Misplaced Pages

Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Qadi Zada al-Rumi) Islamic mathematician-astronomer
Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī Mausoleum in Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand

Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī (1364 in Bursa, Ottoman Empire – 1436 in Samarqand, Timurid Empire), whose actual name was Salah al-Din Musa Pasha (qāḍī zāda means "son of the judge", al-rūmī "the Roman" indicating he came from Asia Minor, which was once Roman), was a Turkish astronomer and mathematician who worked at the observatory in Samarkand. He computed sin 1° to an accuracy of 10.

Together with Ulugh Beg, al-Kāshī and a few other astronomers, Qāḍī Zāda produced the Zij-i-Sultani, the first comprehensive stellar catalogue since the Maragheh observatory's Zij-i Ilkhani two centuries earlier. The Zij-i Sultani contained the positions of 992 stars.

His works

  • Sharh al-Mulakhkhas (Commentary on Jaghmini's compendium on the science of Astronomy)
  • Sharh Ashkal al-Ta'sis (Commentary on Samarkandi's Arithmetics)

Further reading

  • Adivar, A. (1943). Osmanli Türklarinde Ilim. Istanbul.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ataev, U. (1972). "The commentary of Kazi-zade ar-Rumi on the astronomical treatise of Nasir ad-Din at-Tusi". Questions on the History of Mathematics and Astronomy I. Trudy Samarkand. Gos. Univ. (N.S.) Vyp. (in Russian). 229: 124–127.
  • Dilgan, H. (1970–1980). "Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 978-0-684-10114-9.
  • O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Qadi Zada al-Rumi", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  • Pasaev, Z. A. (1972). "The commentary of Kazi-zade ar-Rumi on the astronomical treatise of al-Djagmini (a brief survey)". Questions on Differential Equations, Number Theory, Algebra and Geometry. Trudy Samarkand. Gos. Univ. (N.S.) Vyp. (in Russian). 202: 202–204.
  • Rozenfel'd, B. A.; A. P. Yushkevich (1960). "The treatise of Qadi Zada al-Rumi on the determination of the sine of one degree". Istor.-Mat. Issled. (in Russian). 13: 33–538.
  • Rozenfel'd, B. A.; A. P. Yushkevich (1960). "Notes on a treatise of Qadi Zada al-Rumi". Istor.-Mat. Issled. (in Russian). 13: 552–556.

External links

Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world
Astronomers
  • by century
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
Topics
Works
Zij
Instruments
Concepts
Institutions
Influences
Influenced
Mathematics in the medieval Islamic world
Mathematicians
9th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
Mathematical
works
Concepts
Centers
Influences
Influenced
Related


Flag of TurkeyScientist icon

This article about a Turkish scientist is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about an Asian mathematician is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a European mathematician is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about the history of mathematics is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: