al-Kharaqī, Abū Bakr

by Langermann, Y. Tzvi

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Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Kharaqī (d. 553/1158–9) was a mathematician, astronomer, and well-rounded scholar of Persian origin, probably from Kharaq (or Khiraq), near Marw, to which city he was summoned by the Khwārazmshāh (either Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, r. 490–521/1097–1127, or his son Atsïz, r. 521–51/1127–56). Ghalandari has established that he died in 553/1158–9; he has been confused or identified with a contemporary, Shams al-Dīn al-Kharaqī (d. 533/1138–9). Al-Kharaqī

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Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Kharaqī (d. 553/1158–9) was a mathematician, astronomer, and well-rounded scholar of Persian origin, probably from Kharaq (or Khiraq), near Marw, to which city he was summoned by the Khwārazmshāh (either Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, r. 490–521/1097–1127, or his son Atsïz, r. 521–51/1127–56). Ghalandari has established that he died in 553/1158–9; he has been confused or identified with a contemporary, Shams al-Dīn al-Kharaqī (d. 533/1138–9). Al-Kharaqī

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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eng Islam

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Langermann, Y. Tzvi

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