PERSON

Taqī al-Dīn Abū Ṭāhir

Name (arabic)

تقي الدين أبو طاهر

Name (translit)

Taqī al-Dīn Abū Ṭāhir

Flourished

13xx CE/ 06xx AH

Lived in

Notes

Egyptian astronomer and constructor of astrolabes.

Number in MAMS

767

ismi_id

544644

Authored Works

1 works:

Astronomical Instruments

Risāla wajīza mufīda fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-shakkāziyyah , رسالة وجيزة مفيدة في العمل بربع الشكّازية

References

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. 68 (C56).

Mayer, L. A. 1956. Islamic Astrolabists and Their Works. Geneva: A. Kundig.

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