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The Almagest

المجسطي

Ptolemy's great work on the heavens, cited by al-Mas'udi alongside the Geography and its 4,200 cities 1.

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"Al-Majisti" (The Almagest), a book on astronomy by Ptolemy. Al-Mas'udi mentions it among the earlier authorities in the science of the heavenly configurations. 1

The book of Geography

Al-Mas'udi also mentions the "Geography" of Ptolemy, which he says lists four thousand and two hundred cities. 1

Sources

  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 519
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