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al-Nujūm al-zāhirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt

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النجوم الزاهرات في العمل بربع المقنطرات

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al-Nujūm al-zāhirāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt

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Al-Wafāʾī (d. 874/1469)'s treatise on the use of the almuqantar quadrant (in 25 chapters with an introduction) is a revision of the works of Shams al-Dīn al-Mizzī and of Jamāl al-Dīn al-Maridīnī. He composed 2 abridgments; and al-Ujhūrī (11th/17th c.) wrote a commentary on it.

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