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Al-Kāshī's Geographical Table by Jamshīd Ghiyāth al-Dīn al-Kāshī, Edward S. Kennedy, Mary H. Kennedy is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Jamshid Ghyath al-Din al-Kashi (fl. 1420), a native of central Iran, worked at the Samarqand observatory of Sultan Ulugh Beg, grandson of Tamerlane. Kashi is best known as a virtuoso of computational mathematics, but he was also a competent astronomer. Among his major works is the "Zij-i Khaqani," an astronomical handbook written in Persian. The zij contains a list giving the latitudes & longitudes of some 515 places, mostly cities, the subject of this paper. Contents: Introduction; The Table; A
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- Author
- Jamshīd Ghiyāth al-Dīn al-Kāshī, Edward S. Kennedy, Mary H. Kennedy
- Publisher
- The American Philosophical Society
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780871697783
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Philosophy, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25