PERSON

Nashwān ibn Saʿīd ibn Salāmah al-Ḥimyarī

Name (arabic)

نشوان بن سعيد بن سلامة الحميري

Name (translit)

Nashwān ibn Saʿīd ibn Salāmah al-Ḥimyarī

Alias

Nashwān al-Ḥimyarī

Died

572H/1177J

Lived in

Number in MAMS

488

ismi_id

186237

Authored Works

2 works:

Astronomical Tables/zījes

Shams al-ʿulūm fī dhikr al-kabīsa , شمس العلوم في ذكر الكبيسة

Astronomy: General

Urjūzah fī al-shuhūr al-Rūmiyyah , أرجوزة في الشهور الروميّة

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. 186 (no. 488).

Brockelmann, Carl. 1996. Geschichte Der Arabischen Litteratur (Gal). 5 vol.. Leiden; New York: E. J. Brill.

Vol. 1, p. 364; suppl. 1, pp. 527-28.

King, David. 1986. A Survey Of The Scientific Manuscripts In The Egyptian National Library. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns; The American Research Center in Egypt.

P. 131 (E2).

King, David. 1983. Mathematical Astronomy In Medieval Yemen: A Bibliographical Survey. Malibu: Undena Publications.

Pp. 21-22.