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	'''On the author''' : ''DSB'', ''s.v.'' « Al-Fazāri, Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm » (D. Pingree).		'''On the author''' : ''DSB'', ''s.v.'' « Al-Fazāri, Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm » (D. Pingree).

	'''Editions :''' Al-Masʿūdī, ''Mūrūǧ al-~~ḍahab~~ wa maʿādin al-ǧawhar'', ed. Ch. Barbier de Meynard, A. Pavet de Courteille (ed.), Ch. Pellat (revised ed.), t. II, Beirut, 1966, p. 377.		'''Editions :''' Al-Masʿūdī, ''Mūrūǧ al-ḏahab wa maʿādin al-ǧawhar'', ed. Ch. Barbier de Meynard, A. Pavet de Courteille (ed.), Ch. Pellat (revised ed.), t. II, Beirut, 1966, p. 377.

	'''Translations :'''		'''Translations :'''
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	'''Remarks :''' this extract belongs to a longer list enumerating the countries of the world and their dimensions that was first reproduced in al-Masʿūdī’s ''Mūrūǧ al-~~ḍahab~~'' (''ca.'' 943). According to D. Pingree, this list was not taken from al-Fazārī’s most famous work, the ''Zīǧ al-Sindhind'' (an Arabic translation of an Indian astronomical treaty) but from his second ''Zīǧ'' composed about 790 and intitled ''Zīǧ ʿalā sinī al-ʿArab'' (''Astronomical Tables according to the Years of the Arabs''). The Andalusian author al-Bakrī (d. 1094), gives the same text in his ''Kitāb al-masālik wa-l-mamālik''<ref>A.P. Van Leeuwen, A. Ferré (eds.), ''Kitāb al-Masālik wa-l-Mamālik d’Abū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī. Édition critique avec introduction et indices'', Carthage, Beit al-Hikma, 1992, p. 495.</ref> but it was most likely borrowed from al-Masʿūdī, which is one of his main sources, rather than directly copied on al-Fazārī’s lost ''Zīǧ''. It is worth noting that the words "in the West” (''bi-l-maġrib''), which follows immediately “al-Naǧāshī" in the Arabic text, have been omitted in Vantini’s translation. Accordingly, the translation of this passage should read as follows :		'''Remarks :''' this extract belongs to a longer list enumerating the countries of the world and their dimensions that was first reproduced in al-Masʿūdī’s ''Mūrūǧ al-ḏahab'' (''ca.'' 943). According to D. Pingree, this list was not taken from al-Fazārī’s most famous work, the ''Zīǧ al-Sindhind'' (an Arabic translation of an Indian astronomical treaty) but from his second ''Zīǧ'' composed about 790 and intitled ''Zīǧ ʿalā sinī al-ʿArab'' (''Astronomical Tables according to the Years of the Arabs''). The Andalusian author al-Bakrī (d. 1094), gives the same text in his ''Kitāb al-masālik wa-l-mamālik''<ref>A.P. Van Leeuwen, A. Ferré (eds.), ''Kitāb al-Masālik wa-l-Mamālik d’Abū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī. Édition critique avec introduction et indices'', Carthage, Beit al-Hikma, 1992, p. 495.</ref> but it was most likely borrowed from al-Masʿūdī, which is one of his main sources, rather than directly copied on al-Fazārī’s lost ''Zīǧ''. It is worth noting that the words "in the West” (''bi-l-maġrib''), which follows immediately “al-Naǧāshī" in the Arabic text, have been omitted in Vantini’s translation. Accordingly, the translation of this passage should read as follows :

	The district (''ʿamal'') of the Buǧa : 200 farsakh by 80 farsakh.		The district (''ʿamal'') of the Buǧa : 200 farsakh by 80 farsakh.

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	==~~Addenda et corrigenda~~==		==Bibliographic updates and remarks==


	~~''Addenda''~~ and ~~''corrigenda''~~ by R. Seignobos (24 Jan 2014)		Bibliographic updates and remarks by R. Seignobos (24 Jan 2014)

	Al-Fazārī		Al-Fazārī

Adam Simmons at 20:17, 18 February 2015

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	before 800 A.D.		''(before 800 A.D.)''

	Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote ''K. az-Zīj'' (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, ''Mūrūj'', IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, ''K. al-mamālik'', MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.		''Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote ''K. az-Zīj'' (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, ''Mūrūj'', IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, ''K. al-mamālik'', MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.''

			''T.: MC 510 v A: 1''

	~~T.: MC 510 v A: 1~~

	The territory of the Beja (''ʿamal al-buja'') is two-hundred parasangs by eighty.		The territory of the Beja (''ʿamal al-buja'') is two-hundred parasangs by eighty.

Seignobos at 14:10, 18 February 2015

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	'''[p. 49]'''		'''[p. 49]'''

	AL-~~FAZARI~~		AL-FAZĀRĪ

	before 800 A.D.		before 800 A.D.

	~~Muhammad~~ b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote ''K. az-Zīj'' (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, ''Mūrūj'', IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, ''K. al-mamālik'', MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.		Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote ''K. az-Zīj'' (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, ''Mūrūj'', IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, ''K. al-mamālik'', MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.


	T.: MC 510 v A: 1		T.: MC 510 v A: 1


	The territory of the Beja (''ʿamal al-buja'') is two-hundred parasangs by eighty.		The territory of the Beja (''ʿamal al-buja'') is two-hundred parasangs by eighty.

