PERSON

Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib al-Marwazī

Name (arabic)

أحمد بن عبد الله حبش الحاسب المروزي

Name (translit)

Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib al-Marwazī

Alias

Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib al-Marwazī
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib al-Marwazī
Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-maʿrūf bi-Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib
Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib

Flourished

Lived in

Teacher of

Number in MAMS

46

Biography URL

ismi_id

163925

Authored Works

17 works:

Astronomical Instruments

al-ʿAmal bi-al-āsṭurlāb al-kurī wa-ʿajāʾibuhu , العمل بالأسطرلاب الكري وعجائبه
Kitāb al-rakhāʾim wa-al-maqāyīs , كتاب الرخائم والمقایيس
Kitāb fī maʿrifat al-kūrah wa-al-ʿamal bihā , كتاب في معرفة الکرة والعمل بها
Kitāb ʿamal al-asṭurlāb al-mubaṭṭakh , كتاب عمل الأسطرلاب المبطّخ
Kitāb ʿamal al-suṭūḥ al-mabsūṭah wa-al-qāʾimah wa-al-māʾilah wa-al-munḥarifah , كتاب عمل السطوح المبسوطة والقائمة والمائلة والمنحرفة
Maʿrifah kayfiyyat al-arṣād wa-al-ʿamal bi-dhāt al-ḥalaq , معرفة كيفية الأرصاد والعمل بذات الحلق
Risālah fī ʿamal al-ṣafīḥah al-jāmiʿah , رسالة في عمل الصفيحة الجامعة

Astronomical Tables/zījes

Zīj al-shāh , زيج الشاه
Zīj al-Sindhind , زيج السندهند
Zīj Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib , زيج حبش الحاسب

Astronomy: General

al-Risālah al-kāmilah fī ruʾyat al-hilāl , الرسالة الكاملة في رؤية الهلال
al-Risālah fī raṣad Dimashq , الرسالة في رصد دمشق
Kitab al-abʿād wa-al-ajrām , كتاب الأبعاد والأجرام
Kitāb al-arṣād fī Baghdād , كتاب الأرصاد في بغداد
Risālah Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib fī samt al-qiblah , رسالة حبش الحاسب في سمت القبلة

Mathematics: General

Kitāb al-dawāʾir al-thalāthah al-mutamāssah wa-kayfiyyat al-ittiṣāl , كتاب الدوائر الثلاثة المتماسة وکیفیة الإتصال

References

Charette, François. 2007. “Ḥabash Al-Ḥāsib: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad Ibn ʿAbd Allāh Al-Marwazī”. In The Biographical Encyclopedia Of Astronomers, ed. Thomas Hockey, 1:455-57. New York: Springer-Verlag.
King, David. 2004. In Synchrony With The Heavens: Studies In Astronomical Timekeeping And Instrumentation In Medieval Islamic Civilization. 2 vol.. Leiden; Boston: E. J. Brill.

Vol. 1: The Call of the Muezzin (Studies I-IX).

Rozenfeld, Boris, and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. 2003. Mathematicians, Astronomers And Other Scholars Of Islamic Civilisation And Their Works (7Th-19Th C.). Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture.

Pp. 27-28 (no. 46)

Charette, François, and Petra Schmidl. 2001. “A Universal Plate For Timekeeping By The Stars By Ḥabash Al‐Ḥāsib: Text, Translation And Commentary”. Suhayl 2: 107-159.
King, David. 2000. “Too Many Cooks .. A New Account Of The Earliest Muslim Geodetic Measurements”. Suhayl 1: 207-242.

Pp. 217-22.

Kennedy, Edward, Paul Kunitzsch, and Richard Lorch. 1999. The Melon-Shaped Astrolabe In Arabic Astronomy. Stuttgart: Steiner.

Texts edited with translation and commentary.

King, David. 1999. World-Maps For Finding The Direction And Distance To Mecca: Innovation And Tradition In Islamic Science. Leiden; Boston: E. J. Brill.
Brockelmann, Carl. 1996. Geschichte Der Arabischen Litteratur (Gal). 5 vol.. Leiden; New York: E. J. Brill.

Vol. 1, p. 250; suppl. 1, p. 393.

