This itself is a form of astrology, which claims that heavenly objects, especially the positions of the Moon, Sun, and ...

In the chaotic aftermath of Mongol expansion in the mid-13th century which had left the Abbasid capital of Baghdad in ruin, a new centre of learning soon came to the forefront. Ironically it was the ...

Most central of these was observing and recording the motions of heavenly objects as they trailed across the night sky. A specific project undertaken at the observatory was the tracking of ...