ix, 340 pages : 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317) and index

pt. 1. General background of Arabic astronomy. The development of astronomy in medieval Islamic society -- Astrology/Astronomy, Islamic -- pt. 2. Development of planetary theories. Iban Sīnā and Abū 'Ubayd al-Jūzjānī: the problem of the Ptolemaic equant -- The first non-Ptolemaic astronomy at the Maraghah School -- The original source of Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī's planetary model -- A medieval Arabic reform of the Ptolemaic Lunar Model -- The role of the Almagest commentaries in medieval Arabic astronomy: a preliminary survey of Ṭūsī's redaction of Ptolemy's Almagest -- pt. 3. Observations and observatories. An observational notebook of a thirteenth-century astronomer -- Solar observations at the Maraghah Observatory before 1275: a new set of parameters -- The determination of the solar eccentricity and apogee according to Mu'ayyad al-Dīn al-'Urdī -- The determination of new planetary parameters at the Maragha Observatory -- pt. 4. Theory and observation. Theory and observation in Islamic astronomy: the work of Ibn al-Shāṭir of Damascus -- pt. 5. Arabic astronomy and Copernicus. The role of Maragha in the development of Islamic astronomy: a scientific revolution before the Renaissance -- The astronomical tradition of Maragha: a historical survey and prospects for future research -- Arabic astronomy and Copernicus

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