The Observatory in Islam And its Place in the General History of the Observatory

List of Plates

Introduction

Chapter I - Astronmy and Astrology in Islam

Chapter II - Al Mamûn's Observatory Building Activity General Considerations

Chapter III - Early Observatories of Islam; the Ninth and Tenth Centuries

Chapter IV - The Time of Al Bîrûnî and Ibn Sînâ General Remarks and Al Bîrûnî

Chapter V - The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

Chapter VI - The Marâgha Observatory

Chapter VII -  The Fourteenth Century and Minor Observatoies

Chapter VIII - The Samarqand and the Istanbul Observatories

Chapter IX - The World of Islam and the Observatory as a Specialized Institution

Chapter X - The World of Islam and its Place in the General History of the Observatory

Conclusion

Appendix I

Appendix II

Bibliography

Index