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  "en": "Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mizzi, timekeeper",
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  "ar": "فلكي دمشقي ⁦(690–750هـ)⁩، ميقاتي بالجامع الأموي، اشتهر بصنع غرائب الأسطرلابات حتى بيع أسطرلابه بعشرة دنانير، وتوجد مزولة بتوقيعه في المتحف البريطاني {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20} {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 21}.",
  "en": "Damascene astronomer (690–750 AH), timekeeper at the Umayyad Mosque, famed for unusual astrolabes, one of which sold for ten dinars; a sundial signed by him is in the British Museum {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20} {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 21}.",
  "ur": "دمشقی ماہرِ فلکیات ⁦(690–750ھ)⁩، جامع اموی کے میقاتی، عجیب و غریب اسطرلاب بنانے میں مشہور، یہاں تک کہ ان کا اسطرلاب دس دینار میں بکتا؛ ان کے دستخط والی ایک دھوپ گھڑی برٹش میوزیم میں ہے {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20} {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 21}۔"
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   "calendar": "julian",
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   "status": "historical",
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   "hijri": "0690",
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   "edtf": "1349",
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   "calendar": "julian",
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   "source": "source/bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 scan pp. 20",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "شمس الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد بن عبد الرحيم المزي الميقاتي ⁦(690–750هـ/1291–1349م)⁩ درس القراءات واللغة العربية ثم برع في الفلك والرياضيات، واشتهر بعمل الغريب من أنواع الأسطرلاب، ويقال إن أسطرلابه كان يباع في عصره بعشرة دنانير أو أكثر والربع بدينارين. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حياته وأعماله",
     "markdown": "- درس في القاهرة على ابن الأكفاني، وعاش بدمشق ميقاتيًا بالجامع الأموي. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}\n- انحصرت اهتماماته في صناعة آلات الرصد، وفي حركة الشمس، ودراسة الأوج والحضيض. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}\n- من مؤلفاته «رسالة الربع المطوي» و«تحفة الألباب في العمل بالأسطرلاب» و«رسالة الربع المجنح» و«رسالة الربع المستر» و«كشف الريب في العمل بربع الجيب». {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}\n- يذكر الكتاب مزولة رائعة تحمل توقيعه في المتحف البريطاني. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 21}\n\nولا ينبغي الخلط بينه وبين المحدث جمال الدين المزي."
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahim al-Mizzi, the timekeeper (690–750/1291–1349), studied Qur'an readings and Arabic, then excelled in astronomy and mathematics; he was famous for unusual kinds of astrolabe, and it is said that his astrolabes sold in his time for ten dinars or more and his quadrants for two. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Life and work",
     "markdown": "- He studied in Cairo under Ibn al-Akfani and lived in Damascus as timekeeper at the Umayyad Mosque. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}\n- His interests were the making of observational instruments, the motion of the sun, and the study of apogee and perigee. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}\n- His works include treatises on the folded quadrant, the winged quadrant and the hidden quadrant, *Tuhfat al-albab fi al-amal bil-asturlab* and *Kashf al-rayb fi al-amal bi-rub' al-jayb*. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}\n- The book mentions a fine sundial bearing his signature in the British Museum. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 21}\n\nHe should not be confused with the hadith scholar Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi."
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "شمس الدین ابو عبد اللہ محمد بن احمد بن عبد الرحیم المزی المیقاتی (690–750ھ/1291–1349ء) نے قراءات اور عربی پڑھی، پھر فلکیات اور ریاضی میں کمال حاصل کیا؛ عجیب قسم کے اسطرلاب بنانے میں مشہور تھے، اور کہا جاتا ہے کہ ان کے زمانے میں ان کا اسطرلاب دس دینار یا زیادہ اور ربع دو دینار میں بکتا تھا۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "زندگی اور کام",
     "markdown": "- انہوں نے قاہرہ میں ابن الاکفانی سے پڑھا اور دمشق میں جامع اموی کے میقاتی کی حیثیت سے رہے۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}\n- ان کی دلچسپیاں رصدی آلات کی تیاری، سورج کی حرکت، اور اوج و حضیض کا مطالعہ تھیں۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}\n- ان کی تصانیف میں ربعِ مطوی، ربعِ مجنح اور ربعِ مستر پر رسائل، «تحفۃ الالباب فی العمل بالاسطرلاب» اور «کشف الریب فی العمل بربع الجیب» ہیں۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 20}\n- کتاب برٹش میوزیم میں ان کے دستخط والی ایک شاندار دھوپ گھڑی کا ذکر کرتی ہے۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 21}\n\nانہیں محدث جمال الدین المزی سے خلط نہیں کرنا چاہیے۔"
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