Abd al-Wajid (Redirected from Abd al‐Wajid)

ʿAbd al‐Wājid
عبد الواجد حنفی
Born
Mashhad, Iran
Died1434
Academic background
InfluencesMaragheh observatory, Shams al-Din al-Fanari, Jaghmīnī, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
Academic work
Main interestsAstronomy

Badr al‐Dīn ʿAbd al‐Wājid (or Wāḥid) ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al‐Ḥanafī (Persian: عبدالواجب حنفی; died 1434) was a 15th century Persian astronomer. He was born in Mashhad, in modern Iran, and died in Kütahya, in modern Turkey, He taught in the Ottoman Demirkapi Madrasa, a school for astronomical observation and instruction. The Demirkapi madrasa was later renamed as the Wājidiyya Madrasa in his honour.

Together with Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, he brought the influence of the Maragheh observatory to Anatolia.

Works

  • Sharḥ al‐Mulakhkhaṣ fī al‐hayʾa ("A commentary on the Compendium of Astronomy"), a commentary on the work by Jaghmīnī. The commentary was dedicated to Sultan Murād II.
  • Sharḥ Sī faṣl, a commentary on Ṭūsī's Persian work of astronomy. Translated into Turkish by Ahmed‐i Dāʿī.
  • Maʿālim al‐awqāt wa‐sharḥuhu, a work in the use of astrolabe written in verse using 552 couplets. Dedicated to Muḥammad Shāh (d. 1406), the son of al‐Fanārī (d. 1431).

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