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Records of lunar eclipses in medieval Arabic chronicles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

F. Richard Stephenson  and
Said S. Said
F. Richard Stephenson
Affiliation:
University of Durham
Said S. Said
Affiliation:
University of Durham
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In a previous paper, we discussed a series of solar eclipse observations recorded in medieval Arabic chronicles both for their astronomical and chronological value. In the present paper we investigate lunar eclipses reported in these same sources as well as in many further chronicles. It should be stressed that our interest here is limited to eclipse records from chronicles; we have not included any material from technical treatises composed by astronomers. The observations are largely from al-Andalus (Islamic Spain), Egypt, Iraq, and Syria; they mainly cover the date range from A.D. 867 to 1520, with additions from 1674 to 1791.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , February 1997 , pp. 1 - 34
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1997

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