Istanbul / Tehran / Mecca / Samarra / Jerusalem / New York / Baghdad / Cairo / Ankara / Medina / Isfahan / Shiraz / Chicago / Damascus / /
Company
Cambridge University Press / MIT Press / New York University Press / Oxford University Press / Creative Commons / /
Country
Turkmenistan / Italy / Iran / Turkey / Syria / China / Spain / India / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
Emmy / /
Facility
Samarqand Observatory / Maragheh Observatory / University of Chicago Press / Maragha Observatory / Bodleian Library / Jantar Mantar / Umayyad Mosque / Manuscript Library / /
Holiday
Ramadan / Vernal Equinox Day / Al-Hijrah / /
IndustryTerm
observational equipment / nonPtolemaic systems / metal parts / mathematical devices / bank / sacred law / /
Movie
A.D. / /
MusicGroup
B.C. / /
NaturalFeature
Euphrates / Arabian Peninsula / /
Organization
Cambridge University / New York University / MIT / Persian army / American Philosophical Society / Maragha School / University of Chicago Press / UN Court / Turkish army / Oxford University / /
Person
Urdī al-Dīn Shīrazī / Zīj al-Arkand / Sultan Murad III / Umar al- Khayyām / Malik Shāh / al-Khwārizmī / al-Bīrūnī / al-Dīn al-Tūsī / al-Mansūr / Wafā al-Būzjānī / Hūlāgū / Qutb al-Dīn Shīrazī / al-Fazārī / al-Zīj al-Mumtahan / al-Dīn Tūsī / al-Battānī / al-Ma / Zīj al-Sindhind / Jai Singh / Tamerlane / John L. Eposito / Abū Rayhān / /
Position
editor / advisors / astronomer / mathematician / astronomer / author / astronomer and mathematician / King / director / mathematician and astronomer / court astronomer of Sultan Murad III / ruler / /
ProvinceOrState
Alberta / British Columbia / /
PublishedMedium
the New Moon / Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society / /
Region
northern India / west Iran / north India / North Africa / southern Turkey / Central Asia / northern Syria / northern Iran / eastern Iran / /
Chapter 10: Islamic Astronomy Tofigh Heidarzadeh In the time interval between Ptolemy (2nd century AD) and Copernicus (16th century), the major developments in observational and theoretical astronomy took place from Nort