Hill, Donald. 1993. “Mūsā, Banū”. In Encyclopaedia Of Islam, New Edition, 2nd ed., 7:640-641. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Berggren, J.Lennart. 1991. “Ḥabash's Analemma For Representing Azimuth Circles On The Astrolabe”. Zeitschrift Für Geschichte Der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften 7: 23-30.
Debarnot, Marie-Thérèse, David King, and George Saliba. 1987. “The Zīj Of Ḥabash Al‐Ḥāsib: A Survey Of Ms Istanbul Yeni Cami 784/2”. In From Deferent To Equant: A Volume Of Studies In The History Of Science In The Ancient And Medieval Near East In Honour Of E. S. Kennedy, 35-69. New York: The New York Academy of Sciences.
King, David. 1986. A Survey Of The Scientific Manuscripts In The Egyptian National Library. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns; The American Research Center in Egypt.

P. 38.

Langermann, Y.Tzvi. 1985. “The Book Of Bodies And Distances Of Ḥabash Al‐Ḥāsib”. Centaurus 28: 108-128.
Lorch, Richard, and Paul Kunitzsch. 1985. “Ḥabash Al‐Ḥāsib's Book On The Sphere And Its Use”. Zeitschrift Für Geschichte Der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften 2: 68-98.
Matvievskaya, Galina, and Boris Rozenfeld. 1983. Matematiki I Astronomy Musulmanskogo Srednevekovya I Ikh Trudi, Viii-Xvii Vv [Mathematicians And Astronomers Of The Muslim Middle Ages And Their Works, Viii-Xvii Centuries]. 3 vol.. Moscow: Nauka.

Vol. 2, pp. 47-49 (no. 22).

Kennedy, Edward, David King, and Mary Kennedy. 1983. Studies In The Islamic Exact Sciences. Beirut: American University of Beirut.

Collection of previously published papers, including numerous studies devoted to detailed aspects of Ḥabash's astronomical achievements.

Al-Hāshimī, ʿAlī, and David Pingree. 1981. The Book Of The Reasons Behind Astronomical Tables [Kitāb Fī ʿIlal Al‐Zījāt]. Trans. Edward Kennedy and Haddad, Fuad. Facsimile reproduction of the unique Arabic text contained in the Bodleian MS Arch. Seld. A.11 ed.. Delmar, NY: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints.

A facsimile reproduction of the unique Arabic text contained in the Bodleian MS Arch. Seld. A.11.

Suter, Heinrich. 1981. Die Mathematiker Und Astronomen Der Araber Und Ihre Werke. Amsterdam: APA; Oriental Press.

Pp. 12-13.

Berggren, J.Lennart. 1980. “A Comparison Of Four Analemmas For Determining The Azimuth Of The Qibla”. Journal For The History Of Arabic Science 4: 69-80.
Sezgin, Fuat. 1978. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (Gas), Vol. 6, Astronomie Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Pp. 173-75.

Sezgin, Fuat. 1974. Geschichte Des Arabischen Schrifttums (Gas), Vol. 5, Mathematik Bis Ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Pp. 275-77.

Hartner, Willy. 1971. “Ḥabas̲h̲ Al-Ḥāsib Al-Marwazī”. In Encyclopaedia Of Islam, Second Edition. Vol. 3.
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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. Tran. Jamil Ali. Beirut: The American University of Beirut.
Sayılı, Aydın. 1960. The Observatory In Islam And Its Place In The General History Of The Observatory. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi (Turkish Historical Society).
Irani, Rida. 1956. “The ‘Jadwal Al‐Taqwīm’ Of Ḥabash Al‐Ḥāsib”. Mathematics Department. Beirut: American University of Beirut.
Kennedy, Edward. 1956. “A Survey Of Islamic Astronomical Tables”. Transactions Of The American Philosophical Society 46, pt. 2: 121-177.

Reprinted in: Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1989.

Sayılı, Aydın. 1955. “The Introductory Section Of Habash's Astronomical Tables Known As The 'Damascene' Zij”. Ankara Üniversitesi Dil Ve Tarih–Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi 13: 132-151.
Lippert, Julius, and Jamāl Al-Qifṭī. 1903. “Taʾrīḫ Al-Hukamāʾ”. Leipzig: Theodor Weicher.
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