ʿAbd al‐Wājid
Badr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Wājid (or Wāḥid) ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥanafī (Persian: عبدالواجب حنفی; died 1434) was a 15th century 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.
Also recorded as ʻAbd al-Wājid ibn Muḥammad al-Mashhadī
ʿAbd al‐Wājid
- Name
- ʿAbd al-Wājid
- Birthplace
- Mashhad, Iran
- Died
- 1434
- Place of death
- Kütahya, Aegean Region, Ottoman Empire (Now Turkey)
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- astronomer · astrologer · poet
- Fields
- Hanafism
- Languages
- Arabic
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Together with Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, he brought the influence of the Maragheh observatory to Anatolia.
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• Name — ʿAbd al-Wājid • Native Name — عبد الواجد حنفی • Birthplace — Mashhad, Iran • Died — 1434 • Place of death — Kütahya, Aegean Region, Ottoman Empire (Now Turkey) • Main Interests — Astronomy • Influences — Maragheh observatory, Shams al-Din al-Fanari, Jaghmīnī, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
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• 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).
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