Al Achsasi al Mouakket
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Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket ( / ALA-LC
: ) was an Egyptian astronomer
whose calendarium and catalogue of stars, entitled Durret al Muddiah Fih al Aamal al Shamsiah (Al-Durrah al-muḍīyah fī al-ʻamāl al-shamsīyah, "Pearls of brilliance upon the solar operations"), was written at Cairo
about 1650.
Al Achsasi was sheikh
of the Grand Mosque of the University of Cairo, where his name al Mouakket reflected his position regulating the times and hours at the mosque. His name Achsasi connects him in origin to a village in the Faiyum.
No copies of his book were known to Western astronomers or historians of science
until 1895; thus he did not appear in the standard French and English bibliographies and library catalogues of the 19th century.
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: ) was an Egyptian astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
whose calendarium and catalogue of stars, entitled Durret al Muddiah Fih al Aamal al Shamsiah (Al-Durrah al-muḍīyah fī al-ʻamāl al-shamsīyah, "Pearls of brilliance upon the solar operations"), was written at Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
about 1650.
Al Achsasi was sheikh
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
of the Grand Mosque of the University of Cairo, where his name al Mouakket reflected his position regulating the times and hours at the mosque. His name Achsasi connects him in origin to a village in the Faiyum.
No copies of his book were known to Western astronomers or historians of science
History of science
The history of science is the study of the historical development of human understandings of the natural world and the domains of the social sciences....
until 1895; thus he did not appear in the standard French and English bibliographies and library catalogues of the 19th century.