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Mirʾāt al-Kāʾināt [T]
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مرآة الكائنات
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| Title (translit) |
Mirʾāt al-Kāʾināt [T]
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| Alias |
Mirʾāt-i Kāʾināt
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| Language |
Turkish (Ottoman 1839-)
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| Text type |
First-order prose composition (or compilation) [matn]
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| Notes |
This treatise, in 5 books (maqālas), deals with various astronomical instruments: the astrolabe, almucantar quadrant, sine quadrant, armillary sphere, and equatorial semicircle. |
| ismi_id |
420726
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