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The 22 pages that link to Islamic astronomy, each with the reason it gives.
Islamic calendarNarrower topic: Astronomers studied lunar visibility and methods for predicting calendar dates.
AlmagestNarrower topic: Astronomers translated, criticized, and extended the Almagest’s methods and tables.
Ptolemaic systemNarrower topic: Astronomers in this tradition preserved, criticized, and revised Ptolemaic models.
SundialRelated: Astronomers refined solar-time calculations and built sundials for daily use.
Ancient Greek astronomyNarrower topic: Translations and critiques of Greek works became foundations for later astronomical research.
Claudius PtolemyRelated: Astronomers translated, critiqued, and revised Ptolemy’s models.
EquantRelated: Astronomers scrutinized Ptolemaic devices, including the equant, and devised geometrical alternatives.
Al-BiruniNarrower topic: Al-Biruni’s astronomical work forms part of this broad scholarly history.
Deferent and epicycleNarrower topic: Astronomers critically refined Ptolemaic planetary models while preserving and extending their mathematics.
History of astronomyBroader topic: Prayer times, the calendar, and inherited Greek and Indian learning supported major observatories and research.
Spherical astronomyRelated: Its observatories and scholars refined positional astronomy and spherical calculations.
Timbuktu manuscriptsRelated: Astronomical and mathematical writings show scientific scholarship within the collections.
Indian astronomyRelated: Later exchanges connected South Asian astronomical tables and methods with Persian and Arabic scholarship.
Astronomical clockRelated: Its instruments and mathematical traditions shaped the wider history of European astronomy.
History of trigonometryNarrower topic: Its observatories and texts expanded trigonometric methods and carried them across scholarly networks.
AlidadeRelated: Astronomers refined sighting instruments and angle measurement used in later alidade designs.
Abd al-Rahman al-SufiNarrower topic: His work exemplifies the observation, translation, and revision that sustained medieval Islamic astronomy.
Guo ShoujingCompared with: Comparing these traditions clarifies the distinct institutional and computational setting of Guo’s work.
Ibn YunusNarrower topic: His work belongs to this wider scholarly tradition and helped shape its later calculations.
Science in the medieval Islamic worldBroader topic: Astronomy combined mathematical models with sustained observation and practical needs such as timekeeping.
Al-ʻIjliyyahNarrower topic: Astrolabes served practical and scholarly purposes within this broad tradition.
Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'rufNarrower topic: Taqi ad-Din worked within a long tradition of astronomical research and instrument design.