Ibn Yunus
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IBN YŪNUS
(d. 1009 A.D.)
Abū-l-Ḥasan, 'Alī b. Ṣa'īd A. Raḥmān b. Yūnus as-Sadafī. One of the greatest Arab astronomers who lived at the court of Caliph al-Hākim.
EI (s.v.)
az-Zīj al-Ḥākimī (two redactions)
MS: Leiden MS Arab. 143, fol. 133 - 136.
Exc.: MC 707 v
T.: MC A:1
Town | Longitude | Latitude | |
---|---|---|---|
Aswān (Suwān) | 56˚ 0’ | 24˚ 30’ | (Table 1) |
Jarmī | 47˚ 0’ | 19˚ 30’ | (Table 1) |
Madīnat al-Ḥabash | 41˚ 40’ | 19˚ 30’ | (Table 1) |
Uswan (bis) | 56˚ 0’ | 20˚ 15’ | (Table 2) |
or | 22˚ 30’ | (Table 2) | |
Ma’din az-Zummurrud | 57˚ 0’ | 21˚ 15’ | (Table 2) |
Ma’din adh-dhahab | 57˚ 15’ | 21˚ 45’ | (Table 2) |
Zaghāwa | 35˚ 0’ | 11˚ 0’ | (Table 3) |
Ghāna | 15˚ 30’ | 10˚ 45’ | (Table 3) |
(MC 707 v).