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TEXT

Kitāb fī al-ʿ ilal

Title (arabic)

كتاب في العلل
Title (translit)

Kitāb fī al-ʿ ilal
Alias

Kitāb fī al-ʿ ilal
Author

Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq
Language

Arabic
Subject

Astronomy: Practical
Notes

Kitāb fī al-ʿilal (Rationales [of astronomical procedures]) aimed at providing mathematical explanations of the computational rules in zījes.
(From MAMS2): It is quoted in al- Bīrūnī's "Kitāb fī ifrād al-maqāl fī amr al- aẓlāl."
ismi_id

81651

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. 16 (no. 11), A3.

Al-Bīrūnī, Abū. 1998. “Kitāb Fī ifrād Al-maqāl Fī Amr Al- aẓlāl”. In Rasāʼiluʼl-Bīrūnī. Islamic Mathematics and Astronomy. Vol. 32.
Pingree, David. 1968. The Thousands of Abū Maʿshar. London: Warburg Institute.

Pp. 120-123.