Jamal ad-Din (astronomer)
- Jamal ad-Din (astronomer)
Jamal ad-Din Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad al‐Zaydī al‐Bukhārī, also spelt Jamal ud-Din, was a 13th-century Persian Muslim astronomer. In Chinese sources, he is referred to as Unicode|Zhámălúdīng ( _zh. 扎馬魯丁) and is credited with having given seven astronomical instruments to Kublai Khan, including a Persian globe and an armillary sphere, in 1267 CE. [cite book
last = Zhu
first = Siben
coauthors = Walter Fuchs
title = The "Mongol Atlas" of China
year = 1946
publisher = Fu Jen Catholic University
location = Taipei]
References
Web-links
* [http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Zhamaluding_BEA.htm Benno van Dalen: "Zhamaluding: Jamāl al‐Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad al‐Zaydī al‐Bukhārī"]
See also
* Islam in China
* Islamic astronomy
* Chinese astronomy
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