AUTHOR'S ARTICLES
Astronomy in Medieval Jerusalem
by David A King Published on: 1st February 2018
Various medieval Arabic manuscripts preserved in libraries around the world – Leipzig, Cairo, Princeton, and not least Jerusalem
From Petra back to Makka – From “Pibla” back to Qibla
by David A King Published on: 22nd August 2017
A critique of Dan Gibson, Early Islamic Qiblas: A Survey of mosques built between 1AH/622 C.E. and 263 AH/876 C.E. (with maps, charts and photographs), 296 pp., Vancouver BC: Independent Scholars Press, 2017
Islamic Astronomy
by David A King Published on: 24th April 2017
This article was originally published as: “Islamic Astronomy”, in Christopher Walker, ed., Astronomy before the Telescope, London: British Museum Press, 1996, pp. 143-174.
Ibn Yunus and The Pendulum: A History of Errors
by David A King Published on: 29th April 2015
In this article, Professor David A. King explores the authenticity of the statement that tenth-century Egyptian astronomer Ibn Yūnus was the first person to use a pendulum to measure time. After examining evidence originating from…