Ord. Prof. Dr. Aydın Sayılı Külliyatı - 4 THE OBSERVATORY IN ISLAM AND ITS PLACE IN THE GENERAL HISTORY OF THE OBSERVATORY, 2016

List of Plates
Introduction
Chapter I - Astronomy And Astrology In Islam
Th e Secular Sciences
Th e Merits and Utility of Astronomy
Disapproval and Criticism of Astrology
Th e Popularity of Astrology
Chapter II - Al Mamûn’s Observatory Building Activity
General Considerations
Th e Shammâsîya and the Qâsîyûn Observatories
Organization and Equipment
Nature and Scope of Work
Chapter III - Early Observatories Of Islam Th e Ninth And Tenth Centuries
General Remarks
Th e Banû Mûsâ Brothers
Dînawarî
Al Battânî
Sulaymân Ibn ‘IṢma And ManṢûr Ibn Ṭalḥa
Th e Amâjûr Family
Abû’l Faḍl Ibn Al ‘Amîd
‘Abd Al Raḥmân Al Ṣûfî
Ibn Al A‘Lam
Abû’l Wafâ
Th e Sharaf Al Dawla Observatory
Al Khujandî
Conclusion
X Aydın Sayı l ı
Chapter IV - Th e Time Of Al Bîrûnî And Ibn Sînâ
General Remarks And Al Bîrûnî
Ibn Yûnus
Th e Observations of Ibn Yûnus
Did Al Ḥâkim Found an Observatory ?
Al Ḥâkim’s Interest in Astronomy and Astrology
Did Ibn Yûnus Have a Private Observatory ?
Th e Hamadân Observatory Of ‘Alâ Al Dawla
Qâbûs-I Washmgîr
Chapter V - Th e Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries
Th e Malikshâh Observatory
Th e Al Afḍal-Al Baṭâiḥî Observatory
Al Usṭurlâbî And Mughîth Al Dîn Mahmûd
‘Abd Al Raḥmân Al Khâzinî
Spain And Th e Maghrib
Th e Tower of Star
Private Observatories
Chapter VI - Th e Marâgha Observatory
Observatory At Alamût?
Th e Marâgha Observatory; Background and General Destricption
Th e Instruments of the Marâgha Observatory
Th e Astronomers of the Observatory and their Work
Financial Administration
Length of Life
Th e Activity of Instruction
Conclusion
Chapter VII - Th e Fourteenth Century And Minor Observatories
Th e Ghâzân Khân Observatory
Possibility of Infl uences from the East
Th e “Observatory” Of Th e Time And Th e Hour
Th e Castle of Star
Qal‘A Rûznâma
Ibn Al Shâṭir
Observatories Claimed By Local Traditions,
And Branches Of Specialization In Astronomy
Th e Jâja Bey Madrasa Of Kirshehir
T h e O b s e r v a t o r y i n I s l a m XI
Th e Wâjidîya Madrasa Of Kütahya
Observation Towers And Observation Wells
Chapter VIII - Th e Samarqand And Th e Istanbul Observatories
Th e Samarqand Observatory
Th e Istanbul Observatory
Chapter IX - Th e World Of Islam And Th e Observatory
As A Specialized Scientifi c Institution
General Description and Instruments
Work Done in the Observatory
European Observatories
Th e Life of Observatories
Comparisons With Europe -
Chapter X - Th e World Of Islam And Its Place
In Th e General History Of Th e Observatory
Ancient Times And Th e Greek World
Persia, India, And China
Persia
India
China
Europe
Alfonso
Roger Bacon
Sagres
Erfurt
Nüberg
Copeicus
Th e Kassel Observatory
Tycho Brahe
Islamic Infl uences On Europe
Conclusion
Appendix I
Appendix II
Th e Causes Of Th e Decline Of Scientifi c Work In Islam
Bibliography
Index