Abd al-Wajid
Badr al‐Dīn ʿAbd al‐Wājid (or Wāḥid) ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al‐Ḥanafī (Arabic: عبد الواجد; died 1434) was an Islamic astronomer. He was born in Mashhad, in modern Iran, and died in Kütahya, in modern Turkey, He taught in the Ottoman Demirkapi Madrasa, a school for astronomical observation and instruction. The Demirkapi madrasa was later renamed as the Wājidiyya Madrasa in his honour.[1]
ʿAbd al‐Wājid | |
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عبد الواجد | |
| Born | Mashhad, Iran |
| Died | 1434 Kütahya, Aegean Region, Turkey |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Maragheh observatory, Shams al-Din al-Fanari, Jaghmīnī, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Astronomy |
Together with Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, he brought the influence of the Maragheh observatory to Anatolia.[1]
Works
- Sharḥ al‐Mulakhkhaṣ fī al‐hayʾa ("A commentary on the Compendium of Astronomy"), a commentary on the work by Jaghmīnī. The commentary was dedicated to Sultan Murād II.
- Sharḥ Sī faṣl, a commentary on Ṭūsī's Persian work of astronomy. Translated into Turkish by Ahmed‐i Dāʿī.
- Maʿālim al‐awqāt wa‐sharḥuhu, a work in the use of astrolabe written in verse using 552 couplets. Dedicated to Muḥammad Shāh (d. 1406), the son of al‐Fanārī (d. 1431).[1]
References
Sources
- Topdemir, Hüseyin (2007). "ʿAbd al‐Wājid: Badr al‐Dīn ʿAbd al‐Wājid [Wāḥid] ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al‐Ḥanafī". In Hockey, Thomas; et al. (eds.). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1433. ISBN 978-1-4419-9918-4. (PDF version)
Further reading
- Sayili, Aydin (1948). "The Wajidiyya Madrasa of Kutahya: A Turkish Medieval Observatory?". Belleten (in Turkish and English). 12: 655–677.
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