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Title

Penn Library's LJS 400 - Commentary on the Zīj Gūrgānī (Video Orientation)

Authors

Dot PorterFollow

Files

Date of this Version

Winter 2015

Comments

Video orientation to LJS 400 - Gūrgānī, by Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad.

Summary:
Written in Iran, A.H. 899, in Persian. Commentary on the Zīj Gūrgānī, also known as the Zīj-i jadīd-i Sultānī, which comprised tables of calendar calculations, trigonometry, planets, and stars compiled from observations made at the observatory in Samarqand, completed in 1447.

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http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5081245

Disciplines

Medieval History | Medieval Studies | Other Arts and Humanities

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Recommended Citation

Porter, D. (2015, January 01). Penn Library's LJS 400 - Commentary on the Zīj Gūrgānī (Video Orientation). [Video file.] Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_video/57