Ibn al-Majdī, Aḥmad ibn Rajab

Data of life

* 1365

† 11.11.850/28.01.1447

Profession(s)

• Autor
• Astronom

Works

• Author of the master text Ghāyat al-masʾūl fī sharḥ al-ʿAsharat fuṣūl (Rashīdī al-Shāfiʿī, Yūnus ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Aḥmad al-)

Manuscripts

• Author [DE-BSB] Cod. arab. 1848 - 02
• Author [DE-BSB] Cod.arab. 855: Kitāb at-taqrīb fi 'l-ḥall wa-'t-tarkīb
• Author [DE-BSB] Cod.arab. 856: Natīǧa fi 'l-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt
• Author [DE-BSB] Cod.arab. 857: Natīǧa fi 'l-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt
• Author [DE-BSB] Cod.arab. 858: Muqqadima fi 'l-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt
• Author of the master text [DE-BSB] Cod.arab. 859: Ġāyat al-masʾūl fī šarḥ al-ʿašarat fuṣūl
• Author [DE-BSB] Cod.arab. 860: Aḫṣar al-muḫtaṣarāt ʿalā rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt
• Author [DE-FBG] Ms. orient. A 1417 - 1: al-Rubʿ al-marsūm bi-al-muqanṭarāt
• Author [DE-FBG] Ms. orient. A 1418: al-Rubʿ al-marsūm bi-al-muqanṭarāt
• Author [DE-FBG] Ms. orient. A 1419 - 1: al-Rubʿ al-marsūm bi-al-muqanṭarāt
• Author [DE-FBG] Ms. orient. A 1420: al-Rubʿ al-marsūm bi-al-muqanṭarāt
• Author of the master text [DE-HUUB] II. 8 bis II. 9 - 1: Ghāyat al-masʾūl fī sharḥ al-ʿAsharat fuṣūl
• Author of the master text [DE-HUUB] II. 8 bis II. 9 - 2: al-Shams al-muḍīʾah ʿalá al-risālah al-Fatḥīyah
• Author [DE-HUUB] II. 32: Jadāwil al-sumūt
• Author of the master text [DE-HUUB] II. 45 bis II. 54 - 5: Raqāʾiq al-ḥaqāʾiq fī ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāʾiq
• Author [DE-SBB] Hs. or. 1663 - 04
• Author [DE-SBB] Hs. or. 4775 - 13
• Author [DE-SBB] Hs. or. 4946 - 4: Risāla fī 'l-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt
• Author [DE-SBB] Hs. or. 5576 - f. 32b-36b
• Author [DE-SBB] Landberg 110 - 2: Kitāb irshād al-ḥāʾir ilā takhṭīṭ faḍl al-dāʾir
• Author of the master text [DE-SBB] Landberg 484: al-Īḍāḥ al-fāʾiḍ ʿalá mā baraza wa-ghamaḍa fī al-farāʾiḍ
• Author [DE-SBB] Landberg 521: Sharḥ Nuẓum al-lālī fī ʿilm al-farāʾiḍ
• Other agent [DE-SBB] Landberg 526 - 21: al-Kawākib al-zāhirāt li-risālah fī al-munqanṭarāt
• Author [DE-SBB] Ms. or. oct. 1471 - 03
• Author [DE-SBB] Ms. or. quart. 1170 - 02
• Author [DE-SBB] Petermann I 673 - 6: Zād al-musāfir ilá maʿrifat rasm faḍl al-dāʾir
• Author [DE-SBB] Petermann I 673 - 7: Irshād al-ḥāʾir ilā takhṭīṭ faḍl al-dāʾir
• Author [DE-SBB] Petermann II 228 - 8: Astronomische Abhandlung
• Author [DE-SBB] Wetzstein I 175 - 1: Risālah fi al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt al-maqṭūʿ
• Author [DE-SBB] Wetzstein II 1151 - 2: Tuḥfat al-aḥbāb fī naṣb al-bāḏhanǧ wa-l-miḥrāb
• Author [DE-SUBGött] Cod. Ms. arab. 176 - 14
• Other agent [DE-UBHeid] Cod. Heid. Orient. 178: Fatḥ al-taqrīb al-mujīb
• Author [DE-UBL] Vollers 392: Sharḥ Naẓm al-la'āli' fī al-farā'iḍ al-Jaʿbarīyah
• Scribe [DE-UBL] Vollers 392: Sharḥ Naẓm al-la'āli' fī al-farā'iḍ al-Jaʿbarīyah

Name

original language

• ابن المجدي، احمد بن رجب

Alternative names

• Ibn-al-Maǧdī, Aḥmad Ibn-Raǧab
• Ibn al-Majdī, Aḥmad ibn Rajab
• Ibn al-Maǧdī, Aḥmad Ibn-Raǧab al-Qāhirī aš-Šāfīʿī
• Ibn al-Maǧdī al-Qāhirī aš-Šāfīʿī, Aḥmad Ibn-Raǧab
• Ibn al-Maǧdī al-Qāhirī, Aḥmad Ibn-Raǧab
• Ibn-Ṭaiboġā, Aḥmad Ibn-Raǧab
• Ibn-Ṭaiboġā Ibn al-Maǧdī al-Qāhirī aš-Šāfīʿī, Aḥmad Ibn-Raǧab

Biographic info

Data of life

* 1365

† 11.11.850/28.01.1447

Sex

• male

Confession of faith

• Muslim → Sunni

Profession(s)

• Autor
• Astronom

Area of activity

• Kairo

Relation

• is teacher of Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad
• is teacher of Aqfahsī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-

bib. Reference

• GAL II/128, 163 S II/158-159, 205; Kaḥḥāla I/221; Zirklī I/125.

General info

Source of data

• The Integrated Authority File from the German National Library (GND)

Identifier

• GND: 14090610X

External links

Remarks

• Ibn al‐Majdī was one of the major Egyptian astronomers during the first half of the 15th century. He taught elements of astronomy, and the construction of astronomical instruments, and theoretical astronomy over a period of 20 years at 3 different locations in Cairo, including the al-Azhar mosque, his private residence and the madrasa of Jānibak (see Charette reference).

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• ISMI/KJana/Wollina

status of edit

• finished

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MyCoRe ID

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