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Mohammad Bagheri. « Kūshyār ibn Labbān’s glossary of astronomy ». Sciamvs, 7, 2006, pp. 145-174.

Benno Van Dalen

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1This article presents an edition and translation of a useful chapter of the Jāmi‘ Zīj (ca. AD 1025), the Arabic astronomical handbook with tables by the Persian astronomer Kūšyār ibn Labbān (see also review 304). This chapter, number 31 of Book III in the Zīj, but also distributed separately, contains a glossary of 131 numbered astronomical terms with definitions or descriptions. There is only a small number of other zīj-es with listings of technical terms, the Ḫāqānī Zīj by al-Kāšī (ca. AD 1413) being the most well-known. The author used seven manuscript copies for his edition of Kūšyār’s glossary and provides a three-page commentary with remarks on selected entries.

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Benno Van Dalen, “Mohammad Bagheri. « Kūshyār ibn Labbān’s glossary of astronomy ». Sciamvs, 7, 2006, pp. 145-174.”Abstracta Iranica [Online], Volume 29 | 2008, document 305, Online since 15 September 2008, connection on 13 June 2026. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/30812; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/abstractairanica.30812

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Benno Van Dalen

J. W. Goethe-Universität - Frankfurt

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