Al-ʿAbbās ibn Saʿīd al-Jawharī
Name (arabic) |
العبّاس بن سعيد الجوهري
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Name (translit) |
Al-ʿAbbās ibn Saʿīd al-Jawharī
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Alias |
Jawharī
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Flourished |
200H/815J
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Lived in |
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Notes |
Jawharī, who flourished in 9th century in Baghdad, made solar, lunar, and planetary observations under the auspices of the ʿAbbāsid caliph Maʾmūn. He is alleged to have written a zīj, currently non-extant. |
Number in MAMS |
43
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Biography URL |
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ismi_id |
105280
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Authored Works
5 works:Astronomy: General
Geometry: General
References
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Pp. 26-27 (no. 43)
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See chapter 2, "Al Mamûn's Observatory Building Activity," pp. 50-87, for a valuable discussion, beginning with a thorough analysis of early Islamic astronomical observations.
P. 136 (no. 99), 128.
Vol. 2, p. 71.
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Pp. 266, 272.
Vol. 1, p. 382; vol. 3, p. 466.
Vol. 1, p. 562.