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Tarkīb al-aflāk (Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq)
| Title (arabic) |
تركيب الأفلاك
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| Title (translit) |
Tarkīb al-aflāk (Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq)
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| Alias |
Tarkīb al-aflāk (Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq)
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| Author |
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| Created |
160H/777J
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| Language |
Arabic
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| Subject |
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| Text type |
First-order prose composition (or compilation) [matn]
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| Notes |
Based on the title, the Tarkīb al‐aflāk was an early work on the subject of hayʾa or configuration and dealt with planetary sizes and distances. Composed circa 777-78, the work exists only in fragments, and uses Indian techniques to compute the planetary distances. |
| ismi_id |
82282
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