PERSON

Joseph ben Waqār

Name (arabic)

يوسف بن وقار

Name (translit)

Joseph ben Waqār

Alias

Joseph ben Abraham ibn Waqar
Abraham ben Joseph Ibn Waqar
Yosef ibn Waqar

Flourished

750H/1350J

Lived in

Notes

Worked in the court of Alfonso XI. He flourished in the 14th century and wrote in both Arabic and Hebrew.

Number in MAMS

721

ismi_id

489193

Authored Works

2 works:

Astronomical Tables/zījes

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. 248 (no. 721).

Samsó, Julio, David King, and contribution Goldstein. 2001. “Astronomical Handbooks and Tables from the Islamic World (750-1900): An Interim Report”. Suhayl 2: 9-105.

P. 65, esp. note 172.