Nihāyat al-sūl fī taṣḥīḥ al-uṣūl
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Nihāyat al-sūl fī taṣḥīḥ al-uṣūl is a scholarly treatise by the 14th-century Damascene astronomer Ibn al-Shatir that refines and corrects foundational principles in Islamic astronomy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scientific work
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astronomical treatise ⓘ medieval Arabic text ⓘ |
| aim |
correction of earlier astronomical principles
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refinement of foundational principles of astronomy ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Damascene astronomical school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ibn al-Shatir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorEra | Mamluk period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNameInFull | ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Shāṭir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 14th century ⓘ |
| civilization | Islamic civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contribution | critical revision of inherited astronomical principles ⓘ |
| discipline | mathematical astronomy ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic astronomy
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astronomy ⓘ |
| genre | scholarly treatise ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-Copernican astronomy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ptolemaic astronomy
NERFINISHED
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earlier Islamic astronomers ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extant in manuscript form ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
foundations of astronomical models
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theoretical astronomy ⓘ |
| tradition | Islamic scholarly tradition ⓘ |
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