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LOT 6:
An Islamic Kitab Alrawd Alzaakhir Almukhtasar min Zayj abn Alshaantir from the year 821
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An Islamic Kitab Alrawd Alzaakhir Almukhtasar min Zayj abn Alshaantir from the year 821
Al-Rawd al Zakhir's brief book from Zij Ibn al-Shatir, from which extracts are made of what is related to the knowledge of timings, knowledge of the movement of the planets over the width of countries, and knowledge of prayer times and the direction of the qibla over the city of Damascus, complied by the astronomer Abu Imran Sharaf al-Din Musa bin Muhammad bin Othamn al-Khalili, the timer at the Umayyad Mosque in the city of Damascus. Written for himself by Muhammad bin Ali bin Abi Bakr bin Ali bin Muhammad al-Qurashi al-Shafi'i al-Muqaqit at the Umayyad Mosque in 821
From a private collector, acquired in the 1980s
Height: Approximately 29cm
Length: Approximately 10.2cm
Property of a Private British Collector
