PERSON
Abū Dāwūd Sulaymān ibn ʿIṣmah al-Samarqandī
| Name (arabic) |
أبو داوود سليمان بن عصمة السمرقندي
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| Name (translit) |
Abū Dāwūd Sulaymān ibn ʿIṣmah al-Samarqandī
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| Alias |
Sulaymān ibn ʿIṣmah
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| Flourished |
225H/839J
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| Lived in |
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| Notes |
(From MAMS2): His observations of obliquity of ecliptic in Balkh in 883-888 are described in by al-Bīrūnī, in Taḥdīd nihāyāt al-amākīn li-taṣḥīḥ masāfāt al-masākin. |
| Number in MAMS |
181
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| Biography URL |
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| ismi_id |
59241
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Authored Works
1 works:Astronomy: General
Sharḥ al-Majisṭī , شرح المجسطي
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P. 56.
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