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Persian astronomer
ʿAbd al-Wājid
عبد الواجد حنفی
BornMashhad, Iran
Died1434
Kütahya, Aegean Region, Ottoman Empire (Now Turkey)
Academic background
InfluencesMaragheh observatory, Shams al-Din al-Fanari, Jaghmīnī, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
Academic work
Main interestsAstronomy

Badr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Wājid (or Wāḥid) ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥanafī (Persian: عبدالواجب حنفی; died 1434) was a 15th century Persian astronomer. He was born in Mashhad, in modern Iran, and died in Kütahya, in modern Turkey, He taught in the Ottoman Demirkapi Madrasa, a school for astronomical observation and instruction. The Demirkapi madrasa was later renamed as the Wājidiyya Madrasa in his honour.

Together with Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, he brought the influence of the Maragheh observatory to Anatolia.

Works

  • Sharḥ al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾa ("A commentary on the Compendium of Astronomy"), a commentary on the work by Jaghmīnī. The commentary was dedicated to Sultan Murād II.
  • Sharḥ Sī faṣl, a commentary on Ṭūsī's Persian work of astronomy. Translated into Turkish by Ahmed-i Dāʿī.
  • Maʿālim al-awqāt wa-sharḥuhu, a work in the use of astrolabe written in verse using 552 couplets. Dedicated to Muḥammad Shāh (d. 1406), the son of al-Fanārī (d. 1431).

References

  1. ^ Topdemir 2007.

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