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KITĀB SŪRAT AL- | KITĀB SŪRAT AL-ARḌ | ||
before 900 A.D. | ''(before 900 A.D.)'' | ||
A book of astronomical tables found in al-Battānī's work. Part of an Arabic translation (now lost) of the Geography of Ptolemy. | ''A book of astronomical tables found in al-Battānī's work. Part of an Arabic translation (now lost) of the Geography of Ptolemy.'' | ||
Ed.: Al-Battānī, ''Opus Astronomicum'' ed. C.A. Nallino III, 234-241. | ''Ed.: Al-Battānī, ''Opus Astronomicum'' ed. C.A. Nallino III, 234-241.'' | ||
''T.: MC 555 v'' A: 1 | |||
''Long.'' ''Lat.'' | ''Long.'' ''Lat.'' | ||
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[p. 84]
KITĀB SŪRAT AL-ARḌ
(before 900 A.D.)
A book of astronomical tables found in al-Battānī's work. Part of an Arabic translation (now lost) of the Geography of Ptolemy.
Ed.: Al-Battānī, Opus Astronomicum ed. C.A. Nallino III, 234-241.
T.: MC 555 v A: 1
Long. Lat.
Kūnīn (= Kūsh) above Miṣr 62° 36°
Kūnīn (= Kūsh) the interior, beyond the Equator 50° 12°
Sūwād (Sūwān?) of the Ḥabasha 65° 22° 30'
Kusūmī (=Auxuma, Aksum) the town of the King of Kush 65° 11°
Madinat al-Tīb (the city of the spices) 82° 40° 30’
Dunqula the city of the Nubians 63° 14° 15'
