In Synchrony with the Heavens, Volume 1 Call of the Muezzin: (Studies I-IX) (In Synchrony with the Heavens (2 Vols.), 55/1) (In Synchrony with the Heavens (3 Vols.)) (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, 55/1)

by David King

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This is the first investigation of one of the main interests of astronomy in Islamic civilization, namely, timekeeping by the sun and stars and the regulation of the astronomically-defined times of Muslim prayer. The study is based on over 500 medieval astronomical manuscripts first identified by the author, now preserved in libraries all over the world and originally from the entire Islamic world from the Maghrib to Central Asia and the Yemen.
  • ISBN10 9004261796
  • ISBN13 9789004261792
  • Publish Date 11 December 2013 (first published 23 December 2003)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country NL
  • Imprint Brill