Zīj al-Sindhind

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Zīj al-Sindhind is an influential early 9th-century astronomical handbook and set of tables by Al-Khwarizmi that helped introduce and adapt Indian and Persian astronomical methods to the Islamic world.

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Zīj al-Sindhind canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical handbook ⓘ
astronomical table ⓘ
zīj ⓘ
adaptedTo Islamic calendar ⓘ
linked to: Hijri calendar

Islamic religious requirements ⓘ
Mecca-centered coordinates ⓘ
associatedWith House of Wisdom in Baghdad ⓘ
linked to: House of Wisdom
assumes spherical Earth ⓘ
author Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Khwarizmi
basedOn Persian astronomical material ⓘ
Siddhānta traditions ⓘ
commissionedUnder al-Maʾmūn ⓘ
linked to: al-Ma'mun
contains astronomical tables ⓘ
planetary tables ⓘ
tables of lunar motion ⓘ
tables of sines ⓘ
tables of solar motion ⓘ
trigonometric tables ⓘ
cosmologicalModel geocentric model ⓘ
dateOfWork early 9th century ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
field history of science ⓘ
mathematical astronomy ⓘ
hasVersion Latin adaptation of al-Khwārizmī’s zīj ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped systematize astronomical computation in the Islamic world ⓘ
one of the earliest major astronomical works in Arabic ⓘ
includes eclipse calculations ⓘ
lunar longitude tables ⓘ
mean motions of planets ⓘ
parameters for planetary orbits ⓘ
solar longitude tables ⓘ
influenced Andalusian astronomers ⓘ
Islamic astronomy ⓘ
al-Battānī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Battani

later Islamic zījes ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject astronomy ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
titleEtymology derived from Sanskrit "Siddhānta" via "Sindhind" ⓘ
transmittedTo medieval Europe ⓘ
usedFor astrological calculations ⓘ
calendar computation ⓘ
determining prayer times ⓘ
determining qibla direction ⓘ
timekeeping ⓘ
usesAstronomicalMethodsFrom Indian astronomy ⓘ
Persian astronomy ⓘ

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Al-Khwarizmi → notableWork → Zīj al-Sindhind ⓘ