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).