥīḥ masāfāt Al-masākin. Trans. Jamil Ali. Beirut: The American University of Beirut.

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