In Synchrony with the Heavens, Volume 2 Instruments of Mass Calculation : (Studies X-XVIII) /

This is the first investigation of one of the main interests of astronomy in Islamic civilization, namely, timekeeping by the sun and stars and the regulation of the astronomically-defined times of Muslim prayer. The study is based on over 500 medieval astronomical manuscripts first identified by th...

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Main Author: King, David (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2005.

Series: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 55/2.

Subjects:

Astronomy > Islamic countries > History.

Astronomy, Medieval.

Islam and science.

Time (Islamic law)