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Jaghmini's Mulakhkhas - An Islamic Introduction to Ptolemaic Astronomy (English, Arabic, Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Jaghmini's Mulakhkhas - An Islamic Introduction to Ptolemaic Astronomy (English, Arabic, Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
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This book provides the only critical edition and English
translation of Mahmud al-Jaghmini's al-Mulakhkhas fi al-hay'a
al-basita, the most widely circulated Arabic treatise on Ptolemaic
astronomy ever written. Composed in the early 13th century, this
introductory textbook played a crucial role in the teaching,
dissemination, and institutional instruction of Islamic astronomy
well into the 19th century (and beyond). Establishing the base text
is a fundamental prerequisite for gaining insights into what was
considered an elementary astronomical textbook in Islam and also
for understanding the extensive commentary tradition that built
upon it. Within this volume, the Mulakhkhas is situated within the
broader context of the genre of literature termed 'ilm al-hay'a,
which has become the subject of intensive research over the past 25
years. In so doing, it provides a survey of summary accounts of
theoretical astronomy of Jaghmini's predecessors, both Ancient and
Islamic, which could have served as potential sources for the
Mulakhkhas. Jaghmini's dates (which until now remained unsettled)
are established, and it is definitively shown that he composed not
only the Mulakhkhas but also other scientific treatises, including
the popular medical treatise al-Qanunca, during a period that has
been deemed one of scientific decline and stagnation in Islamic
lands. The book will be of particular interest to scholars engaged
in the study of Islamic theoretical astronomy, but is accessible to
a general readership interested in learning what constituted an
introduction to Ptolemaic astronomy in Islamic lands.
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