al-Khalili Abu Imran Musa ibn Muhammad
الخليلي أبو عمران موسى بن محمد
1402 CE · 804 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
Astronomer who grew up in Damascus and wrote a treatise on astronomy; died 1402 CE.
At a glance
- Roles
- Astronomer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
أبو عمران شرف الدين موسى بن محمد بن عثمان الخليلي، فلكي نشأ في دمشق وصاحب رسالة في الفلك. توفي سنة 1402م، بحسب «موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء». 1
People and things also explored
Qibla-finding by stars, winds, mountains and rivers· The seven climates· The earth's sphericity· The moon's night-litany· The planets' reign and the world's cycles· Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad· Al-Abhari, Athir al-Din al-Mufaddal ibn Umar· Al-Badi' al-Astarlabi
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Khalili Abu Imran Musa ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-khalili-abu-imran-musa-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.