Reflections on Some New Studies on Applied Science in Islamic Societies (8th-19th Centuries)

Authors

  • David A. King Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.66207/jis.v2i1.34

Keywords:

New studies on the history of Islamic science, qiblah, times of prayer, World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca, The Call of the Muezzin, Instruments of Mass Calculation, The Sacred Geography of Islam, Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science Series

Abstract

Recent research on Arabic scientific and legal manuscripts, as well as on astronomical instruments, has led to a new understanding of the different ways in which Muslim scholars over many centuries applied scientific methods to determine the times of prayer and the sacred direction (qiblah).
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Published

2004-06-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2004): Summer 2004

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Articles

How to Cite

Reflections on Some New Studies on Applied Science in Islamic Societies (8th-19th Centuries). (2004). Islamic Sciences, 2(1), 43-56. https://doi.org/10.66207/jis.v2i1.34