Al-Khalili | |
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شمس الدين عبد الله محمد بن محمد الخليلي | |
![]() A table compiled by al-Khalili showing the direction of the qibla from various longitudes and latitudes | |
Born | 1320 |
Died | 1380 |
Academic work | |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Main interests | Astronomer; muwaqqit |
Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Khalīlī (Arabic: شمس الدين عبد الله محمد بن محمد الخليلي; 1320–1380) was a Mamluk-era Syrian astronomer who compiled astronomical tables. He worked for most of his life as a muwaqqit (a religious timekeeper) at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.[1]
Little is known about his life.
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