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TEXT

Kitāb al-ʿ illah fī kusūf al-shams wa-al-qamar

Title (arabic)

كتاب العلّة في كسوف الشمس والقمر
Title (translit)

Kitāb al-ʿ illah fī kusūf al-shams wa-al-qamar
Alias

Kitāb al-ʿ illaẗ fī kusūf al-šams wa-al-qamar
Author

Abū ʿAlī ibn Abī Qurrah
Language

Arabic
Subject

Astronomy: Practical
Notes

(From MAMS2): This book was written for al-Muwaffaq, brother of Caliph al-Muʿtamid (870-892).
ismi_id

125243

Literature References

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.

P. 48 (no. 101), A1.

Lippert, Julius, and Jamāl Al-Qifṭī. 1903. “Taʾrīḫ Al-hukamāʾ”. Leipzig: Theodor Weicher.

P. 409.