Jaghmini’s Mulakhkha?: An Islamic Introduction to Ptolemaic Astronomy

This book provides the only critical edition and English translation of Ma?m?d al-Jaghm?n?’s al-Mulakhkha? f? al-hay?a al-bas??a, the most widely circulated Arabic treatise on Ptolemaic astronomy ever written. Composed in the early 13th century, this introductory textbook played a crucial role in the teaching, dissemination, and institutional instruction of Islamic astronomy well into the 19th century (and beyond).