PERSON
Zayn al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Mizzī al-Ḥanafī
| Name (arabic) |
زين الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد بن عبد الرحيم المزّي الحنفي
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| Name (translit) |
Zayn al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Mizzī al-Ḥanafī
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| Alias |
Zayn al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Mizzī
Zayn al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mizzī
Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Mizzī al-Ḥanafī
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| Born |
689H/1291J
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| Died |
749H/1349J
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| Notes |
Mizzī was a muwaqqit (timekeeper), an adept instrument-maker, and the author of several treatises on astronomical instruments. |
| Number in MAMS |
665, 715
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| Biography URL |
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| ismi_id |
39022
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Authored Works
11 works:Astronomical Instruments
al-Ashkāl al-shāhiyyah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-muqanṭarāt , الأشكال الشاهيّة في العمل بالمقنطرات
al-Rawḍāt al-muzhirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt , الروضات المزهرات في العمل بربع المقنطرات
al-Risālah al-aṣṭurlābīyyah , الرسالة الأسطرلابيّة
Kashf al-rayb fī al-ʿamal bi-al-jayb , كشف الريب في العمل بالجيب
Mukhtaṣar fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-dāʾirah , مختصر في العمل بربع الدائرة
Naẓm al-luʾluʾ al-muhadhdhab fī al-ʿamal bi-al-rubʿ al-mujayyab , نظم اللؤلؤ المهذّب في العمل بالربع المجيّب
Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-rubʿ al-musattar , رسالة في العمل بالربع المستّر
Risālah fī ʿamal bi-al-mujannaḥah , رسالة في عمل بالمُجنّحة
Astronomy: General
Risālah fī al-dāʾirah al-hindiyyah , رسالة في الدائرة الهنديّة
Astronomy: Practical
Jadāwil mīqātiyyah , جداول ميقاتيّة
References
Charette, François. 2007. “Mizzī: Zayn Al‐Dīn [Shams Al‐Din] Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibn Aḥmad Ibn ʿAbd Al‐Raḥīm Al‐Mizzī Al‐Ḥanafī”. In The Biographical Encyclopedia Of Astronomers, ed. Thomas Hockey, 792-93. New York: Springer-Verlag.
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.
Pp. 233 (no. 665); pp. 246-47 (no. 715).