| − | ''Muḥammad ibn Ahmad b. 'Alī Bishr al-Kharaqī, an astronomer, born at Merw (Khurāsān), died in 533 H (= 1138 A.D.) He wrote "''Muntahā-l-Idrāk fi Taqāsīm al-aflāq''". (The Perfect Knowledge of the Divisions of the Spheres), and a summary of it: ''At-tabṣira fī ’ilm al-hay’a'' (A Glance over Astronomy). The work is apparently unpublished. | + | ''Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad b. 'Alī Bishr al-Kharaqī, an astronomer, born at Merw (Khurāsān), died in 533 H (= 1138 A.D.) He wrote "''Muntahā-l-Idrāk fi Taqāsīm al-aflāq''". (The Perfect Knowledge of the Divisions of the Spheres), and a summary of it: ''At-tabṣira fī ’ilm al-hay’a'' (A Glance over Astronomy). The work is apparently unpublished.'' |
| − | MS: Bibl.Nat. Paris, MS ar. 2499. | + | ''MS: Bibl.Nat. Paris, MS ar. 2499.'' |
| − | '''[p. 254]''' The first (Climate) traverses the (Indian) sea ... crosses over the country of the Ḥabasha and the Blacks (''Sūdān''), where is situated ''Dunqula'', the town of the Nūba, and Socotra, (''Usqūtrā''), the Maghrib ... (MS Paris 2499, fol. 77 r).
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