Taqi al-Din ibn Ma‘ruf and the Science of Optics: The Nature of Light and the Mechanism of Vision by Hüseyin Gazi Topdemir
by Hüseyin Gazi Topdemir Published on: 15th July 2008
In this article, some aspects of Kitab Nūr hadaqat al-ibsār wa-nūr haqīqat al-anzār (Book of the Light of the Pupil of Vision and the Light of the Truth of the Sights) of the renowned Ottoman…
Taqi al-Din Ibn Ma’ruf: A Bio-Bibliographical Essay
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 26th June 2008
This article is a bio-bibliographical essay on the life and works of Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Ma'ruf, a scholar of 16th-century Istanbul, one of the most prolific and original scientists of the Ottoman period of Islamic…
Taqi al-Din ibn Ma‘ruf and the Science of Optics: The Nature of Light and the Mechanism of Vision
by Hüseyin Gazi Topdemir Published on: 15th July 2008
In this article, some aspects of Kitab Nūr hadaqat al-ibsār wa-nūr haqīqat al-anzār (Book of the Light of the Pupil of Vision and the Light of the Truth of the Sights) of the renowned Ottoman…
Taqi al-Din Ibn Ma’ruf: Survey on his Works and Scientific Method
by Ihsan Fazlioglu Published on: 4th July 2008
Being in form a bio-bibliographical essay on the life and works of Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Ma'rūf, a well known scholar of 16th-century Istanbul, this article presents the contents of his books and compares his scientific…
The Astronomical Clock of Taqi Al-Din: Virtual Reconstruction
by Salim Al-Hassani Published on: 19th June 2008
In his book The Brightest Stars for the Construction of Mechanical Clocks (Al-Kawakib al-durriyya fi wadh' al-bankamat al-dawriyya), Taqi al-Din Ibn Ma'ruf analyses the four main types of time keeping devices known in the 16th…
The Machines of Al-Jazari and Taqi Al-Din
by Salim Al-Hassani Published on: 30th December 2004
Prof. Salim T S Al-Hassani In this pioneering survey of some of the machines of Al-Jazari and Taqi Al-Din, Professor Salim Al-Hassani uses in-depth analysis with the tools of modern technology to make them live…
The Six-Cylinder Water Pump of Taqi al-Din: Its Mathematics, Operation and Virtual Design
by Salim Al-Hassani, Mohammed A. Al-Lawati Published on: 24th January 2009
The main objective of this study is to investigate into the six-cylinder water raising pump described around 1550 by the Ottoman Muslim scientist Muhammad Ibn Ma'ruf, known as Taqi al-Din, in his treatise Al-Turuq al-Saniya…
Astronomical Instruments of Tycho Brahe and Taqi al-Din
by FSTC Published on: 26th April 2005
Tycho Brahe "was a brilliant astronomer and scientist of his time, and has had a big significance on the development of astronomy, science in general, and our view of the world" has been influenced by…
Creating a 3D Model with Motion Analysis of Taqi al-Din’s Six-Cylinder Pump
by Joseph Vera Published on: 9th June 2009
Among the original machines described in the corpus of Islamic technology, the six-cylinder "monobloc" piston pump designed by Taqi al-Din Ibn Ma'ruf in the late 16th century holds a special place. Working as a suction…
Development of Astronomy in Ottomans
by Yavuz Unat Published on: 28th September 2019
Generally, it is possible to study the development of astronomy in the Ottomans in three periods; The astronomy from the establishment of Ottomans to Ali Qushji’s arrival in the Ottomans (1299-1472); The astronomy from Ali…
The Instruments of Istanbul Observatory
by Sevim Tekeli Published on: 8th June 2008
In this article, Professor Sevim Tekeli, an outstanding scholar in the history of Ottoman science, describes the instruments built by Taqî al-Dîn Ibn Ma'ruf and his team at the Istanbul observatory (was in activity between…
Taqi al Din Ibn Ma’ruf ‘s Work on Extracting the Cord 2o and Sin 1o
by Sevim Tekeli Published on: 30th May 2008
This article by Professor Sevim Tekeli, a leading historian of science in the Ottoman period, deals with an aspect of the work of Taqi al-Din Ibn Ma'ruf in trigonometry, a mathematical discipline which studies the…
Ottoman Contributions to Science and Technology
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 11th August 2008
The Ottoman contribution to science and technology during their six hundred year rule is beyond measure. This article is a brief outline of just some of the Ottoman scientific activities and related institutions that brought…
The Orbital Elements of Venus in Medieval Islamic Astronomy: Interaction Between Traditions and the Accuracy of Observations
by S. Mohammad Mozaffari Published on: 23rd November 2020
The orbital elements of each planet are the eccentricity and the direction of the apsidal line of its orbit defined by the ecliptic longitude of either of its apses, i.e., the two points on its…
Islamic Manuscripts in the Schoenberg Collection at Pennsylvania University
by The Editorial Team Published on: 1st October 2012
The Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection at the University of Pennsylvania is a private library focusing on late medieval and early modern manuscripts. The collection contains a valuable set of original manuscripts, a great part of…
On 23 April the World Celebrates the Book
by News Desk Published on: 23rd April 2015
World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day is a yearly event on 23 April, organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. On this occasion, we are pleased to invite visitors and…
Biruni’s Telescopic-Shape Instrument for Observing the Lunar Crescent
by S. Mohammad Mozaffari, Georg Zotti Published on: 17th October 2020
This paper deals with an optical aid named barbakh that Abū al-Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (973–1048 CE) proposes for facilitating the observation of the lunar crescent in his al-Qānūn al-Mas‘ūdī VIII.14. The device consists of a long…
World Book Day 2016 (UK & Ireland)
by News Desk Published on: 2nd March 2016
World Book Day is a yearly event first week of March, "designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world"*. On this occasion,…
The Mechanical Corpus of Al-Isfizārī in the Sciences of Weights and Ingenious Devices: New Arabic Texts in Theoretical and Practical Mechanics
by Mohammed Abattouy, Salim Al-Hassani Published on: 17th November 2015
Editorial note: This article needs to be read in conjunction with the book release review of the Arabic edition, see: https://muslimheritage.com/node/2068
Astronomy as a global science: The case of Islamic astronomy
by Rudiger Lohlker Published on: 9th August 2020
This short article was written by Professor Rudiger Lohlker in response to our invitation to summarise and bring attention to his paper “Global History: Understanding Islamic Astronomy” published in ACTA VIA SERICA, Vol. 4, No.…