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The Tāj al-azyāj of Muhyī al-Dīn al-Maghribī (d. 1283): methods of computation

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This paper is about the fírst astronomical work of Mubyi al-Dio alMaghribi 1 , aD AndalusI-MaghribI astronomer who worked in Damascus and Mariigba. His first dated astronomical work is the zij titled Tiij al-azyiíj wa-ghunyat al-mu.btiij (The Crown of tbe Astronornical Handhooks and the Satisfaction of the Needy). l know of three copies of this zij: ane in the Escorial Library, numbered Árabe 932 (Ms. E), another in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (Ms. N. 4 129, Ms. D) and another in tbe Department of Arabic Philology of the University of Barcelona (Ms. B). Ms. E (fol. 57v) states that the zij was compiled in Damascus in 656H1 1258. This copy was made by Muzaffar ¡bn 'Abd AlUih in Tunís in 797H1 1394.

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Història de l'astronomia, Astronomia àrab, Càlculs numèrics, Matemàtica àrab, Història de la matemàtica

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History of astronomy, Arab astronomy, Numerical calculations, Arab mathematics, History of mathematics

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DORCE, Carlos. The Tāj al-azyāj of Muhyī al-Dīn al-Maghribī (d. 1283): methods of computation. Suhayl. Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islam. 2003. Vol. 3, num. 193-212. ISSN 1576-9372. [consulted: 7 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/113126

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