At a glance
- Roles
- Astronomer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Imran Sharaf al-Din Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Khalili, an astronomer who grew up in Damascus and wrote a treatise on astronomy. He died in 1402 CE, according to the "Encyclopaedia of Notable Scholars and Men of Letters". 1
People and things also explored
Sharaf al-Dawla's observatory at Baghdad· Qibla-finding by stars, winds, mountains and rivers· Sizes of the heavenly bodies· Distances of the heavenly bodies from the Earth· The seven climates· The second motion (the planets' own motion along the zodiac)· The first motion (diurnal rotation of the heavens)· The solstices
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Khalili Abu Imran Musa ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-khalili-abu-imran-musa-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.