الآثار الباقية عن القرون الخالية

الآثار الباقية عن القرون الخالية

Abu Rayhan al-Biruni's surviving traces of the past centuries — composed for Shams al-Ma'ali Qabus, laying out the calendars the nations use and the disagreement in the principles on which they rest 1.

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Overview

A book on astronomy and chronology by Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni al-Khwarazmi. He wrote it for Shams al-Ma'ali Qabus, and in it he set out the calendars used by different peoples and the differences in the principles on which they are based. Hajji Khalifa describes it as a useful book. 2

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Sources

  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.), p. 179
  2. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.), p.179
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islam.museum contributors. “الآثار الباقية عن القرون الخالية”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/al-athar-al-baqiya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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