Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi

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Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi is a seminal medieval astronomical handbook that refined Ptolemaic models and provided highly accurate planetary and solar tables widely used in the Islamic world and later in Europe.

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Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi canonical 1
Kitab az-Zij 1
Kitab az-Zij al-Sabi 1

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instanceOf astronomical handbook
medieval scientific work
zij
associatedWith Harran
Raqqa
author Al-Battani
basedOn systematic astronomical observations
citedBy medieval European astronomers
contains astronomical tables
lunar tables
planetary tables
solar tables
trigonometric tables
contributedTo development of trigonometry
era 10th century
9th century
field astronomy
focusesOn lunar motion
planetary motions
solar motion
geographicalRegion Upper Mesopotamia
impact refined planetary parameters
refined values for the length of the solar year
refined values for the obliquity of the ecliptic
improvedOn Almagest
includes sine tables
influenced European astronomy
later Islamic zij works
knownFor highly accurate planetary positions
highly accurate solar positions
language Arabic
preservation partially preserved in Arabic manuscripts
partially preserved in Latin translation
refines Ptolemaic astronomical models
religiousContext Sabian
timePeriod medieval period
titleTranslation The Table
surface form: Sabian Tables
usedBy Islamic astronomers
Renaissance astronomers
usedFor astrological calculations
calendar computations
timekeeping
usedIn Islamic world
medieval Europe

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Islamic astronomy hasKeyText Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi
Al-Battani notableWork Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi
this entity surface form: Kitab az-Zij
Al-Battani notableWork Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi
this entity surface form: Kitab az-Zij al-Sabi