Reflections on Observational Astronomy in the Medieval Islamic Period

Introduction

Part I. Solar Astronomy

Chapter 1. Limitations of Methods: The Accuracy of the Values Measured for the Earth's/Sun's Orbital Elements in the Middle East, 800-1500 ce

Part II. Lunar Astronomy and Theory of Eclipses

Chapter 2. How Natural Phenomena Were Justified in Medieval Science: The Situation of Annular Eclipses in Medieval Astronomy

Chapter 3. Wabkanawi's Observation and Calculations of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 30 January 1283

Chapter 4. Biruni's Examination of the Path of the Centre of the Epicycle in Ptolemy's Lunar Model

Chapter 5. Solar and Lunar Observations at Istanbul in the 1570s

Part III. Planetary Astronomy

Chapter 6. Four-Point Method for Determining the Eccentricity and the Direction of the Apsidal Lines of the Sun and Superior Planets

Chapter 7. Planetary Latitudes in Medieval Islamic Astronomy: An Analysis of the Non-Ptolemaic Latitude Parameter Values in the Maragha and Samarqand Astronomical Traditions

Chapter 8. Holding or Breaking with Ptolemy's Generalization: Considerations about the Motion of the Planetary Apsidal Lines in Medieval Islamic Astronomy

Chapter 9. Astronomical Observations at the Maragha Observatory in the 1260s-70s

Part IV. Stellar Astronomy

Chapter 10. A Medieval Bright Star Table: The Non-Ptolemaic Star Table in the Ilkhani Zij

Part V. Observational Instrumentation

Chapter 11. Ghazan Khan's Astronomical Innovations at Maragha Observatory

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