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Kashf al-Ghummah fi Nafa al-Ummah (The Important Stars Among the Multitude of the Heavens)
ALTERNATE TITLE(S)
Structure of the Heavens
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Nasir al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn al-Hajj al-Amin al-Tawathi al-Ghalawi
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1733
NOTES
This text was written to train scholars in the field of astronomy, a science that Islamic tradition traces back to Adam and to the Prophet Idris. The author discusses how to use the movements of the stars to calculate the beginning of the seasons and how to cast horoscopes, among many other aspects of astronomy. Displayed is a diagram demonstrating the rotation of the heavens.
SUBJECT
Islamic manuscripts
Arabic script
Arabic manuscripts
Astronomy
Arabic calligraphy
Timbuktu manuscripts
LANGUAGE
Arabic
REPOSITORY
Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library
DIGITAL ID
aftmh tam001
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/aftmh.tam001
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