Daily Medieval

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Showing posts with label Iran. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Astronomer

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MS. Marsh 144, fol. 135v, Bodleian The contributions of the Muslim world to astronomy are many, and I have only briefly touched on some ...
Friday, December 6, 2013

The Jalāli Calendar

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Syrian Astrolabe Yesterday I mentioned that Omar Khayyam spent some of his time working on calendar reform. This was not the same calen...
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