Knowledge of the Milky Way in the Arabic Cultural Region between the 8th and 15th Centuries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22023967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Eckart (0000-0001-6049-3132, University of Cologne), Mesut Idriz (0000-0002-7151-5963, University of Sharjah) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Islamic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2207-4414 • E-ISSN: 2207-4414 |
| Publisher | Islamic Sciences and Research Academy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.55831/ajis.v8i3.637 |
| OpenAlex | W4391661915 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
We use a comparison of texts by several Arabic authors from the 8.-15. century inorder to explore the role of Milky Way in the early Islamic civilization until the 15thcentury. We refer to texts by Ibn al-Haytham, Ibn Rahiq, Ibn Majid, and al-Marzouqi.First we discuss the description of the Milky Way given by al-Marzouqi in the 21.chapter of his Kitab al-Azminah wa al-Amkinah. Al-Marzouqi also points out how theMilky Way can be used to determine the direction of prayer.Second we discuss Ibn al-Haytham's finding that in comparison with the Moon theMilky Way has no measurable parallax, must belong to the realm of the stars.We compare the situation at Ibn al-Haytham's time to that of the Great Debate in 1920. Milky Way: role in early Islamic civilization, astronomical description, Great Debate
Arabic · Astronomy · Geography · Linguistics · Milky Way · Physics · Stars · Historical and Architectural Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |