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Kifāyat al-waqt bi-maʿrifat al-dāʾir wa-faḍlihi wa-al-samt [T]

Title (arabic)

کفاية الوقت بمعرفة الدائر وفضله والسمت

Title (translit)

Kifāyat al-waqt bi-maʿrifat al-dāʾir wa-faḍlihi wa-al-samt [T]

Alias

Risāla fī al‐muqanṭarāt,

Author

Created

1528 CE/ 0935 AH

Language

Turkish (Ottoman pre-1839)

Subject

Notes

This work, composed in 935/1529, deals with various aspects of geometry, trigonometry, and astronomy and also mentions an astronomical instrument called rubʿ al‐muqanṭarāt (astrolabic quadrant).

ismi_id

277720

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. 329 (no. 990), A4.

İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin. 1997. Osmanlı Astronomi Literatürü Tarihi [History of Astronomy Literature During the Ottoman Period]. Osmanlı Bilim Tarihi literatürü. Istanbul: İslâm Tarih, Sanat ve Kültür Araştırma Merkezi (IRCICA).

Pp. 164-67 (no. 82), 5.