File:Al-Sufi's Orion, 1125 Baghdad copy, Doha Museum of Islamic Art Ms 2. 1998. SO.jpg

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English: The constellation Orion in a 12th century copy of Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita. The left leg is marked as the star Rigel, rijl al-jauza al-yusra (the left leg of Orion)
Date CE
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https://www.thesaxlproject.com/assets/Uploads/00-Orion-Master-18-August-2019.pdf (page 85) Doha, Museum of Islamic Art Ms 2. 1998. SO (= Sotheby’s 1998, lot 34) Dated April 1125 CE; Baghdād

Original work: 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita)

by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī.
Author
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi  (903–986)  wikidata:Q11075 s:it:Autore:Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfi
 
Alternative names
Azophi,
فارسی: عبدالرحمن صوفی
Description Persian astronomer, translator, mathematician, astrologer and poet
Date of birth/death 7 December 903 Edit this at Wikidata 25 May 986 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ray Shiraz
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creator QS:P170,Q11075

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The constellation Orion in a 1125 CE century copy of Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita

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