Contributions of the Muslim Scholars and Scientists in development of astrology and related fields.
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- Astro Sciences
Sullam al-samā سلم السماء (al-Risālah al-kamālīyah الرسالة الكمالية)
- An astronomical treatise on the sizes and distances of the planets and fixed stars by Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd Ibn Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd al-Kāshī (غياث الدين جمشيد بن مسعود بن محمود الكاشي, d. 1429 or 1436). The text was composed in 1407 and was dedicated to the vizier Kamāl al-Dīn Maḥmūd (كمال الدين محمود, see f. 1v, lines 27-28), after whom the…
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- Astro Sciences, Mathematics
Kitab Mīzan al-Hikmah كتاب ميزان الحكمة
- Substantial sections from an illustrated treatise on the measurement of weight, with a historical introduction to theories of gravity and weighing in Greek and Arabic science; tables of densities of substances including metals, precious stones, solids, and liquids; and descriptions of different types of balances. 26 diagrams and 18 tables with a few marginal notes. A few catchwords have been…
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- Astro Sciences
al-Qanūn al-Masʿūdī القانون المسعودي
- An early and complete copy of the comprehensive astronomical work, or Canon , by Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (أبو الريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني, ca 973-1048). The al-Qanūn al-M asʿūdī was dedicated to Sultan Mas‘ūd of Ghaznī (reg. 1030-1040), and summarises the astronomy of the Almagest (كتاب المجسطي) of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168) and brings it…
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- Astro Sciences
Kitāb istī‘āb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb كتاب استيعاب الوجوه الممكنة في صنعة الأسطرلاب
- One of only three recorded copies of an influential treatise on the construction and use of astrolabes by Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī (أبو الريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني, ca 973-1048) containing 122 diagrams, 7 tables and 1 space for a diagram or table left blank and marked بياض صحيح ('correctly blank'; f. 20v).
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- Astro Sciences
Kitab al-Tafhim li-Awa’il Sina’at al-Tanjim كتاب التفهيم لأوائل صناعة التنجيم
- Kitab al-Tafhim li-Awa'il Sina'at al-Tanjim كتاب التفهيم لأوائل صناعة التنجيم Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni أبو ريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني
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- Astro Sciences
Kitab Zij al-sabi كتاب زيج الصابئ
- Kitab Zij al-sabi كتاب زيج الصابئ Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani as-Sabi al-Battani محمد بن جابر بن سنان البتاني
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- Astro Sciences
Al-Uloom al-Falakia fi al-Quran al-Kareem العلوم الفلکیۃ فی قرآن الکریم
- Al-Uloom al-Falakia fi al-Quran al-Kareem العلوم الفلکیۃ فی قرآن الکریم is a Translation of Quran for Astronomy and Earth Exploration from Space by Syed Waqar Ahmad Hussaini. It is translated in Arabic by Samia Zaitooni سمیۃ زیتونی
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