	The territory of the Nuba (''ʿamal an-nūba'') under the rule of the ''Najāshī'' is one thousand and five hundred parasangs by four hundred, and the territory of the ''Zanj'',		The territory of the Nuba (''ʿamal an-nūba'') under the rule of the ''Najāshī'' is one thousand and five hundred parasangs by four hundred, and the territory of the ''Zanj'', to the east, is seven thousand and six-hundred parasangs by five hundred. (MC fol. 510 v).
	to the east, is seven thousand and six-hundred parasangs by five hundred. (MC fol. 510 v).

	[[Category:Literary Sources]]		[[Category:Literary Sources]]

Seignobos at 17:20, 28 January 2015

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	before 800 A.D.		before 800 A.D.

	Muhammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote K. az-Zīj (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, Mūrūj, IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, K. al-mamālik, MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.		Muhammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote ''K. az-Zīj'' (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, ''Mūrūj'', IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, ''K. al-mamālik'', MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.


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	The territory of the Beja ('~~amal~~ al-buja) is two-hundred parasangs by eighty.		The territory of the Beja (''ʿamal al-buja'') is two-hundred parasangs by eighty.

	The territory of the Nuba ('~~amal~~ an-nūba) under the rule of the Najāshī is one thousand and five hundred parasangs by four hundred, and the territory of the Zanj,		The territory of the Nuba (''ʿamal an-nūba'') under the rule of the ''Najāshī'' is one thousand and five hundred parasangs by four hundred, and the territory of the ''Zanj'',
	to the east, is seven thousand and six-hundred parasangs by five hundred. (MC fol. 510 v).		to the east, is seven thousand and six-hundred parasangs by five hundred. (MC fol. 510 v).

Seignobos at 09:51, 28 January 2014

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	'''Remarks :''' this extract belongs to a longer list enumerating the countries of the world and their dimensions that was first reproduced in al-Masʿūdī’s ''Mūrūǧ al-ḍahab'' (''ca.'' 943). According to D. Pingree, this list was not taken from al-Fazārī’s most famous work, the ''Zīǧ al-Sindhind'' (an Arabic translation of an Indian astronomical treaty) but from his second ''Zīǧ'' composed about 790 and intitled ''Zīǧ ʿalā sinī al-ʿArab'' (''Astronomical Tables according to the Years of the Arabs''). The Andalusian author al-Bakrī (d. 1094), gives the same text in his ''Kitāb al-masālik wa-l-mamālik''<ref>A.P. Van Leeuwen, A. Ferré (eds.), ''Kitāb al-Masālik wa-l-Mamālik d’Abū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī. Édition critique avec introduction et indices'', Carthage, Beit al-Hikma, 1992, p. 495.</ref> but it was most likely borrowed from al-Masʿūdī, which is one of his main sources, rather than directly copied on al-Fazārī’s lost ''Zīǧ''. It is worth noting that the words "in the West” (''bi-l-maġrib''), which follows immediately “al-~~Najāshī~~" in the Arabic text, have been omitted in Vantini’s translation. Accordingly, the translation of this passage should read as follows :		'''Remarks :''' this extract belongs to a longer list enumerating the countries of the world and their dimensions that was first reproduced in al-Masʿūdī’s ''Mūrūǧ al-ḍahab'' (''ca.'' 943). According to D. Pingree, this list was not taken from al-Fazārī’s most famous work, the ''Zīǧ al-Sindhind'' (an Arabic translation of an Indian astronomical treaty) but from his second ''Zīǧ'' composed about 790 and intitled ''Zīǧ ʿalā sinī al-ʿArab'' (''Astronomical Tables according to the Years of the Arabs''). The Andalusian author al-Bakrī (d. 1094), gives the same text in his ''Kitāb al-masālik wa-l-mamālik''<ref>A.P. Van Leeuwen, A. Ferré (eds.), ''Kitāb al-Masālik wa-l-Mamālik d’Abū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī. Édition critique avec introduction et indices'', Carthage, Beit al-Hikma, 1992, p. 495.</ref> but it was most likely borrowed from al-Masʿūdī, which is one of his main sources, rather than directly copied on al-Fazārī’s lost ''Zīǧ''. It is worth noting that the words "in the West” (''bi-l-maġrib''), which follows immediately “al-Naǧāshī" in the Arabic text, have been omitted in Vantini’s translation. Accordingly, the translation of this passage should read as follows :

	The district (''ʿamal'') of the Buǧa : 200 farsakh by 80 farsakh.		The district (''ʿamal'') of the Buǧa : 200 farsakh by 80 farsakh.

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	Muhammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote K. az-Zīj (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, Mūrūj, IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, K. al-mamālik, MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.		Muhammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote K. az-Zīj (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, Mūrūj, IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, K. al-mamālik, MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.


	T.: MC 510 v A: 1		T.: MC 510 v A: 1


	The territory of the Beja ('amal al-buja) is two-hundred parasangs by eighty.		The territory of the Beja ('amal al-buja) is two-hundred parasangs by eighty.

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	''before 800 A.D.		before 800 A.D.

	''Muhammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote K. az-Zīj (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, Mūrūj, IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, K. al-mamālik, MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.		Muhammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, an astronomer, allegedly wrote K. az-Zīj (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'ūdī, Mūrūj, IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakrī, K. al-mamālik, MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.

	T.: MC 510 v A: 1		T.: MC 510 v A: 1

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			'''[p. 49]'''

	AL-FAZARI		AL-FAZARI

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	''Addenda'' and ''corrigenda'' by R. Seignobos (24 Jan 2014)		''Addenda'' and ''corrigenda'' by R. Seignobos (24 Jan 2014)


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