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Sullam al-samāʾ fī ḥall al-ishkāl waqaʿa li-mutaqaddimīn fī al-ābʿād wa-al-ajrām
| Title (arabic) |
سُلَم السماء في حلّ الشكال وقع للمُتقدّمين في الابعاد والجرام
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| Title (translit) |
Sullam al-samāʾ fī ḥall al-ishkāl waqaʿa li-mutaqaddimīn fī al-ābʿād wa-al-ajrām
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| Alias |
Sullam al-samā
Sullam al-samāʾ
سُلَم السماء
الرسالة الكمالية
al-Risāla al-kamālīya
al-Risālah al-kamālīyah fī maqādīr al-ajrām al-falakīyah
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| Author |
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| Created |
809H/1407J
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| Created in |
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| Language |
Arabic
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| Subject |
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| Text type |
First-order prose composition (or compilation) [matn]
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| Notes |
al-Kāshī's treatise entitled Sullam al-samāʾ (Stairway to Heaven), composed in Arabic in 809/1407 and dedicated to the vizier Kamāl al-Dīn Maḥmūd, was written some fifteen years prior to his prominent role at the Samarqand madrasa and observatory founded by Ulugh Beg. It consists of an introduction, seven parts, and a conclusion. |
| ismi_id |
58806
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Manuscript Witnesses
9 witnesses:Literature References
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