Tahrir al-Majisti
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Tahrir al-Majisti is Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s influential Arabic revision and commentary on Ptolemy’s Almagest, which helped transmit and develop classical astronomical knowledge in the Islamic world.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical treatise
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commentary ⓘ medieval scientific work ⓘ revision ⓘ |
| aim |
to clarify Ptolemy’s Almagest
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to develop classical astronomical knowledge ⓘ to systematize Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ to transmit classical astronomical knowledge in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maragha school of astronomy
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Persian scholarly tradition ⓘ |
| author | Nasir al-Din al-Tusi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Almagest
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Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Ptolemy’s models of planetary motion
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Ptolemy’s star catalog NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy’s trigonometry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
astronomical tables
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geometrical arguments ⓘ mathematical demonstrations ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s revision of Ptolemy’s Almagest
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commentary on Ptolemy’s Almagest ⓘ |
| field |
history of astronomy
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history of science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
planetary models
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spherical astronomy ⓘ theory of celestial motions ⓘ |
| genre | scientific commentary ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| influenced |
commentarial tradition on the Almagest
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later Islamic astronomers ⓘ transmission of Greek astronomy in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Almagest
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Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
astronomy
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mathematical astronomy ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence | Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedPerson |
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
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Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Tahrir al-Uqlidis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInTransmission |
mediated Greek astronomy to Arabic readers
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standard reference for Ptolemaic astronomy in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| scholarlyReception |
considered an influential work of Islamic astronomy
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used by later commentators on the Almagest ⓘ |
| titleInArabicScript | تحرير المجسطي NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Islamic astronomy ⓘ |
| workType | revision and commentary ⓘ |
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